Montpellier supporters put their faith in manager Dall’Oglio to deliver victory against Troyes

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.

Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade de la Mosson. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Montpellier after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Montpellier are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Strasbourg. The goalie Omlin was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.43 out of ten. Omlin stopped the opponent with five saves.

Before that, Montpellier had a Coupe de France home game versus Strasbourg which ended with a victory 1-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Montpellier's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost one.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Montpellier as they have a new game in only four days, a Ligue 1 match thankfully also at home. Monaco are visiting.

A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

Troyes form and stats

Troyes have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-1-6 (9 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Irles, the Troyes manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Troyes failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 1 home match vs Olympique Lyonnais (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Troyes goalie Gallon could enjoy a brilliant day's work vs Olympique Lyonnais, but in spite of making seven saves the defeat could not be stopped. Goalkeeper Gallon got the top player rating of the team with 8.04/10. Gallon stopped the opponent with seven saves.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Brest.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Troyes playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Troyes manager Irles as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Angers SCO.

The attacking power of Troyes when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Troyes have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other previously this campaign: Troyes - Montpellier 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montpellier four wins, five draws and Troyes one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Mavididi 6 goals

T. Savanier 5 goals

F. Mollet 5 goals

Montpellier missing players

Troyes missing players