Pau FC vs Sochaux — Ligue 2 result and pre-match forecast, Friday, 4 September 2026

Ligue 2·Friday, 4 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 8.5 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

PAU

41%

top pick

Draw

29%

result

Sochaux

30%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 29.3% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a PAU win. Expected goals 1.25–1.09 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals42%2 scored
Both teams score48%yes
PAU clean sheet34%no
Sochaux clean sheet28%no
PAU score 2+36%no
Sochaux score 2+30%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1277
1X2 Brier score0.7547
Probability on the result29.3%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (13.8%), 1–0 (12.1%), 0–0 (10.4%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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Pau FC

8 AugHvs Annecy0–1L
14 AugAvs Dijon1–0W
21 AugHvs Nancy0–1L
28 AugAvs Rodez2–2D
4 SeptHvs Sochaux1–1D

Sochaux

8 AugHvs St Etienne0–3L
14 AugAvs Red Star0–0D
21 AugHvs Guingamp1–0W
28 AugAvs Clermont0–0D
4 SeptAvs Pau FC1–1D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatPau FC
(Home · 6 matches)
Sochaux
(Away · 6 matches)
BTTS rate50.0%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate33.3%16.7%
Clean sheet16.7%33.3%
Avg goals2.331.83

Home stats use Pau FC's home record; away stats use Sochaux's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.