Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Sochaux - Niort!
Sochaux and Niort should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sochaux form and stats
Sochaux have played 4 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Niane was the last player to find the net.
Sochaux shared the glory with Guingamp in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, Sochaux lost 0-2 at home to Amiens SC.
Sochaux have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Auguste-Bonal with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Niort form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Niort playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. Niort seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Niort are travelling again after losing away to Pau in their previous match (1-4). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Caen.
It's a bit worrying for Niort that their goalkeeper Mathieu Michel made ten saves in the Pau game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Niort rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sochaux four wins, three draws and Niort three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Sochaux missing players
Niort missing players
| Sochaux | Niort | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 33% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 44% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 44% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 75 | 38 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 36 | 81 |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 38% | 58% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 34% |
- All of Sochaux's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Niort haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sochaux have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Niort have scored away.
- Sochaux haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Troyes | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Le Havre | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Clermont | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Niort | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Caen | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Auxerre | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Dunkerque | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | Nancy | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Amiens SC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Guingamp | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 16 | Rodez | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Châteauroux | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 7 |
| 19 | Pau | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | Chambly | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 5 |