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Sochaux v St Etienne : Ligue 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Stade Bonal, Montbeliard

Saturday evening sees Vincent Hognon’s Sochaux and Ian Cathro’s St Etienne go head to head in a Ligue 2 battle at the Stade Bonal. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Switching the market using the tabs below changes all statistics and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.

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Sochaux's next match is v Guingamp at 19:00 on Friday 21st August
St Etienne's next match is v Grenoble at 19:00 on Saturday 22nd August

The last French Ligue 2 meeting between Sochaux and St Etienne was on Saturday 8th August 2026

French Ligue 2

August 8th 2026

Sochaux 0	3 St Etienne

	22' J. Breum
	24' I. Cardona
	28' I. Cardona

	SOC STE
Shots On	2 7
Shots Off	7 6
Corners	6 1
Possession	53% 47%
Fouls	14 10
Yellow/red cards	1/0

Sochaux	St Etienne

D. Gomis (D. Tavares 80') M. Peybernes (A. Vitelli 62') S. Baghdadi (J. Mexique 74') B. Gomel K. Djoco (M. Clairicia 62') B. Youssouf M. Jeannin ?. N'Gatta V. Lobry J. Masson L. Nomel (B. Fofana 62')	(a. baallal 78') M. Bernauer J. Fonseca Ferreira S. Nair K. Pedro J. Le Cardinal J. Breum A. Csongvai (J. Duffus 46') A. Boakye (L. Stassin 56') I. Cardona (Z. Davitashvili 69') T. Ballo G. Larsonneur

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 mins. Both Sochaux and St Etienne's latest form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.29.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 51% chance of St Etienne coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sochaux 24%	12/5 10%	-
Draw 24%	5/2 3%	-
St Etienne 51%	19/20 6%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1 7%	-
St Etienne 1-0 11%	13/2	-
St Etienne 2-1 10%	8/1 6%	-
St Etienne 2-0 9%	17/2 6%	-
Sochaux 1-0 7%	9/1	-
Draw 0-0 7%	9/1	-
Sochaux 2-1 6%	11/1	-
St Etienne 3-1 5%	16/1 13%	-
St Etienne 3-0 5%	16/1 13%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1 12%	-
Sochaux 2-0 4%	16/1 10%	-
St Etienne 3-2 3%	28/1	-
St Etienne 4-1 2%	33/1	-
Sochaux 3-1 2%	28/1	-
St Etienne 4-0 2%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	19/20 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	17/20 3%	-
Home 1st Goal 43%	13/10 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 53%	8/11 3%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	9/1	-
BTTS - Yes 53%	4/5	-
BTTS - No 47%	10/11	-
BTTS - Home Win 12%	6/1 6%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4 5%	-
BTTS - Away Win 23%	10/3 8%	-
Home/draw 49%	4/5 11%	-
Away/draw 76%	3/10 2%	-
Home/away 76%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	3/10 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	12/5 4%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	12/5 7%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	3/10 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	6/1 14%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/10 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	14/1 13%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/33	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/20	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	10/1	-
Home DNB 41%	6/4 12%	-
Away DNB 69%	1/2 6%	-
Sochaux win to nil 12%	5/1 7%	-
St Etienne win to nil 28%	12/5 8%	-
Sochaux / Sochaux 13%	5/1 7%	-
Sochaux / St Etienne 4%	22/1	-
Sochaux / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Sochaux 10%	7/1 6%	-
Draw / St Etienne 17%	4/1 5%	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
St Etienne / Sochaux 2%	33/1	-
St Etienne / St Etienne 28%	11/5 8%	-
St Etienne / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	-

Win / draw / win Ligue 2 table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Sochaux St Etienne
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	St Etienne	2	2	0	0	5	6	l 0-3A	Feb 26	-	-
2	Annecy	2	2	0	0	3	6	Oct 23	Feb 12	Apr 9	Jan 2
3	Dunkerque	2	1	1	0	2	4	Nov 20	Apr 30	Jan 29	Sep 12
4	Montpellier	2	1	1	0	1	4	Dec 11	Apr 16	Sep 5	Apr 30
5	Metz	2	1	1	0	1	4	Mar 5	Oct 16	Feb 12	Sep 19
6	Red Star	2	1	1	0	1	4	Apr 9	d 0-00-0	Mar 19	Oct 16
7	Rodez	2	1	0	1	0	3	Jan 15	Mar 12	Oct 10	May 14
8	Guingamp	2	1	0	1	0	3	Aug 21	May 22	Mar 5	Oct 30
9	Pau	2	1	0	1	0	3	Feb 5	Sep 4	May 22	Dec 11
10	Lavallois	2	1	0	1	-1	3	Apr 23	Sep 18	Nov 6	Apr 16
11	Reims	2	0	2	0	0	2	Jan 29	Oct 30	May 7	Nov 20
12	Dijon	2	0	1	1	-1	1	Feb 19	Dec 4	Apr 23	Aug 31
13	Boulogne	2	0	1	1	-1	1	Oct 9	Jan 22	Jan 15	Feb 19
14	Nancy	2	0	1	1	-1	1	Mar 19	Nov 6	Dec 4	Apr 2
15	Grenoble	2	0	1	1	-2	1	May 14	Jan 2	Aug 22	Feb 5
16	Clermont	2	0	1	1	-2	1	May 7	Aug 28	w 3-1F	Jan 22
17	Sochaux	2	0	1	1	-3	1	-	-	Feb 26	w 0-3F
18	Nantes	2	0	0	2	-2	0	Sep 12	Apr 2	Oct 23	Mar 12

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Win / draw / win form

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HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win

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Away

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Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Sochaux of late. It has been 7 Ligue 2 games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday evening against St Etienne.

St Etienne's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because Sochaux have conceded in each of their last 8 Ligue 2 outings. A PG of 1.7 for I. Cathro's side suggests that run should continue.

	Sochaux 17th	St Etienne 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Sochaux will score no more than 1 goal	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that St Etienne will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 2 - 2026/2027 season

better

SOC

STE

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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SOC

STE

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Sochaux v St Etienne Ligue 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Sochaux Ligue 2 squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	0	0	0
M Jeannin

Line-up	Appserances	cards
M Jeannin GLK	2	-
B Youssouf DEF	2	-
?. N'Gatta DEF	2	-
M Peybernes DEF	1	-
D. Gomis DEF	2	-
L Nomel MID	2	-
J Masson MID	2	-
S Baghdadi MID	2	-
V Lobry FWD	2	-
B Gomel FWD	2	-
K Djoco FWD	2	-
Subs
J Vetro		-
M. Clairicia	2	-
S Agouzoul		-
A Vitelli	2	-
B Fofana	2	-
J Mexique	2	-
A Pierre		-
D Tavares	2	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	1	0	1
	S Baghdadi		D. Gomis

Line-up	shots on	big chances
D. Gomis DEF		1
S Baghdadi MID	1
V Lobry FWD	1
K Djoco FWD	1
Subs
J Mexique	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
99	3	7
?. N'Gatta	B Gomel	J Masson

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
?. N'Gatta DEF	99	1	2
B Youssouf DEF	77	1	2
D. Gomis DEF	76	2	6
V Lobry FWD	67		1
J Masson MID	63	2	7
M Jeannin GLK	59	1	2
M Peybernes DEF	57
Subs
A Vitelli	48	1	2
S Baghdadi MID	47		3
B Gomel FWD	37	3	6
L Nomel MID	36	2	4
Subs
J Mexique	35	1	2
D Tavares	31	3	5
M. Clairicia	17		3
B Fofana	11		2
K Djoco FWD	8		2

St Etienne Ligue 2 squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	3	2	2
G Larsonneur	I Cardona	T Ballo	J Breum

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Larsonneur GLK	2			-
J Ferreira DEF	2			-
J Cardinal DEF	2			-
K. Pedro DEF	2			-
S. Nair DEF	2			-
M Bernauer MID	2			-
J Breum MID	2	2	1	2 -
Áron Csongvai MID	2		1	-
A Boakye MID	2		1	-
I Cardona FWD	2	3		-
T Ballo FWD	2	1	2	-
Subs
M. Ndiaye				-
S. Stojković				-
L Stassin	1			-
J. Duffus	2			-
Z Davitashvili	2			-
L. Gadegbeku	1			-
a. baallal	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	3	2	2
I Cardona	J Breum	T Ballo	I Cardona

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
I Cardona FWD	3	3		2
J Breum MID	2	3	1	1
T Ballo FWD	1	2	2	1
K. Pedro DEF				1
M Bernauer MID		1
Áron Csongvai MID			1	1
A Boakye MID			1	1
Subs
J. Duffus		1
Z Davitashvili				1
a. baallal		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
141	9	15
Áron Csongvai	K. Pedro	K. Pedro

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
Áron Csongvai MID	141	3	7
M Bernauer MID	130	4	9
S. Nair DEF	129	3	12
J Cardinal DEF	123	2	7
J Breum MID	83		3
K. Pedro DEF	76	9	15
G Larsonneur GLK	42		2
Subs
Z Davitashvili	40	1	2
J Ferreira DEF	35	2	5
A Boakye MID	35	2	6
I Cardona FWD	29		2
T Ballo FWD	24	1	2
Subs
J. Duffus	13		3
L Stassin	7		1
a. baallal	5	1	2
L. Gadegbeku	3		1