Sochaux vs Paris match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Auguste-Bonal

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Bonal (20005 seats)

This should be quite a fixture, with Sochaux positioned 6th and Paris placed 4th. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 2. That game was also an away game, at Ajaccio. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Sochaux form and stats

Sochaux must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Ligue 2 games here at Stade Auguste-Bonal. Sochaux has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Auguste-Bonal, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Sochaux faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ajaccio (0-1). Defender Ismaël Aaneba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Aaneba won 1 of 3 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Grenoble Foot 38 in a game that was won 1-0.

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.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sochaux as they are travelling to their away game against Guingamp in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

Sochaux aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Auguste-Bonal in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Sochaux have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paris form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The attacking players of Paris have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 193 minutes.

There might be some fixture complaints from Paris as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Ligue 2 match against Ajaccio (0-1). Midfielder Thibault Campanini was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Campanini hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Guingamp.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Paris in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Paris, three draws and six defeats.

A new game in only three days for Paris, the Ligue 2 home match versus Nimes. Busy days.

Paris are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. The Paris defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

Sochaux-Paris H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sochaux two wins, Paris three wins, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SochauxG. Weissbeck
G. Weissbeck
3 goals
ParisG. Laura
G. Laura
3 goals
SochauxA. Virginius
A. Virginius
2 goals

Sochaux missing players

Paris missing players

Sochaux Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 4 7
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
7 2 0 Scored S 0 7 10
5 2 0 Conceded C 1 2 5
86% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 57%
29% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 43%
43% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 29%
43% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 29%
 
5.4 5.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.8 6.7
4 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 3.7
2.4 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.4 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 10.5 11.3
3.3 2.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5 6.3
30% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 23%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sochaux have scored home.
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 7 5 2 0 14 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 3 1 0 10 3 9 17
2 Ajaccio 7 4 3 0 10 4 4 4 0 0 7 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 6 15
3 Auxerre 7 4 2 1 15 5 4 2 1 1 8 2 3 2 1 0 7 3 10 14
4 Paris 7 4 1 2 10 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 0 1 7 2 5 13
5 Pau 7 4 1 2 8 4 4 3 0 1 6 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 13
6 Sochaux 7 4 1 2 7 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 13
7 Nimes 7 3 3 1 9 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 7 3 5 12
8 Rodez 7 3 3 1 9 8 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 2 1 1 6 6 1 12
9 Caen 7 3 1 3 8 6 4 2 0 2 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 10
10 Le Havre 7 2 4 1 6 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 10
11 Quevilly Rouen 7 3 1 3 9 9 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 2 1 1 6 5 0 10
12 Guingamp 7 2 4 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 0 3 1 0 10
13 Niort 7 2 2 3 4 8 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 3 7 -4 8
14 Grenoble Foot 38 7 2 1 4 4 10 4 2 1 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 5 -6 7
15 Bastia 7 1 3 3 5 8 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 6
16 Amiens SC 7 1 2 4 5 9 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 -4 5
17 Valenciennes 7 1 2 4 4 11 4 0 1 3 2 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 -7 5
18 Dijon 7 1 1 5 8 15 4 1 1 2 6 9 3 0 0 3 2 6 -7 4
19 Dunkerque 7 0 3 4 5 10 4 0 2 2 2 5 3 0 1 2 3 5 -5 3
20 Nancy 7 0 2 5 3 13 3 0 0 3 1 9 4 0 2 2 2 4 -10 2

Read more about Ligue 2

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.