MONTBéLIARD. Sochaux beats Guingamp 1-0 after A. Virginius scored just 1 goal (68′).

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 Alexandre Perreau Niel with the assistance of Yohann Larhant and Jean Grimm. The 4th official was Clément Visbecq. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1.8 degrees Celsius or 35.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sochaux was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Guingamp that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sochaux was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sochaux won the match​.

Sochaux shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Guingamp shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Sochaux will have 47 points to remain in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Guingamp will stay with 34 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Sochaux will play away against Auxerre on the 12th of March with a 17-5 head to head in favor of Auxerre (7 draws).

Guingamp will host Quevilly Rouen on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Guingamp (1 draw).

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 (7.2), Marvin Senaya (7.0), Ismaël Aaneba (7.3), Christophe Diedhiou (6.9), Abdallah Ndour (7.3), Ousseynou Thioune (6.6), Rassoul Ndiaye (7.4), Tony Mauricio (8.3), Gaetan Weissbeck (6.9), Maxime Do Couto (6.7) and Aldo Kalulu (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Steve Ambri (7.5), Yann Kitala (6.5), Florentin Pogba (6.6), Maxence Prévot, Hermann Tebily, Alan Virginius (7.1) and Younes Kaabouni (6.4).

Substitutions

Sochaux made 5 changes: Teixeira Maxime for S. Ambri (56′), O. Thioune for A. Virginius (56′), M. Senaya for F. Pogba (70′), R. Ndiaye for Y. Kaabouni (76′) and A. Kalulu for Y. Kitala (76′).

Best player: Tony Mauricio​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochaux was Tony Mauricio even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 51 passes (74% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 22. He performed 7 crosses.

Guingamp – Formation

Guingamp started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Stéphane Dumont played with: Enzo Basilio (7.1), Mathis Riou (7.4), Pierre Lemonnier (7.2), Baptiste Roux (6.5), Jérémy Livolant (7.1), Tristan Muyumba (7.1), El-Hadji Ba (6.5), Stephen Quemper (7.8), Mehdi Merghem (7.1), Frantzdy Pierrot (6.2) and Youssouf M’Changama (7.6).

They had on the bench: Arthur Vitelli, Matthias Phaeton (6.6), Hugo Barbet, Yoann Cathline, Souleymane Diarra, Maxime Barthelmé (7.0) and Yannick Gomis (6.6).

Substitutions

Guingamp made 4 changes: T. Muyumba for Y. Gomis (76′), M. Merghem for M. Phaeton (76′), M. Riou for M. Barthelme (84′) and E. Ba for Y. Cathline (90′).

Best player: Stephen Quemper​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Guingamp was Stephen Quemper.

His rating is (7.8) with 44 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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