Troyes vs Clermont: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Aube (20400 seats)

Victories have not come easily for Troyes so far, and you could say the same about Clermont. These weathered teams have the opportunity for some important points here.

Insights:
  • Troyes have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Ligue 1
  • Clermont is in the worst form (0-1-5)

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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Troyes form and stats

4-7-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Troyes so far this season.

The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Strasbourg last time out and are looking for a win here. Tardieu (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Tardieu scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Monaco.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Troyes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost one.

The manager Irles will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nice in only four days.

Troyes aren't scoring a lot here at Stade de l'Aube in the league, with only 15 goals from 16 games. Troyes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de l'Aube in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Troyes 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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Clermont form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Clermont so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Metz (placed 20th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The attacker Khaoui got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Khaoui hit four key passes.

Preceding that, the 1-6 home loss versus Paris Saint Germain.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Clermont playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Clermont wins, two draws and four defeats.

After this away game Clermont return home for a Ligue 1 game against Angers SCO. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Clermont manager Gastien has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought before this season: Clermont - Troyes 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Troyes victories, one draw and six Clermont wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
10 goals
ClermontE. Rashani
E. Rashani
7 goals
TroyesX. Chavalerin
X. Chavalerin
5 goals

Troyes missing players

Clermont missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Troyes Clermont
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
8 4 1 Won W 2 4 7
9 7 2 Drew D 2 3 8
15 5 2 Lost L 1 9 17
30 15 4 Scored S 7 15 32
45 15 4 Conceded C 5 33 61
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
75% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 78%
38% 25% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 50%
16% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 38%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 16%
56% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 38% 50%
25% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 22%
22% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 31%
 
4.4 5.4 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 4.1 4.5
5.3 5.2 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.7 4.4
2.1 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
10.3 12 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 16.4 11.1 11.6
3.5 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3 3.5
27% 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 29%
 
12.1 10.4 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 13 11.3
4.3 3.4 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.8 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Clermont have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Clermont is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Troyes have the fewest scored goals (15) at home in Ligue 1
  • Troyes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Ligue 1
  • Troyes have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Ligue 1
  • Troyes have won significantly more corners at home than 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 32 23 5 4 72 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 16 8 4 4 31 21 42 74
2 Olympique Marseille 32 17 8 7 52 31 16 7 5 4 26 17 16 10 3 3 26 14 21 59
3 Rennes 32 17 5 10 69 34 16 11 1 4 41 13 16 6 4 6 28 21 35 56
4 Nice 32 16 7 9 42 28 16 8 4 4 21 16 16 8 3 5 21 12 14 54
5 Strasbourg 32 14 11 7 53 34 16 9 4 3 30 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 19 53
6 Monaco 32 15 8 9 50 34 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 16 53
7 Lens 32 14 8 10 50 41 16 8 5 3 29 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 9 50
8 Olympique Lyonnais 32 13 11 8 50 41 17 9 5 3 34 21 15 4 6 5 16 20 9 49
9 Lille 32 12 12 8 40 38 16 6 7 3 20 18 16 6 5 5 20 20 2 48
10 Nantes 32 13 8 11 41 35 16 9 3 4 25 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 6 47
11 Montpellier 32 12 6 14 44 44 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 2 8 19 24 0 42
12 Brest 32 10 9 13 40 47 15 5 4 6 22 23 17 5 5 7 18 24 -7 39
13 Reims 32 8 13 11 34 35 15 4 6 5 20 16 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 37
14 Angers SCO 32 8 10 14 36 46 16 6 2 8 17 19 16 2 8 6 19 27 -10 34
15 Troyes 32 8 9 15 30 45 16 4 7 5 15 15 16 4 2 10 15 30 -15 33
16 Lorient 32 7 10 15 32 52 15 5 5 5 17 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -20 31
17 Saint-Étienne 32 7 9 16 35 62 17 4 6 7 22 32 15 3 3 9 13 30 -27 30
18 Clermont 32 7 8 17 32 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 16 4 3 9 15 33 -29 29
19 Bordeaux 32 5 11 16 42 77 16 3 5 8 23 30 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 26
20 Metz 32 4 12 16 29 58 16 1 7 8 17 28 16 3 5 8 12 30 -29 24

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 32 23 5 4 72 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 16 8 4 4 31 21 42 74
2 Olympique Marseille 32 17 8 7 52 31 16 7 5 4 26 17 16 10 3 3 26 14 21 59
3 Rennes 32 17 5 10 69 34 16 11 1 4 41 13 16 6 4 6 28 21 35 56
4 Nice 32 16 7 9 42 28 16 8 4 4 21 16 16 8 3 5 21 12 14 54
5 Strasbourg 32 14 11 7 53 34 16 9 4 3 30 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 19 53
6 Monaco 32 15 8 9 50 34 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 16 53
7 Lens 32 14 8 10 50 41 16 8 5 3 29 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 9 50
8 Olympique Lyonnais 32 13 11 8 50 41 17 9 5 3 34 21 15 4 6 5 16 20 9 49
9 Lille 32 12 12 8 40 38 16 6 7 3 20 18 16 6 5 5 20 20 2 48
10 Nantes 32 13 8 11 41 35 16 9 3 4 25 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 6 47
11 Montpellier 32 12 6 14 44 44 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 2 8 19 24 0 42
12 Brest 32 10 9 13 40 47 15 5 4 6 22 23 17 5 5 7 18 24 -7 39
13 Reims 32 8 13 11 34 35 15 4 6 5 20 16 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 37
14 Angers SCO 32 8 10 14 36 46 16 6 2 8 17 19 16 2 8 6 19 27 -10 34
15 Troyes 32 8 9 15 30 45 16 4 7 5 15 15 16 4 2 10 15 30 -15 33
16 Lorient 32 7 10 15 32 52 15 5 5 5 17 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -20 31
17 Saint-Étienne 32 7 9 16 35 62 17 4 6 7 22 32 15 3 3 9 13 30 -27 30
18 Clermont 32 7 8 17 32 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 16 4 3 9 15 33 -29 29
19 Bordeaux 32 5 11 16 42 77 16 3 5 8 23 30 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 26
20 Metz 32 4 12 16 29 58 16 1 7 8 17 28 16 3 5 8 12 30 -29 24

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