Delightful dogfight as daring Martigues duel with determined Sochaux

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 15.Sep
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis Turcan (11500 seats)

Here's another interesting match in the National. Martigues is in the 7th position from playing five fixtures. They greet Sochaux who are placed 15th from three games.

Insights:
  • Martigues have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in National

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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Martigues form and stats

Only two National home games for Martigues so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Martigues haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 206 minutes ago. Zouaoui scored that one.

The home team returns to Stade Francis Turcan after drawing with Chasselay MDA (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Ahead of that match, Martigues lost 0-1 at home to Red Star.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Martigues have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

At Stade Francis Turcan, Martigues has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Sochaux form and stats

Things could have gone better for Sochaux in their National away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Sochaux play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Épinal (placed 17th).

A loss against Chasselay MDA was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Sochaux are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sochaux has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MartiguesA. Hemia
A. Hemia
2 goals
MartiguesY. Zouaoui
Y. Zouaoui
1 goals
MartiguesS. Belloumou
S. Belloumou
1 goals

Martigues missing players

Sochaux missing players

Martigues Sochaux
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 2 2 Scored S 0 3 3
3 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 5
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
20% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
40% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 67%
 
4 6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 2.3
4.2 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.5 1.7
2.4 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 10.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 4
4 5.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 1
20% 18% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 100%
 
7.8 7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 6
3.6 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.5 3
Key stats in National this season:
  • Martigues have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in National
Martigues Last season Sochaux
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
15 10   Won W   6 15
15 6   Drew D   3 7
4 1   Lost L   10 16
54 31   Scored S   23 54
40 18   Conceded C   23 41
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 66%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 55%
32% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 24%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 13%
68% 65%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 32%
12% 6%   Failed to Score F T   32% 29%
 
4.2 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.6
2.8 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.2
2.3 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
5 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.9 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 11.5
4.4 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.6
37% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 31%
 
9.1 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.9
3.8 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Red Star 5 4 0 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 12
2 Le Mans 5 2 3 0 7 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 9
3 Chasselay MDA 5 2 2 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 4 8
4 Dijon 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 8
5 Châteauroux 5 2 2 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 8
6 Niort 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 8
7 Martigues 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 8
8 Villefranche 5 2 2 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 0 8
9 Avranches 5 2 1 2 10 9 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 2 5 9 1 7
10 Nancy 5 1 4 0 8 6 3 0 3 0 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 6
11 Rouen 5 1 3 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 6
12 Cholet 5 2 0 3 5 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 6
13 Nîmes 5 0 4 1 5 7 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Versailles 4 0 3 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Sochaux 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 -2 3
16 Orléans 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 3
17 Épinal 5 0 2 3 4 9 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 -5 2
18 Marignane Gignac CB 5 0 2 3 3 9 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 2

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The Championnat de France National, often referred to as just National or Division 3, is the third highest division in French football. It has 18 teams, each playing 34 fixtures to decide the champion. The top three teams in the league table in May are promoted, the four lowest placed sides are relegated.