Match Report
| Sochaux-Montbéliard | Sochaux-Montbéliard |  |  | Dijon | Dijon | ||||||||||||||||
| Ephraim Matanga | Ephraim Matanga | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leon Röhner | L. Röhner |  | 70 | G |  | 1 | | G | 60 |  | Chris Owen | C. Owen | |||||||||
| Peter Cascini | P. Cascini |  | 63 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 71 | | Mervin Lofthouse | M. Lofthouse | |||||||||
| Herve Roche | H. Roche | | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 64 |  | Colin Law | C. Law | |||||||||
| Hauke Netzer | H. Netzer | | 71 | D | | 4 | | D | 62 | | Maxence Touré | M. Touré | |||||||||
| Raynald Jaurès | R. Jaurès | | 71 | D | | 5 | | D | 61 | | Sven Gleisenstein | S. Gleisenstein | |||||||||
| Tomasz Smolarek | T. Smolarek |  | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 64 | | Jacques Guiblesi | J. Guiblesi | |||||||||
| Vincenzo Bresciano | V. Bresciano |  | 62 | M | | 7 | | M | 62 |  | Eben Edusei | E. Edusei | |||||||||
| Diogo Oliveira | D. Oliveira |  | 62 | M | | 8 | | M | 60 | | Jean-Michel Fichaux | J. Fichaux | |||||||||
| Jose Marche | J. Marche | | 71 | A | | 9 | | M | 59 | | Djimi Haddadou | D. Haddadou | |||||||||
| Tomasz Bak | T. Bak | | 69 | A | | 10 | | A | 75 | | Steven Penneteau | S. Penneteau | |||||||||
| Jean-Christophe Ismaël | J. Ismaël | | 70 | A | | 11 | | A | 69 | | Armindo Nalis | A. Nalis | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Auguste-Bonal where Sochaux-Montbéliard play host to Dijon. A crowd of 19,943 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Sochaux-Montbéliard are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Dijon appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Sochaux-Montbéliard are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Dijon appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Sochaux-Montbéliard start the game by kicking off the first half!
6.25
0-0Herve Roche brings the ball forward. Herve Roche makes a simple pass to Jose Marche. Jose Marche knocks in a cross ball towards Jean-Christophe Ismaël. Jean-Christophe Ismaël directs the ball goalwards with his head but it goes wide for a goal kick.
9.27
Vincenzo Bresciano chips the ball to his team mate, Tomasz Bak. Tomasz Bak knocks in a cross ball towards Jean-Christophe Ismaël. Jean-Christophe Ismaël directs the ball goalwards with his head but it is miles over!
14.44
Colin Law knocks the ball forward to Jean-Michel Fichaux. Jean-Michel Fichaux decides to run forward with the ball. Jean-Michel Fichaux shoots from 20 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
20.21
0-0Jacques Guiblesi makes a simple pass to Steven Penneteau. Steven Penneteau knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Leon Röhner who gathers it comfortably.
21.12
Hauke Netzer makes a probing pass to Diogo Oliveira. Diogo Oliveira threads the ball through to Jean-Christophe Ismaël. Jean-Christophe Ismaël knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Maxence Touré.
24.49
0-0Tomasz Smolarek knocks the ball to his team mate, Jose Marche. Jose Marche shoots from outside the area but Chris Owen is on top of it.
26.31
Jean-Michel Fichaux chips the ball to his team mate, Steven Penneteau. Steven Penneteau knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
28.18
Tomasz Smolarek deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jose Marche. Jose Marche shoots from 20 yards but it is tipped over by Chris Owen.
33.30
0-0Sochaux-Montbéliard are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
34.12
Jean-Michel Fichaux surges forward with the ball. Jean-Michel Fichaux shoots from 25 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
39.43
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
40.14
0-0Armindo Nalis clumsily knocks into Herve Roche. Armindo Nalis is warned by the referee! Herve Roche stretches but gets up unharmed.
45.00
Sochaux-Montbéliard are easily keeping Dijon at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Dijon start the second half!
49.34
1-0Tomasz Smolarek decides to run forward with the ball. Tomasz Smolarek whips in a cross ball towards Jean-Christophe Ismaël. Jean-Christophe Ismaël directs the ball goalwards with his head. Jean-Christophe Ismaël scores for Sochaux-Montbéliard!!
55.03
Dijon are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Sochaux-Montbéliard's defence.
63.08
Tomasz Smolarek hacks Djimi Haddadou from behind! Tomasz Smolarek is given a warning by the referee! Djimi Haddadou runs off the knock.
79.24
Diogo Oliveira threads the ball through to Tomasz Bak. Tomasz Bak lofts in a cross ball towards Jose Marche. Jose Marche flicks the ball with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
81.16
Herve Roche plays a long ball forward. Tomasz Bak knocks in a cross ball towards Jose Marche. Jose Marche directs the ball goalwards with his head. Magnificent save by Chris Owen!
83.28
Vincenzo Bresciano advances with the ball. Vincenzo Bresciano sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but somehow Chris Owen manages to keep it out.
89.56
Vincenzo Bresciano sees a break and surges forward. Vincenzo Bresciano plays a perfect one-two with Tomasz Bak and rushes in on goal... Vincenzo Bresciano tries a spectacular strike but it flies wide!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
5
0
Shots off Target
4
2
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
58.8%
41.2%
Play Area
20.6%
52.9%
26.5%
Scorers