Clermont 0-0 Sochaux result, stats and report

Clermont hit the woodwork twice and Sochaux had a man booked before half-time as a tepid Ligue 2 contest at Clermont ended goalless, with neither side able to find the cutting edge when it mattered.

Dunkerque controlled 62 per cent of the ball and created the better chances but could not find a winner, as Opa Sangante's first-half goal earned Clermont a point they will take all day long.

Sochaux took the lead through Lorenzo Rajot and dominated every meaningful statistic, but a red card for Pau did not cost them the point they ultimately salvaged in a frustrating Ligue 2 draw.

A match that looked like ending goalless produced two goals in the final minute, with Clermont equalising through a substitute's right-foot finish after Dijon had taken the lead from their own late strike.

Two sides sitting in the bottom half of the early Ligue 2 standings meet on Friday night, with Grenoble's stubborn home record offering a genuine platform and Clermont yet to keep a single clean sheet on the road.

Laval carry a perfect home record into this Friday night Ligue 2 fixture, but Sochaux arrive with a defensive away pattern that could make this a tighter contest than the standings suggest.

Neither Clermont nor Boulogne have won a Ligue 2 match this season, and Friday night at Clermont brings together two sides who badly need three points. The patterns in the data tell a clearer story than the raw results suggest.