MONTBéLIARD. Sochaux had a astounding comeback against Caen. Sochaux was surely better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
J. Da Costa received a red card (60′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Caen lost the match.
The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Bonal stadium in Montbéliard on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Aurélien Petit with the support of François Boudikian and Nicolas Rodrigues. The 4th official was Aurélien Saunier. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -1.1 degrees Celsius or 30.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sochaux had a superior ball possession 66% while Caen was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sochaux had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sochaux won the match.
Sochaux shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Caen shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Sochaux received 7 yellow cards (M. Senaya, V. Henry, Y. Kitala, T. Mauricio, A. Ndour, and Teixeira Maxime). On the opposite side, Caen received 4 yellow cards (A. Goncalves, J. Da Costa, J. Deminguet and J. Rivierez).
Also, Caen didn’t end the match with 11 players after J. Da Costa (Caen) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (60′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sochaux will have 39 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Caen will stay with 22 points like Grenoble Foot 38 and Valenciennes to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Sochaux will play away against Dunkerque on the 22nd of January with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Sochaux (0 draws).
Caen will host Ajaccio on the 24th of January with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Caen (4 draws).
Sochaux – Formation
Sochaux started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Omar Daf decided to play with the following team: Mehdi Jeannin , Valentin Henry , Ismaël Aaneba , Florentin Pogba , Marvin Senaya , Ousseynou Thioune , Rassoul Ndiaye , Aldo Kalulu , Gaetan Weissbeck , Tony Mauricio and Yann Kitala .
The home team had on the bench: Maxime Do Couto , Abdallah Ndour , Malcolm Viltard, Samy Faraj , Florian Boucansaud, Christophe Diedhiou, Alan Virginius and Florian Boucansaud.
Substitutions
Sochaux made 4 changes: O. Thioune for A. Virginius (64′), R. Ndiaye for Teixeira Maxime (65′), M. Senaya for A. Ndour (65′) and Y. Kitala for S. Faraj (79′).
Best player: Alan Virginius
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochaux was Alan Virginius.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (54% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 64′.
Caen – Formation
Caen started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Stéphane Moulin played with: Rémy Riou , Jonathan Rivierez , Ibrahim Cissé , Prince Oniangué , Hugo Vandermersch , Adolphe Teikeu, Caleb Zady Sery , Jessy Deminguet , Yoel Armougom , Nuno Da Costa and Steve Shamal .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Franklin Wadja , Ilyes Najim, Andreas Hountondji , Evens Joseph, Anthony Gonçalves , Sullivan Péan and Aloys Fouda .
Caen could not rely on the presence of A. Goncalves (injured).
Substitutions
Caen made 4 changes: A. Teikeu for A. Goncalves (7′), S. Shamal for F. Wadja (72′), A. Goncalves for A. Hountondji (72′) and J. Deminguet for A. Fouda (84′).
Best player: Ibrahim Cissé
The most impressive player for Caen was Ibrahim Cissé.
His rating is with 25 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Guingamp – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-0
- Nancy – Bastia – 2-1
- Rodez – Dijon – 0-2
- Sochaux – Caen – 3-2
- Toulouse – Pau – 1-1