Football preview: Sochaux odds-on when Pau arrive

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Bonal (20005 seats)

Welcome to Stade Auguste-Bonal and this fixture between Sochaux & Pau in the Ligue 2. Here's everything you should know!

Insights:
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals (49) in Ligue 2
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals (23) in Ligue 2

These teams have little in common geographically as Pau have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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 have performed here at Stade Auguste-Bonal this season with 9 wins from 15 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2.

It's back home for Sochaux, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Niort away with the result 3-0. Sissoko, Ndiaye and Doumbia found the net in that victory. Sochaux decided the match against Niort in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy. Midfielder Doumbia was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.52 (out of ten) in that game. Doumbia scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 46 successful passes (of 52 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bastia (2-3).

Sochaux have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Auguste-Bonal with 29 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Sochaux have conceded only 11 goals.

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Pau form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Pau's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Metz that finished 1-1. The draw against Metz came from a losing position. The Pau manager Tholot brought on George as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Ruiz, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.34. Ruiz won 8 of 11 duels.

A 0-1 loss hosting Le Havre before that.

Look out: 8 of the latest 10 league games involving this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pau as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pau have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sochaux have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Pau.

Pau - Sochaux 0-3 was the score in these squads' previous h2h fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

SochauxI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
12 goals
SochauxM. Doumbia
M. Doumbia
10 goals
SochauxA. Kalulu Kyatengwa
A. Kalulu Kyatengwa
6 goals

Sochaux missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sochaux Pau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
15 9 5 Won W 0 4 8
7 4 0 Drew D 3 4 10
8 2 0 Lost L 2 7 12
49 29 19 Scored S 3 11 23
26 11 3 Conceded C 5 17 33
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 60% 53%
57% 53% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
23% 33% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 13%
13% 13% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 40% 37%
40% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 30%
23% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 40%
 
4.3 4.7 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.6 4.3
4.3 3.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5.9 4.6
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 11.9 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7 8.8
4.6 5.3 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.8 3.3
35% 37% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 26% 23%
 
10.7 9.1 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 12.7 10.4
3.7 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.6 5.3 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals (23) in Ligue 2
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Ligue 2
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sochaux have scored more than double the goals of Pau.
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals (29) at home in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals (49) in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the the best goal difference (+18) 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 30 16 13 1 40 14 15 9 6 0 21 7 15 7 7 1 19 7 26 61
2 Bordeaux 30 16 8 6 42 23 15 9 4 2 21 9 15 7 4 4 21 14 19 56
3 Sochaux 30 15 7 8 49 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 15 6 3 6 20 15 23 52
4 Metz 30 14 10 6 45 27 15 7 6 2 20 12 15 7 4 4 25 15 18 52
5 Bastia 30 14 6 10 35 34 15 9 2 4 19 12 15 5 4 6 16 22 1 48
6 Grenoble Foot 38 30 13 8 9 30 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 14 14 5 47
7 Caen 30 12 10 8 37 32 15 9 5 1 23 10 15 3 5 7 14 22 5 46
8 Quevilly Rouen 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 6 6 3 23 17 15 5 3 7 10 15 1 42
9 Paris 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 4 3 8 17 21 15 7 4 4 18 16 -2 40
10 Amiens SC 30 11 7 12 32 37 15 7 3 5 17 15 15 4 4 7 15 22 -5 40
11 Saint-Etienne 30 11 9 10 47 45 15 7 4 4 24 20 15 4 5 6 23 25 2 39
12 Guingamp 30 10 9 11 36 38 15 4 3 8 17 21 15 6 6 3 19 17 -2 39
13 Rodez 30 8 10 12 30 38 15 3 5 7 14 23 15 5 5 5 16 15 -8 34
14 Pau 30 8 10 12 23 33 15 4 6 5 12 16 15 4 4 7 11 17 -10 34
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 32 39 15 5 9 1 25 20 14 2 3 9 7 19 -7 33
16 Annecy 29 8 9 12 30 38 14 6 3 5 13 13 15 2 6 7 17 25 -8 33
17 Laval 30 9 4 17 33 45 15 5 2 8 19 21 15 4 2 9 14 24 -12 31
18 Dijon 30 7 8 15 26 36 16 6 5 5 16 15 14 1 3 10 10 21 -10 29
19 Nîmes 30 8 5 17 32 44 14 7 1 6 17 14 16 1 4 11 15 30 -12 29
20 Niort 30 7 5 18 27 51 15 5 2 8 17 26 15 2 3 10 10 25 -24 26

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 30 16 13 1 40 14 15 9 6 0 21 7 15 7 7 1 19 7 26 61
2 Bordeaux 30 16 8 6 42 23 15 9 4 2 21 9 15 7 4 4 21 14 19 56
3 Sochaux 30 15 7 8 49 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 15 6 3 6 20 15 23 52
4 Metz 30 14 10 6 45 27 15 7 6 2 20 12 15 7 4 4 25 15 18 52
5 Bastia 30 14 6 10 35 34 15 9 2 4 19 12 15 5 4 6 16 22 1 48
6 Grenoble Foot 38 30 13 8 9 30 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 14 14 5 47
7 Caen 30 12 10 8 37 32 15 9 5 1 23 10 15 3 5 7 14 22 5 46
8 Quevilly Rouen 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 6 6 3 23 17 15 5 3 7 10 15 1 42
9 Paris 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 4 3 8 17 21 15 7 4 4 18 16 -2 40
10 Amiens SC 30 11 7 12 32 37 15 7 3 5 17 15 15 4 4 7 15 22 -5 40
11 Saint-Etienne 30 11 9 10 47 45 15 7 4 4 24 20 15 4 5 6 23 25 2 39
12 Guingamp 30 10 9 11 36 38 15 4 3 8 17 21 15 6 6 3 19 17 -2 39
13 Rodez 30 8 10 12 30 38 15 3 5 7 14 23 15 5 5 5 16 15 -8 34
14 Pau 30 8 10 12 23 33 15 4 6 5 12 16 15 4 4 7 11 17 -10 34
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 32 39 15 5 9 1 25 20 14 2 3 9 7 19 -7 33
16 Annecy 29 8 9 12 30 38 14 6 3 5 13 13 15 2 6 7 17 25 -8 33
17 Laval 30 9 4 17 33 45 15 5 2 8 19 21 15 4 2 9 14 24 -12 31
18 Dijon 30 7 8 15 26 36 16 6 5 5 16 15 14 1 3 10 10 21 -10 29
19 Nîmes 30 8 5 17 32 44 14 7 1 6 17 14 16 1 4 11 15 30 -12 29
20 Niort 30 7 5 18 27 51 15 5 2 8 17 26 15 2 3 10 10 25 -24 26

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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.