Ligue 1 forecast and preview: Strasbourg moderate front runner to beat Troyes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Mon 02.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

Here's every single thing you should know, and even more, ahead of the Strasbourg - Troyes game!

Insights:
  • Strasbourg have yet to win a game at home.
  • Troyes have scored at least twice as many goals away as Strasbourg have scored home.

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic match!

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Strasbourg form and stats

Strasbourg's struggle is real here at Stade de la Meinau with only 5 points collected from 8 Ligue 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-5-3. With eight home Ligue 1 games in a row without a win, the Strasbourg fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

No payout for Strasbourg in their previous match, an away game at PSG that ended in defeat 1-2. Heartbreak for Strasbourg in their last match as PSG's Mbappé scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Bellegarde got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Bellegarde hit four key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lorient that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Strasbourg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Sports bettors should know that 10 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Angers SCO are coming to town in four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Strasbourg here at Stade de la Meinau in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Strasbourg have conceded 13 from these games.

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Troyes form and stats

Troyes have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-0-6 (8 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Troyes are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

There were no winners in Troyes's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Nantes (placed 16th). Lis was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.95. The agile goalkeeper Lis topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-2 defeat away at Brest before that.

Troyes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 14 league fixtures.

For Troyes, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Strasbourg victories, four draws and two Troyes wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
6 goals
StrasbourgK. Gameiro
K. Gameiro
5 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Troyes missing players

Strasbourg Troyes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
1 0 0 Won W 0 2 3
8 5 3 Drew D 0 0 6
7 3 0 Lost L 2 6 7
18 7 2 Scored S 3 16 26
28 13 2 Conceded C 5 20 31
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 69%
31% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 75% 56%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 62% 31%
81% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 81%
6% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
19% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
3.8 3.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.1 5
4.8 3.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.9 5.2
1.8 1.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.2 11.5 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.4 13.7
4.1 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.1 4.9
27% 23% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 39% 33%
 
12.9 13.8 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.1 14.2
5.1 5.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.6 4.9
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Strasbourg have yet to win a game at home.
  • Troyes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Troyes have scored at least twice as many goals away as Strasbourg have scored home.
  • 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 PSG 16 14 2 0 45 10 8 7 1 0 21 8 8 7 1 0 24 2 35 44
2 Lens 15 11 3 1 26 10 8 8 0 0 18 6 7 3 3 1 8 4 16 36
3 Rennes 15 9 4 2 31 14 8 7 0 1 21 6 7 2 4 1 10 8 17 31
4 Olympique Marseille 15 9 3 3 26 13 8 5 1 2 12 7 7 4 2 1 14 6 13 30
5 Monaco 16 9 3 4 32 23 8 3 2 3 15 15 8 6 1 1 17 8 9 30
6 Lille 16 9 2 5 29 23 8 5 1 2 15 15 8 4 1 3 14 8 6 29
7 Lorient 15 8 4 3 26 21 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 4 3 1 14 12 5 28
8 Olympique Lyonnais 16 7 3 6 27 20 8 5 2 1 16 6 8 2 1 5 11 14 7 24
9 Nice 15 5 5 5 15 17 7 2 2 3 6 9 8 3 3 2 9 8 -2 20
10 Clermont 16 5 4 7 19 25 8 3 1 4 8 15 8 2 3 3 11 10 -6 19
11 Reims 15 3 8 4 16 21 7 2 3 2 7 10 8 1 5 2 9 11 -5 17
12 Toulouse 15 4 4 7 20 27 8 3 3 2 13 14 7 1 1 5 7 13 -7 16
13 Troyes 16 3 6 7 26 31 8 1 6 1 10 11 8 2 0 6 16 20 -5 15
14 Ajaccio 16 4 3 9 15 24 8 2 1 5 7 13 8 2 2 4 8 11 -9 15
15 Montpellier 15 4 2 9 24 29 8 3 1 4 11 13 7 1 1 5 13 16 -5 14
16 Nantes 16 2 8 6 17 24 7 2 4 1 11 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -7 14
17 Brest 16 3 4 9 18 32 8 1 3 4 7 17 8 2 1 5 11 15 -14 13
18 Auxerre 16 3 4 9 16 34 8 2 3 3 9 12 8 1 1 6 7 22 -18 13
19 Strasbourg 16 1 8 7 18 28 8 0 5 3 7 13 8 1 3 4 11 15 -10 11
20 Angers SCO 16 2 2 12 15 35 8 1 1 6 9 18 8 1 1 6 6 17 -20 8

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.