Match details. Ligue 2, Regular Season - 10. Kick-off is Fri 23 Oct, 19:00 Lagos time. It is played at Stade Bonal, Montbeliard.
What's at stake. Sochaux-Montbeliard are 11th on 11 points after 9 games, level on points with Dunkerque, 2 points clear of Boulogne. A win would take them above Dunkerque. FC Annecy are 8th on 13 points after 9 games, level on points with Metz, 1 point clear of Dijon. A win would take them above Metz.
Form. Sochaux-Montbeliard have won two, drawn six and lost two of their last ten, 1.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D D W D. FC Annecy have won four, drawn one and lost five of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W L L W.
The numbers. Sochaux-Montbeliard score one and concede 1.2 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets. Sochaux-Montbeliard average 7.5 shots (2.4 on target), 3.7 corners and 1.1 cards a game, with 41% of the ball. FC Annecy score 1.2 and concede 1.2 a game in their last five away, with two clean sheets. FC Annecy average 8.4 shots (4.3 on target), 5.7 corners and 1.7 cards a game, with 46% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last two meetings Sochaux-Montbeliard have won one, drawn none and lost one. Two of the two went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. The last time they met, on 25 Feb 2023, it finished Sochaux-Montbeliard 5-1 FC Annecy: Sochaux-Montbeliard had 11 shots to 7, 49% of the ball, one yellow card.
The read. No side to back. A tight game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 47%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: Sochaux-Montbeliard 1-1 FC Annecy (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).