From a soft stomach to the foot of the podium? Beyond the accounting aspect of classification, the FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (7th) has the opportunity to assert his status as a candidate in the race for promotion to Ligue 2!
The FCSM welcomes the Finisterians of US Concarneau this Friday to Bonal, the team leading the National championship after 10 days. The gap is far from irremediable but the pressure is rather on the yellow and blue side, 6 points behind their opponent before kick-off.
A marked opposition
The summit meeting pits two teams with opposite destinies against each other. Strong of the best defense in the championship before kick-off (6 goals conceded, like Nancy and Dijon), the Sochalian team is faced with best attack of the moment: US Concarneau arrives in North Franche-Comté with 16 goals scored in 10 matches, an offensive benchmark shared with Orléans and Valenciennes.
To compete with a team with confidence, the Sochaux coach Karim Mokeddem expects more from its offensive sector. “That was the theme of the week in training: that everyone scores more goals, that everyone does a little more in the connections of the game” recalled the yellow and blue technician during the pre-match press conference.
The Sochaux group
Coach Karim Mokeddem's options are limited by several absences. New players have joined the infirmary since the last National meeting in Rouen (0-0). The midfielder Roli Pereira de Sa as well as the attacker Armand Gnanduillet are forfeited for three weeks, for hamstring pain in both cases. The defender Boris Moltenis is also not part of the group: the player from Belfort is unavailable after a crutch received in training.
The midfield also suffers from the absence of Samy Benchammasuspended after his red card received in Avallon (3-1) in the French Cup. The positive news from the Sochaux group is the presence of the defender Mathieu Peybernesback after injury. Beyond the revelation of the moment Elson Mendes, two young players are options available: defender Lamine Touré and striker Marie-Gaël Mukanya remain in the Sochaux squad, after their participation in the last French Cup match .
The match between FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and US Concarneau is to be experienced in full from 7:15 p.m. on your France Bleu Belfort-Montbéliard radio and the application HERE, with comments from Alexandre Lepère and Jean Sureda. The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m.
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