Soccer betting preview: Sochaux welcomes Le Havre in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

It's game two of the Ligue 2 season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Sochaux-Le Havre!

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.

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Sochaux form and stats

Last season, Sochaux's league statistics were 12 wins, 15 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season Sochaux managed 6-7-6 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 22 conceded.

Sochaux enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dijon's place. The match ended 3-1 with Gaetan Weissbeck, Aldo Kalulu and Alan Virginius scoring. Gaetan Weissbeck (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.72/10. Weissbeck scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Auxerre (2-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sochaux have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won two, drawn nine and lost six.

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Le Havre form and stats

Let's have a look at how Le Havre performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 14 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 22/25 goals scored/conceded.

Havre played 0-0 against Guingamp in their previous match. Attacker Quentin Cornette got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Cornette hit four key passes.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Troyes.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Le Havre in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Le Havre, two draws and six defeats.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Sochaux won five, Le Havre won five and zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SochauxG. Weissbeck
G. Weissbeck
1 goals
SochauxA. Virginius
A. Virginius
1 goals

Sochaux missing players

Le Havre missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sochaux Le Havre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Sochaux Last season Le Havre
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 6   Won W   7 11
15 7   Drew D   6 14
11 6   Lost L   6 13
45 24   Scored S   22 38
37 22   Conceded C   25 48
76% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
63% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 68%
34% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 24%
24% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
42% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 29%
37% 32%   Failed to Score F T   32% 32%
 
4.5 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   2.3 3
3.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.2
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
7 4   Red cards R C   4 8
 
8 9.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 7.6
3.3 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.3
35% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Paris 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Sochaux 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Pau 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Nîmes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Guingamp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Niort 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Nancy 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Dijon 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rodez 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 38 23 8 7 60 36 19 15 3 1 32 15 19 8 5 6 28 21 24 77
2 Clermont 38 21 9 8 61 25 19 13 5 1 37 9 19 8 4 7 24 16 36 72
3 Toulouse 38 20 10 8 71 42 19 13 4 2 44 18 19 7 6 6 27 24 29 70
4 Grenoble Foot 38 38 18 11 9 51 35 19 12 6 1 35 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 16 65
5 Paris 38 17 13 8 53 37 19 11 5 3 31 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 16 64
6 Auxerre 38 16 14 8 64 43 19 10 6 3 38 18 19 6 8 5 26 25 21 62
7 Sochaux 38 12 15 11 45 37 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 6 8 5 21 15 8 51
8 Nancy 38 11 14 13 53 53 19 6 8 5 28 28 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 47
9 Guingamp 38 10 17 11 41 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 19 6 7 6 22 20 -2 47
10 Amiens SC 38 11 14 13 34 40 19 7 8 4 15 12 19 4 6 9 19 28 -6 47
11 Valenciennes 38 12 11 15 50 59 19 7 6 6 24 23 19 5 5 9 26 36 -9 47
12 Le Havre 38 11 14 13 38 48 19 4 8 7 16 23 19 7 6 6 22 25 -10 47
13 Ajaccio 38 11 13 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 19 3 7 9 13 26 -9 46
14 Pau 38 11 11 16 42 49 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 2 6 11 16 30 -7 44
15 Rodez 38 8 19 11 38 44 19 6 9 4 23 20 19 2 10 7 15 24 -6 43
16 Dunkerque 38 10 11 17 34 47 19 6 8 5 22 18 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 41
17 Caen 38 9 14 15 34 49 19 6 9 4 17 19 19 3 5 11 17 30 -15 41
18 Niort 38 9 14 15 34 58 19 6 6 7 17 25 19 3 8 8 17 33 -24 41
19 Chambly 38 9 11 18 41 64 19 7 3 9 21 27 19 2 8 9 20 37 -23 38
20 Chateauroux 38 4 11 23 32 58 19 3 5 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 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 Caen 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Paris 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Sochaux 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Pau 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Nîmes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Guingamp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Niort 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Nancy 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Dijon 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rodez 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.