FC Sochaux-Montbeliard vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 2 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
Overview
Match Preview
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 2 at Stade Auguste-Bonal.
- FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 12 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
- Racing Club de Lens 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Bastien Dechepy
- Referee Erwan Finjean
- Referee Brice Parinet-Le Tellier
- Referee Guillaume Janin
6 games this season
🟨 4.0/game
⚽ 16.7 goals/game
🟥 1 total
Standings
| # | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Saint-Étienne | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | AS Nancy-Lorraine | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Montpellier HSC | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Stade de Reims | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Pau FC | 12 | 20 |
| 6 | Dijon Football Cote d'Or | 12 | 18 |
| 7 | FC Metz | 12 | 17 |
| 8 | Red Star FC | 12 | 17 |
| 9 | FC Annecy | 12 | 16 |
| 10 | USL Dunkerque | 12 | 15 |
| 11 | En Avant Guingamp | 12 | 14 |
| 12 | US Boulogne Côte d'Opale | 12 | 13 |
| 13 | Rodez Aveyron Football | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | FC Nantes | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Clermont Foot 63 | 12 | 11 |
| 16 | FC Sochaux-Montbeliard | 12 | 11 |
| 17 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 12 | 11 |
| 18 | Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC | 12 | 9 |
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb | Racing Club de Lens | H | 0–1 | L |
| 08 Feb | AS Beziers | A | 0–0 | D |
| 01 Feb | Clermont Foot 63 | H | 2–1 | W |
| 26 Jan | Stade Brestois 29 | A | 0–1 | L |
| 18 Jan | AC Ajaccio | H | 0–0 | D |
| 11 Jan | Valenciennes FC | A | 0–1 | L |
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb | FC Sochaux-Montbeliard | A | 1–0 | W |
| 09 Feb | FC Metz | H | 0–0 | D |
| 04 Feb | AS Beziers | H | 3–0 | W |
| 28 Jan | ES Troyes AC | A | 0–1 | L |
| 19 Jan | AS Nancy-Lorraine | H | 2–1 | W |
| 14 Jan | Red Star FC | A | 0–1 | L |
Key Stats
0%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
H2H (3 games)
33%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
33%
Clean Sheets
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard this season
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard this season
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
0-15
2/3
16-30
–/5
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/1
61-75
3/3
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Top Scorers (This Season)
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
| Benjamin Gomel | 3 G |
| Boubacar Fofana | 1 G |
Events
Match Events
- 0' Three points are at stake. FC Sochaux-Montbeliard host Racing Club de Lens — let the battle begin!
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Sochaux-Montbeliard needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' Jean-Kevin Duverne needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 15' The referee calls foul for Arial Mendy. He receives a Yellow card.
- 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 25' FC Sochaux-Montbeliard have won 244 goals from 340 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
- 30' Walid Mesloub is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Sochaux-Montbeliard tonight.
- 35' FC Sochaux-Montbeliard are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Racing Club de Lens's shape.
- 37' Mounir Chouiar was booked on 37.
- 42' El-Hadji Ba, a France , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
- 44' Mounir Chouiar makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Racing Club de Lens are in front.
- 45' Christopher Rocchia picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for El-Hadji Ba. He replaces Achraf Bencharki on 46 minute.
- 51' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
- 56' Racing Club de Lens receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 56.
- 61' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Sochaux-Montbeliard is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 63' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Maxence Lacroix.
- 67' Time for substitution for FC Sochaux-Montbeliard. Mohamed Sissoko is replaced by Franck Etoundi.
- 72' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — Mounir Chouiar exits the field as Souleymane Diarra enters on 72.
- 75' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Yohan Mollo.
- 80' Racing Club de Lens seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 81' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — Grejohn Kyei exits the field as Arthur Gomis enters on 81.
- 86' Over 86 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
- 87' A change in the FC Sochaux-Montbeliard ranks — Abdoulaye Sane exits the field as Anderson Cruz enters on 87.
- 90' It is a substitution in FC Sochaux-Montbeliard team. Sofiane Daham is replaced by Thomas Robinet on 90 minute.
- 0-1 the final result. FC Sochaux-Montbeliard will be bitterly disappointed.
Lineups
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard Lineups
Starting XI
- 3
- 24
- 30
- 19
- 5
- 27
- 15
- 11
- 7
- 33
- 4
Bench
- 16
- 18
- 23
- 9
- 10
- 22
- 28
Racing Club de Lens Lineups
Starting XI
- 15
- 16
- 18
- 2
- 10
- 25
-
29
Grejohn Kyei ↓ Yannick Gomis 81'
- 9
- 27
- 19
-
20
Achraf Bencharki ↓ El-Hadji Ba 46'
Bench
-
7
El-Hadji Ba ↑ 46'
- 30
- 6
-
8
Souleymane Diarra ↑ 72'
- 3
-
14
Yannick Gomis ↑ 81'
- 28
Coach
Philippe Montanier
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Massadio Haidara | 1 |
| Guillaume Gillet | 1 |
| Simon Banza | 1 |
| Florian Sotoca | 1 |
| Walid Mesloub | 1 |
| Yannick Gomis | 1 |
| Walid Mesloub | 1 |
| Yannick Gomis | 1 |
Head to Head
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard Form
2019-02-17
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
0–1
Racing Club de Lens
L
2019-02-08
AS Beziers
0–0
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
D
2019-02-01
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
2–1
Clermont Foot 63
W
2019-01-26
Stade Brestois 29
1–0
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
L
2019-01-18
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
0–0
AC Ajaccio
D
2019-01-11
Valenciennes FC
1–0
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
L
Racing Club de Lens Form
2019-02-17
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
0–1
Racing Club de Lens
W
2019-02-09
Racing Club de Lens
0–0
FC Metz
D
2019-02-04
Racing Club de Lens
3–0
AS Beziers
W
2019-01-28
ES Troyes AC
1–0
Racing Club de Lens
L
2019-01-19
Racing Club de Lens
2–1
AS Nancy-Lorraine
W
2019-01-14
Red Star FC
1–0
Racing Club de Lens
L
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.84
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.03
Racing Club de Lens xG
I would bet for:
Under 2.5 goals 71% + Racing Club de Lens or Draw 71%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Racing Club de Lens win
Both Teams to Score
✓ Correct
Avg goals/match: 1.87
Actual: No — clean sheet
Over / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 82% |
|
18% |
| ± 1.5 | 56% |
|
44% |
| ± 2.5 | 29% |
|
71% |
| ± 3.5 | 13% |
|
87% |
| ± 4.5 | 5% |
|
95% |
Double Chance
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard or Draw
62%
Draw or Racing Club de Lens
71%
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard or Racing Club de Lens
66%
Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Racing Club de Lens win at HT
Correct Score
✓ In top 12
0 – 0
18.1%
0 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
14.3%
1 – 0
11.6%
0 – 2
7.8%
1 – 2
6.7%
2 – 1
5.4%
2 – 0
5.1%
2 – 2
3%
0 – 3
2.6%
1 – 3
2.4%
3 – 1
1.5%
Asian Handicap — FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
| Handicap | FC Sochaux-Montbeliard covers | Push | Racing Club de Lens covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 2% | — | 98% |
| -2 | 2% | 7% | 91% |
| -1.5 | 9% | — | 91% |
| -1 | 9% | 18% | 73% |
| -0.5 | 27% | — | 73% |
| +0.5 | 63% | — | 37% |
| +1 | 63% | 22% | 15% |
| +1.5 | 85% | — | 15% |
| +2 | 85% | 10% | 4% |
| +2.5 | 96% | — | 4% |
Clean Sheet
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard keeps clean sheet
36%
✓
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
44%
✗
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.