Balanced ball game between Sochaux and Troyes expected

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 29.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Bonal (20005 seats)

Only the second game in the Ligue 2 for these teams and it's all to play for here at Stade Auguste-Bonal as Sochaux welcomes Troyes. Check out this preview!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sochaux form and stats

A good away victory last time out for Sochaux, who won 2-0 against Auxerre (placed 17th). In the match before that, Sochaux hosted Rodez and drew the game 1-1.

Last season, Sochaux's league statistics were 8 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 28 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 30. Playing at home last season Sochaux managed 6-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 11 conceded.

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Troyes form and stats

Levi Lumeka (2) scored in Troyes's previous match, the home game against Le Havre that ended 2-0. A draw for Troyes before that, at their own venue hosting Paris (1-1).

Let's have a look at how Troyes performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 14/8 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

TroyesL. Lumeka
L. Lumeka
2 goals
SochauxC. Diedhiou
C. Diedhiou
1 goals
SochauxY. Kitala
Y. Kitala
1 goals

Sochaux missing players

Troyes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sochaux Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 20
3 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 9
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 22%
Sochaux Last season Troyes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
8 6   Won W   8 16
10 5   Drew D   2 3
10 3   Lost L   4 9
28 17   Scored S   14 34
30 11   Conceded C   8 25
89% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
71% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   36% 61%
25% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   14% 39%
18% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 11%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 4%
36% 29%   BTTS BTTS   21% 43%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   57% 43%
39% 36%   Failed to Score F T   29% 18%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5
4.6 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.2
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
3 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
241 131   Total Shots T S   128 291
83 46   Shots on Target S O   52 120
34% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Valenciennes 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Sochaux 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Troyes 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Amiens SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Chateauroux 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Dunkerque 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Niort 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Rodez 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Caen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Clermont 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Guingamp 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Nancy 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Toulouse 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Le Havre 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Chambly 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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

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 Paris 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Valenciennes 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Sochaux 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Troyes 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Amiens SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Chateauroux 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Dunkerque 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Niort 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Rodez 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Caen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Clermont 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Guingamp 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Nancy 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Toulouse 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Le Havre 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Chambly 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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