Sochaux will play Clermont at home in the 1/32 final. Relatively recently both teams played even in Ligue 1, but now they are going through difficult times. Sochaux, for example, plays in the third division. There he is fighting for promotion and is still in fourth place, three points behind Orleans. However, there is very high competition there. And there are familiar to us Dijon, Boulogne and other teams that want to return to Ligue 2.

And Clermont is trying not to drop out of the league. It is 15th in Ligue 2, just two points ahead of Caen and Ajaccio. Clermont are not that far away from the higher placed teams, though. Nothing has been decided here yet, the competition is very high. In the last five matches Clermont lost only once - Annecy (0:2). After that he played a draw with Rodez (1:1), and before that in the French Cup coped with Angoulême (2:1) and shared points with Metz (1:1) in Ligue 2.

Sochaux in turn has not lost for 12 consecutive matches in all tournaments. Although in this series he has a lot of draws. In the previous round they shared points with Dijon (0:0), and before that - with Chateauroux (2:2). And on their field Sochaux has not lost since September. So even with a higher status Clermont can hardly expect an easy walk away.

If you look for the last official meetings between these teams, they were in 2021. Back then, Clermont drew away with Sochaux (0-0), and won 3-1 at home.