We have been discussing Chateauroux's woes for seemingly two years, they were "relegated" last season, but earned a late reprieve, unfortunately for them after they had got together a third tier quality squad. They are in deep trouble again, six points + from safety, having not scored in four starts, two at home and coming off a frightful 6-0 hammering at Nancy last weekend , my preview of which read ...

France : Ligue 2

Back in October, after eleven rounds of this season, we looked at how Ligue 2 games had played out so far in relation to previous campaigns ....

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Sunday January 11th #1

We have eight Coupe de la Ligue (trophy pictured) games this midweek and I sent subscribers a statistical look at how we might expect these (in general terms) to play out, along with previews of today's two matches, the other six ties are scheduled for tomorrow. The stats are below and are a good starting point for looking at the fixtures.....

Monaco got what they needed in midweek and more, with their defeat of Zenit earning them the #1 spot in their group and now they have a lot to look forward to in 2015. Ahead of that game I spoke about their approach and problems......

Hugely busy day today and I looked at four Ligue 2 games, one English fixture and wrote something about each of tomorrow's nine J-League matches. Long term subscribers got a lot for their 1€ newsletter(s) today. One of those previews can be viewed below and remember it is only a sample and you only ever see 8% of clubgowi output as free to view content, even less today !

France Ligue 2:

I would suggest starting today by re-reading the "stats" from last week......