Ligue 2: Sochaux receive Valenciennes in what is nearly guaranteed to be an appealing football game. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- Sochaux have the most points from losing position (13) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sochaux and Valenciennes.
Sochaux form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Auguste-Bonal as Sochaux have scored 17 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Sochaux are returning here after visiting Saint-Étienne and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Dossou, Sissoko and Mauricio scored the goal(s). Sweet to taste a league victory after three matches without. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Guégan when Sissoko scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute. Aaneba was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Aaneba hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Caen that was lost 1-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sochaux matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 7 games).
Sochaux are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Rodez awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Sochaux in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Sochaux have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Valenciennes form and stats
There's been little loot from Valenciennes's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Ligue 2. Valenciennes only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Valenciennes, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Valenciennes delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Metz (placed 4th) in their previous match. The draw against Metz came from a losing position. The Valenciennes manager Rabuel brought on Bonnet as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Prior to that match, the Valenciennes manager Rabuel faced defeat when travelling to Dijon and losing 1-2.Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's last 10 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Laval in just three days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Valenciennes's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 10 matches. It's not easy to score on Valenciennes as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Sochaux and Valenciennes have duelled earlier this season: Valenciennes - Sochaux 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sochaux one win, four draws and Valenciennes five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 9 goals |  M. Doumbia 5 goals |   J. Cuffaut 4 goals |
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| Sochaux | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 30 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 19 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 90% |
| 65% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 30% | 50% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 20% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 11.5 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 13% | 26% |
| 10 | 9.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
- Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
- Sochaux have the most points from losing position (13) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) 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 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Metz | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Bastia | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Caen | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Quevilly Rouen | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Paris | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Annecy | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Laval | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Pau | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Dijon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 17 | Rodez | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Saint-Étienne | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -6 | 18 |
| 20 | Niort | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
