Match guide: Sochaux the expected winner when Grenoble Foot 38 pay a visit

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Bonal (20005 seats)

A total of 27 rounds of fixtures are played and both Sochaux and Grenoble Foot 38 are high up in the table. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals (43) in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grenoble Foot 38 have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sochaux form and stats

Sochaux are steadily winning Ligue 2 games and points here at Stade Auguste-Bonal. 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

The spoils were shared in Sochaux's previous game, also at home. Visiting Bordeaux (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfielder Weissbeck was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Weissbeck scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Caen that finished 0-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sochaux's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 7 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

From these home matches, Sochaux have conceded only 11 goals.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

Playing away, Grenoble Foot 38 have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Grenoble Foot 38 have lost on their last two travels.

Grenoble won their last game, 2-1 versus Annecy played at home. That victory felt nice as this side had gone four league fixtures without victory. Phaeton, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.81. Phaeton scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Dijon before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Grenoble Foot 38 playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

Low on goals? 12 of this team's most recent 15 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Grenoble Foot 38 has managed {13 goals} and let in 13 from 13 matches.

Head 2 Head

Grenoble Foot 38 - Sochaux 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of participants last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Sochaux won four, Grenoble Foot 38 triumphed in three and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SochauxI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
10 goals
SochauxM. Doumbia
M. Doumbia
9 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Phaeton
M. Phaeton
8 goals

Sochaux missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sochaux Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 2 13 27
13 8 1 Won W 0 4 11
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 8
7 2 0 Lost L 1 5 8
43 28 3 Scored S 0 13 27
23 11 2 Conceded C 3 13 23
85% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 77% 78%
67% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 54% 44%
56% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 33%
22% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 15%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
52% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 23% 30%
37% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 46% 48%
26% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 54% 44%
 
4.2 4.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 3.7
4.1 3.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.6 4.7
2.2 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.8 11.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.5 7.6
4.7 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 3.3
34% 37% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 31%
 
10.4 9.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 9.9 10.1
3.7 3.1 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Grenoble Foot 38 have scored away.
  • Sochaux have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals (28) at home in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals (43) 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 26 15 10 1 36 11 13 9 4 0 19 5 13 6 6 1 17 6 25 55
2 Bordeaux 27 13 8 6 38 23 13 7 4 2 18 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 15 47
3 Sochaux 27 13 7 7 43 23 14 8 4 2 28 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 20 46
4 Metz 26 12 8 6 40 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 13 6 3 4 22 13 16 44
5 Bastia 27 12 6 9 31 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 13 4 4 5 15 20 1 42
6 Grenoble Foot 38 27 11 8 8 27 23 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 4 4 5 13 13 4 41
7 Caen 27 10 10 7 32 28 13 7 5 1 19 8 14 3 5 6 13 20 4 40
8 Quevilly Rouen 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 5 6 2 20 14 14 5 3 6 10 14 2 39
9 Amiens SC 26 10 7 9 29 29 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 4 5 14 17 0 37
10 Guingamp 27 10 7 10 35 36 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 6 4 3 18 16 -1 37
11 Paris 26 9 7 10 25 28 12 3 3 6 12 16 14 6 4 4 13 12 -3 34
12 Valenciennes 27 7 12 8 27 32 14 5 9 0 21 15 13 2 3 8 6 17 -5 33
13 Saint-Etienne 27 9 8 10 39 41 14 6 4 4 22 20 13 3 4 6 17 21 -2 32
14 Annecy 27 8 8 11 29 33 13 6 2 5 12 12 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 32
15 Laval 27 9 4 14 31 40 14 5 2 7 19 20 13 4 2 7 12 20 -9 31
16 Pau 27 7 9 11 21 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 14 3 4 7 10 17 -10 30
17 Rodez 27 6 10 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 13 23 13 4 5 4 13 13 -10 28
18 Dijon 27 6 8 13 24 33 14 5 5 4 15 14 13 1 3 9 9 19 -9 26
19 Nimes 27 7 5 15 28 42 13 6 1 6 13 14 14 1 4 9 15 28 -14 26
20 Niort 27 6 5 16 24 44 13 4 2 7 14 21 14 2 3 9 10 23 -20 23

Table
  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 26 15 10 1 36 11 13 9 4 0 19 5 13 6 6 1 17 6 25 55
2 Bordeaux 27 13 8 6 38 23 13 7 4 2 18 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 15 47
3 Sochaux 27 13 7 7 43 23 14 8 4 2 28 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 20 46
4 Metz 26 12 8 6 40 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 13 6 3 4 22 13 16 44
5 Bastia 27 12 6 9 31 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 13 4 4 5 15 20 1 42
6 Grenoble Foot 38 27 11 8 8 27 23 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 4 4 5 13 13 4 41
7 Caen 27 10 10 7 32 28 13 7 5 1 19 8 14 3 5 6 13 20 4 40
8 Quevilly Rouen 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 5 6 2 20 14 14 5 3 6 10 14 2 39
9 Amiens SC 26 10 7 9 29 29 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 4 5 14 17 0 37
10 Guingamp 27 10 7 10 35 36 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 6 4 3 18 16 -1 37
11 Paris 26 9 7 10 25 28 12 3 3 6 12 16 14 6 4 4 13 12 -3 34
12 Valenciennes 27 7 12 8 27 32 14 5 9 0 21 15 13 2 3 8 6 17 -5 33
13 Saint-Etienne 27 9 8 10 39 41 14 6 4 4 22 20 13 3 4 6 17 21 -2 32
14 Annecy 27 8 8 11 29 33 13 6 2 5 12 12 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 32
15 Laval 27 9 4 14 31 40 14 5 2 7 19 20 13 4 2 7 12 20 -9 31
16 Pau 27 7 9 11 21 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 14 3 4 7 10 17 -10 30
17 Rodez 27 6 10 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 13 23 13 4 5 4 13 13 -10 28
18 Dijon 27 6 8 13 24 33 14 5 5 4 15 14 13 1 3 9 9 19 -9 26
19 Nimes 27 7 5 15 28 42 13 6 1 6 13 14 14 1 4 9 15 28 -14 26
20 Niort 27 6 5 16 24 44 13 4 2 7 14 21 14 2 3 9 10 23 -20 23

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