Ligue 1 forecast and guide: Troyes odds-on thought to beat Auxerre

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 04.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Aube (20400 seats)

Troyes have accomplished 1 home triumphs so far this season, Auxerre have won 1 away. Which team boosts their results after this meeting?

Insights:
  • Troyes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 1
  • Auxerre have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Ligue 1

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!

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Troyes form and stats

Troyes have collected 7 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 1-4-1. Troyes has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.

Troyes lost their last game at PSG (placed 1st) after a 3-4 scoreline. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Gallon had a busy but productive day in the PSG match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. The striker Baldé won the honour of being "man of the match" for Troyes with a rating of 8.45/10. Baldé scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lorient that ended 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Troyes handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 11 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Troyes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de l'Aube with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Troyes have conceded 10 from these games.

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Auxerre form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Auxerre so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Auxerre in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Montpellier.

Impressive finishing from Sakhi secured the home win 1-0 against Ajaccio in their previous game. Hooray; their first victory in the league after eight games not winning. Midfielder Sakhi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Sakhi scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 42 total).

Prior to that match, the Auxerre manager Pélissier faced defeat when travelling to Reims and losing 1-2.

Auxerre 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, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Auxerre are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: seven wins for Troyes, zero draws and three wins for Auxerre. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

TroyesF. Tardieu
F. Tardieu
3 goals
TroyesW. Odobert
W. Odobert
3 goals

Troyes missing players

Auxerre missing players

Troyes Auxerre
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 4 6 13
3 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 4 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 1 0 Lost L 4 5 7
24 9 4 Scored S 4 6 13
28 10 2 Conceded C 10 16 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
77% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 62%
69% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 31%
38% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 15%
85% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 69%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
4.7 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.3 3.1
5.3 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 5.4
1.8 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.2 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
13.9 15.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10 11.3
5.2 5 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.2 3.1
35% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 46% 32%
 
13.7 13.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 15 12.7
5.1 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 7.8 5.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Auxerre's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Troyes's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Auxerre have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Auxerre have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Auxerre have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Auxerre have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Ligue 1
  • Auxerre have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Auxerre haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Troyes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Troyes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 1
  • Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 11 2 0 36 8 6 5 1 0 14 7 7 6 1 0 22 1 28 35
2 Lens 13 9 3 1 22 8 7 7 0 0 16 5 6 2 3 1 6 3 14 30
3 Rennes 13 8 3 2 28 12 7 6 0 1 19 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 16 27
4 Lorient 13 8 3 2 24 18 6 4 1 1 11 7 7 4 2 1 13 11 6 27
5 Olympique Marseille 13 7 3 3 22 11 7 4 1 2 11 7 6 3 2 1 11 4 11 24
6 Monaco 13 7 3 3 25 18 7 3 2 2 13 12 6 4 1 1 12 6 7 24
7 Lille 13 7 1 5 25 22 6 4 0 2 13 14 7 3 1 3 12 8 3 22
8 Olympique Lyonnais 13 6 2 5 22 16 7 5 1 1 15 5 6 1 1 4 7 11 6 20
9 Clermont 13 5 3 5 17 20 6 3 0 3 7 12 7 2 3 2 10 8 -3 18
10 Nice 13 4 4 5 13 16 6 1 2 3 5 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 -3 16
11 Toulouse 13 4 4 5 19 23 7 3 3 1 13 12 6 1 1 4 6 11 -4 16
12 Troyes 13 3 4 6 24 28 6 1 4 1 9 10 7 2 0 5 15 18 -4 13
13 Reims 13 2 7 4 14 20 6 1 3 2 6 10 7 1 4 2 8 10 -6 13
14 Montpellier 13 4 0 9 22 27 7 3 0 4 10 12 6 1 0 5 12 15 -5 12
15 Nantes 13 2 6 5 15 21 6 2 3 1 9 7 7 0 3 4 6 14 -6 12
16 Auxerre 13 3 3 7 13 25 7 2 3 2 7 9 6 1 0 5 6 16 -12 12
17 Strasbourg 13 1 7 5 14 21 7 0 4 3 6 12 6 1 3 2 8 9 -7 10
18 Brest 13 2 4 7 14 26 6 0 3 3 3 12 7 2 1 4 11 14 -12 10
19 Ajaccio 13 2 2 9 8 20 6 0 1 5 2 11 7 2 1 4 6 9 -12 8
20 Angers SCO 13 2 2 9 14 31 7 1 1 5 8 16 6 1 1 4 6 15 -17 8

Read more about Ligue 1

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.