Match preview Ligue 2: Nancy - Troyes at Stade Marcel-Picot

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Struggling Nancy will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Troyes in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Nancy is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Troyes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Nancy form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Nancy, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 2, have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Nancy, who played 2-2 against Auxerre. That match was also played at this venue (Stade Marcel-Picot). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Sochaux the opponent.

Nancy are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Ajaccio awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Nancy in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Nancy have conceded 10 from these games.

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Troyes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Troyes who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Auxerre.

Troyes are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Caen (placed 7th). Before that, Troyes secured a home win against Paris with the score 2-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Troyes are hosting Niort in the Ligue 2 only three days away.

Troyes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Troyes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nancy won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Troyes has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

TroyesY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
7 goals
NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
4 goals
NancyA. Bassi
A. Bassi
3 goals

Nancy missing players

Troyes missing players

Nancy Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 3 7 14
3 2 0 Won W 3 3 8
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
7 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
14 9 3 Scored S 7 9 21
19 10 5 Conceded C 1 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 86%
71% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 71%
43% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 50%
21% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 50%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 57% 50%
36% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8 10 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.1 12
3.1 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 4.9
33% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 31%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nancy has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nancy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nancy is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Troyes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Grenoble Foot 38 14 9 2 3 22 9 7 6 1 0 16 4 7 3 1 3 6 5 13 29
2 Troyes 14 8 4 2 21 10 7 5 2 0 12 5 7 3 2 2 9 5 11 28
3 Paris 15 8 4 3 20 13 8 4 2 2 9 7 7 4 2 1 11 6 7 28
4 Toulouse 15 7 5 3 27 18 8 3 3 2 14 10 7 4 2 1 13 8 9 26
5 Auxerre 15 7 4 4 31 18 8 5 1 2 20 7 7 2 3 2 11 11 13 25
6 Clermont 14 6 5 3 18 8 7 3 3 1 9 3 7 3 2 2 9 5 10 23
7 Caen 15 6 5 4 13 12 8 4 4 0 7 3 7 2 1 4 6 9 1 23
8 Niort 14 7 2 5 19 22 7 4 2 1 11 5 7 3 0 4 8 17 -3 23
9 Valenciennes 15 5 6 4 18 17 7 3 3 1 8 5 8 2 3 3 10 12 1 21
10 Dunkerque 15 6 2 7 13 16 7 3 2 2 7 5 8 3 0 5 6 11 -3 20
11 Sochaux 14 4 7 3 19 15 7 3 2 2 15 12 7 1 5 1 4 3 4 19
12 Amiens SC 15 5 4 6 12 12 8 3 3 2 6 5 7 2 1 4 6 7 0 19
13 Le Havre 14 5 3 6 12 18 6 2 2 2 5 5 8 3 1 4 7 13 -6 18
14 Guingamp 15 3 7 5 14 16 8 2 3 3 8 9 7 1 4 2 6 7 -2 16
15 Ajaccio 15 3 5 7 10 21 7 1 3 3 3 8 8 2 2 4 7 13 -11 14
16 Nancy 14 3 4 7 14 19 6 2 2 2 9 10 8 1 2 5 5 9 -5 13
17 Pau 14 3 4 7 12 18 6 2 2 2 7 6 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 13
18 Chateauroux 15 3 3 9 11 21 8 2 1 5 6 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -10 12
19 Rodez 15 2 6 7 12 23 8 2 2 4 7 11 7 0 4 3 5 12 -11 12
20 Chambly 15 2 6 7 12 24 8 2 1 5 6 13 7 0 5 2 6 11 -12 12

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.