Match preview Ligue 2: Sochaux - Rodez at Stade Auguste-Bonal

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Bonal (20005 seats)

It's early days in the Ligue 2 and both Sochaux and Rodez are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

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

The hosts won their first Ligue 2 game here at Stade Auguste-Bonal, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sochaux last season were 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 14 games.

An away draw last time out for Sochaux, facing Toulouse in a game that ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Troyes in a game that was won 2-1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sochaux at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Rodez form and stats

One match played away so far in the Ligue 2 for Rodez and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from 14 games.

The manager L. Peyrelade was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade Paul Lignon. Rodez suffered a 0-3 loss to Caen (placed 2nd). A 1-1 draw at Pau's stadium before that.

It's early days yet, but Rodez has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sochaux one win, one draw and Rodez zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SochauxC. Diedhiou
C. Diedhiou
1 goals
SochauxJ. Lopy
J. Lopy
1 goals
SochauxG. Weissbeck
G. Weissbeck
1 goals

Sochaux missing players

Rodez missing players

Sochaux Rodez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 2 0 Scored S 0 1 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
67% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
6.7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.7
4.3 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 4.7
2.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
20 6 0 Total Shots T S 0 4 14
7 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 1 6
57% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 33%
Sochaux Last season Rodez
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
8 6   Won W   2 8
10 5   Drew D   5 8
10 3   Lost L   7 12
28 17   Scored S   9 31
30 11   Conceded C   16 34
89% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 89%
71% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 71%
25% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 46%
18% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 11%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 11%
36% 29%   BTTS BTTS   50% 61%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 21%
39% 36%   Failed to Score F T   43% 29%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.9
4.6 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
3 2   Red cards R C   1 4
 
241 131   Total Shots T S   108 235
83 46   Shots on Target S O   29 77
34% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 40%

  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 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
2 Caen 3 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 7
3 Sochaux 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 7
4 Niort 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
5 Troyes 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 6
6 Valenciennes 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6
7 Grenoble Foot 38 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
8 Le Havre 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
9 Clermont 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
10 Dunkerque 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
11 Rodez 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
12 Amiens SC 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
13 Chateauroux 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 3
14 Auxerre 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
15 Nancy 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 1
16 Guingamp 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
17 Toulouse 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 -3 1
18 Chambly 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
19 Pau 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 1
20 Ajaccio 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 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 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Chateauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orleans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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.