TOMBLAINE. Sochaux didn’t concede much to Nancy to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday. Sochaux was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​.

The match was played at the Stade Marcel-Picot stadium in Tomblaine on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Benjamin Lepaysant with the assistance of Ludovic Zmyslony and Thomas Luczynski. The 4th official was Gaëtan Deneuve. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.1 degrees Celsius or 55.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sochaux was in firm control of the ball 64% while Nancy was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sochaux was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Sochaux to win the match​.

Nancy shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Sochaux shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Nancy received 1 yellow card (D. Bertrand). Talking about the opposition, Sochaux received 2 yellow cards (V. Henry and O. Thioune).

Standings

After this match, Nancy will have 9 points to stay in the 20th place. On the other side, Sochaux will have 28 points to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Nancy will play away against Niort on the 6th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Niort (9 draws).

Sochaux will host Nîmes on the 6th of November with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Sochaux (2 draws).

Nancy – Formation

Nancy started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Benoît Pedretti decided to play with the following team: Nathan Trott (7.2), Thomas Basila (7.1), Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (7.3), William Bianda (6.8), Shaquil Delos (7.0), Sieben Dewaele (6.9), Ogou Akichi (6.6), Saliou Ciss (7.6), Dorian Bertrand (6.1), Vinni Triboulet (6.4) and Mickael Biron (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Elliot Simoes (7.3), Kelvin Patrick Joia Rodrigues Araujo, Mamadou Thiam (7.1), Andrew Jung (6.4), Rosario Latouchent, Baptiste Valette and Gregoire Lefebvre (7.0).

Substitutions

Nancy made 4 changes: D. Bertrand for E. Simoes (60′), V. Triboulet for M. Thiam (75′), S. Dewaele for G. Lefebvre (84′) and M. Biron for A. Jung (84′).

Best player: Saliou Ciss​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nancy was Saliou Ciss.

His rating is (7.6) with 29 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.

Sochaux – Formation

Sochaux started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Regarding the opposition, Omar Daf played with: Maxence Prévot (7.8), Valentin Henry (7.4), Ismaël Aaneba (8.1), Christophe Diedhiou (7.0), Abdallah Ndour (7.2), Rassoul Ndiaye (7.5), Ousseynou Thioune (7.2), Tony Mauricio (7.2), Gaetan Weissbeck (7.4), Maxime Do Couto (6.8) and Aldo Kalulu (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mehdi Jeannin, Yann Kitala (6.4), Steve Ambri (6.5), Hermann Tebily, Alan Virginius (6.3), Marvin Senaya and Younes Kaabouni.

Substitutions

Sochaux made 5 changes: Teixeira Maxime for S. Ambri (70′), R. Ndiaye for A. Virginius (70′), A. Kalulu for Y. Kitala (81′), V. Henry for M. Senaya (89′) and O. Thioune for Y. Kaabouni (89′).

Best player: Ismaël Aaneba​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochaux was Ismaël Aaneba.

His rating is (8.1) with 74 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Toulouse – Guingamp – 2-2
• Bastia – Amiens SC – 0-0
• Caen – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-1
• Dijon – Paris – 0-1
• Dunkerque – Le Havre – 1-0
• Nancy – Sochaux – 0-0
• Nîmes – Niort – 1-2
• Pau – Ajaccio – 1-0
• Rodez – Quevilly Rouen – 3-0