Ligue 1 fixture research: Lorient against Troyes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

This fixture stars two squads living in the carpet of the Ligue 1, Lorient having 17th place and Troyes lying 15th. A good chance for one of the teams to boost their position.

Insights:
  • Lorient have the fewest scored goals (34) in Ligue 1
  • Troyes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Ligue 1

Lorient can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 1. For Troyes most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Lorient form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lorient at their home stadium (Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. When Lorient hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Angers SCO, Lorient, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne, Clermont and Metz), they have won 2 of 5 matches! The Lorient manager Pélissier might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Moffi was the last player to score a league goal for Lorient and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Lorient haven't scored in 238 minutes.

Lorient shared the glory with Bordeaux in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Goff, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Goff hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Olympique Marseille with the scoreline 0-3.

Lorient are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Lorient's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Lorient has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Troyes form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Troyes so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-11 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Troyes in their previous game as they lost hosting Lens, 1-3. It's possibly a bad omen for Troyes that their goalkeeper Gallon pulled off six saves in the Lens match, but still were unable to rescue them from a defeat.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Paris Saint Germain.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Troyes as they have only managed to score 17 times from 18 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Troyes have conceded 33 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Lorient and Troyes have faced off before this season: Troyes - Lorient 2-0. Lorient-Troyes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lorient three wins, Troyes five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LorientT. Moffi
T. Moffi
8 goals
LorientA. Lauriente
A. Lauriente
5 goals
LorientI. Koné
I. Koné
5 goals

Lorient missing players

Troyes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lorient Troyes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
8 6 2 Won W 2 4 9
11 5 3 Drew D 1 3 10
18 7 0 Lost L 2 11 18
34 19 9 Scored S 6 17 36
62 21 4 Conceded C 5 33 52
86% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 61% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 73%
43% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 41%
30% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 19%
19% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
49% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 54%
30% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 17% 24%
35% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 28% 24%
 
4.2 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.4 4.3
5.1 4.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.5 5.3
1.8 1.7 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 5
 
11.5 12.6 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.7 10.2
3.8 4.1 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.2 3.4
24% 26% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 29%
 
12.6 11.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 14.2 12
4.1 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.2 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have the fewest scored goals (34) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Troyes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Ligue 1
  • Troyes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 37 25 8 4 85 36 18 15 3 0 44 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 49 83
2 Monaco 37 20 8 9 63 38 19 12 4 3 38 16 18 8 4 6 25 22 25 68
3 Olympique Marseille 37 20 8 9 59 38 18 8 5 5 29 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 21 68
4 Rennes 37 20 5 12 80 38 19 14 1 4 50 13 18 6 4 8 30 25 42 65
5 Strasbourg 37 17 12 8 60 39 19 11 5 3 36 18 18 6 7 5 24 21 21 63
6 Nice 37 19 7 11 49 34 19 10 4 5 27 21 18 9 3 6 22 13 15 63
7 Lens 37 17 10 10 60 46 18 9 6 3 33 18 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 61
8 Olympique Lyonnais 37 16 11 10 64 50 19 11 5 3 42 25 18 5 6 7 22 25 14 58
9 Nantes 37 15 9 13 54 47 18 11 3 4 32 19 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 54
10 Lille 37 14 12 11 46 46 18 7 7 4 22 20 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 54
11 Brest 37 13 9 15 47 53 18 7 4 7 26 25 19 6 5 8 21 28 -6 48
12 Reims 37 11 13 13 41 41 18 5 6 7 23 20 19 6 7 6 18 21 0 46
13 Montpellier 37 12 7 18 49 59 19 7 5 7 27 26 18 5 2 11 22 33 -10 43
14 Angers SCO 37 9 11 17 42 55 18 7 2 9 21 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -13 38
15 Troyes 37 9 10 18 36 52 19 5 7 7 19 19 18 4 3 11 17 33 -16 37
16 Clermont 37 9 9 19 37 67 18 4 6 8 21 31 19 5 3 11 16 36 -30 36
17 Lorient 37 8 11 18 34 62 18 6 5 7 19 21 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 35
18 Metz 37 6 13 18 35 64 19 3 7 9 21 31 18 3 6 9 14 33 -29 31
19 Saint-Étienne 37 7 10 20 41 76 19 4 6 9 24 38 18 3 4 11 17 38 -35 31
20 Bordeaux 37 5 13 19 48 89 19 3 7 9 25 33 18 2 6 10 23 56 -41 28

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 37 25 8 4 85 36 18 15 3 0 44 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 49 83
2 Monaco 37 20 8 9 63 38 19 12 4 3 38 16 18 8 4 6 25 22 25 68
3 Olympique Marseille 37 20 8 9 59 38 18 8 5 5 29 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 21 68
4 Rennes 37 20 5 12 80 38 19 14 1 4 50 13 18 6 4 8 30 25 42 65
5 Strasbourg 37 17 12 8 60 39 19 11 5 3 36 18 18 6 7 5 24 21 21 63
6 Nice 37 19 7 11 49 34 19 10 4 5 27 21 18 9 3 6 22 13 15 63
7 Lens 37 17 10 10 60 46 18 9 6 3 33 18 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 61
8 Olympique Lyonnais 37 16 11 10 64 50 19 11 5 3 42 25 18 5 6 7 22 25 14 58
9 Nantes 37 15 9 13 54 47 18 11 3 4 32 19 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 54
10 Lille 37 14 12 11 46 46 18 7 7 4 22 20 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 54
11 Brest 37 13 9 15 47 53 18 7 4 7 26 25 19 6 5 8 21 28 -6 48
12 Reims 37 11 13 13 41 41 18 5 6 7 23 20 19 6 7 6 18 21 0 46
13 Montpellier 37 12 7 18 49 59 19 7 5 7 27 26 18 5 2 11 22 33 -10 43
14 Angers SCO 37 9 11 17 42 55 18 7 2 9 21 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -13 38
15 Troyes 37 9 10 18 36 52 19 5 7 7 19 19 18 4 3 11 17 33 -16 37
16 Clermont 37 9 9 19 37 67 18 4 6 8 21 31 19 5 3 11 16 36 -30 36
17 Lorient 37 8 11 18 34 62 18 6 5 7 19 21 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 35
18 Metz 37 6 13 18 35 64 19 3 7 9 21 31 18 3 6 9 14 33 -29 31
19 Saint-Étienne 37 7 10 20 41 76 19 4 6 9 24 38 18 3 4 11 17 38 -35 31
20 Bordeaux 37 5 13 19 48 89 19 3 7 9 25 33 18 2 6 10 23 56 -41 28

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