Sochaux are thought of as favourites to win this home game against Dijon, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Sochaux have the most scored goals (52) in Ligue 2
- Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dijon have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sochaux form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Sochaux at their home stadium (Stade Auguste-Bonal) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Guégan led his Sochaux to a defeat away at Laval. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Auguste-Bonal. Prévot had a busy but productive day in the Laval match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder Doumbia was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Doumbia scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 51 successful passes (of 61 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Pau with the scoreline 2-3.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sochaux matches with similar probabilities have ended with 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 8 games).
A decent goal production from Sochaux in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 16 league matches. Sochaux are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Auguste-Bonal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 16 matches.
Dijon form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dijon so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-10 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Dijon have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road.
Dijon played 1-1 against Bastia in their previous match. The draw against Bastia came from a losing position. The Dijon manager Dupraz brought on Soumaré as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Thioune got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, top player of the team. Thioune served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that, Dijon travelled to Quevilly Rouen and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Dijon when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's last 12 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Dijon have conceded 23 goals in their away games. Dijon has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Sochaux have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (2-3-0) versus Dijon.The former H2H encounter ended Dijon - Sochaux 0-2, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 12 goals |  M. Doumbia 11 goals |
Sochaux missing players
Dijon missing players
| Sochaux | Dijon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 52 | 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| 31 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 39 |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 84% |
| 69% | 69% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 66% |
| 59% | 56% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 47% |
| 25% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 12% |
| 16% | 19% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 53% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 47% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 25% |
| 22% | 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 44% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 35% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | 27% |
| 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.5 | 8.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dijon have scored away.
- Sochaux have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in Ligue 2
- Sochaux have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Ligue 2
- Sochaux have the most scored goals (31) at home in Ligue 2
- Sochaux have the most scored goals (52) in Ligue 2
- Sochaux have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Ligue 2
- Sochaux have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Ligue 2
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Le Havre | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 65 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 59 |
| 3 | Metz | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 23 | 58 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 52 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Caen | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 52 |
| 6 | Bastia | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 52 |
| 7 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 47 |
| 8 | Quevilly Rouen | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 44 |
| 9 | Paris | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -1 | 43 |
| 10 | Saint-Etienne | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 42 |
| 11 | Guingamp | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | -1 | 42 |
| 12 | Rodez | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | -4 | 40 |
| 13 | Pau | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 40 |
| 14 | Amiens SC | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -9 | 40 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 37 |
| 16 | Annecy | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -13 | 36 |
| 17 | Laval | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 34 |
| 18 | Dijon | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -10 | 31 |
| 19 | Nimes | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 33 | -16 | 29 |
| 20 | Niort | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 53 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -25 | 27 |
