Saturday, the 22nd day of Ligue 2 ends with a meeting between FC Sochaux and Lorient. Sochaux would like to return to the play-off race while Lorient defends its place as leader.
Sochaux vs Lorient Soccer Betting Picks
Author of a very convincing start to the season, FC Sochaux has gradually tumbled in the classification to the point of finding himself in the soft stomach of the classification, in 10th place with a balance finally correct of 28 points. It has now been more than 2 and a half months since the Lion Cubs no longer knew the victory and they remain on 2 losses during their last 3 meetings. Beaten in Orleans, they took a point against Paris FC (1-1) before losing to Auxerre (2-1) last week.
On the Lorient side, on the contrary, all the lights are green. The Hake now prone alone at the top of the classification in this Ligue 2 with 3 points ahead of Lens, following their two successes obtained in 2020 against Caen (2-1) and Nancy (2-1) last week. In the meantime, they even stood up to PSG for a long time before giving up at the end of the game in the Coupe de France (0-1).
The staff for Sochaux vs Lorient
Pendant and Kaabouni as well as the promising Moltenis still cannot hold their place and will therefore not be present for this meeting. With 7 goals, the Senegalese Sané is the top scorer of his team.
For Lorient, only long-injured injured defenders Martins-Pereira and Sainati are still missing. Against Nancy, former Nîmes Bozok allowed the Bretons to win by scoring the goal in the 90th minute, but young Wissa remains the team’s best offensive weapon with 12 goals scored this season .
Probable compositions for Sochaux vs Lorient:
Sochaux: Prévot – Paye, Lacroix, Teikeu, Diedhiou, Rocchia – Daham, Thioune, Diop – Ourega, Sané.
Lorient: Nardi – Mendes, Laporte, Saunier, Le Goff – Lemoine, Abergel – Cabot, Marveaux, Wissa – Hamel.
Lorient won at Le Moustoir in the first leg (1-0).
Sochaux have scored in 4 of their last 5 games while Lorient have found the net in 7 of their last 8 Ligue 2 games.
Soccer Betting Picks Sochaux vs Lorient
In confidence, the Lorient could increase their lead at the top of the ranking by winning against a team from Sochaux, struggling for months.
Betting Picks: Both teams to score
Odds: 1.77
