This game features two squads living in the lower parts of the Ligue 1, Troyes holding 17th position and Lorient sitting at 15th. A nice chance for one of the participants to improve their situation.
- Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lorient is in the worst form (0-1-5)
It's no vacation for neither Troyes nor Lorient as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Troyes's stadium, Stade de l'Aube, has a grass surface. Lorient have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Lorient when playing on grass; 9 wins, 13 draws and 18 losses from 40 matches. They have scored 46 goals in these games and conceded 63.
Troyes form and stats
With 1 Ligue 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Troyes are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Troyes to get some points in this home game.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 320 minutes without scoring a league goal. T. Dingome was the last player to find the net.
Troyes lost their last game at Olympique Marseille (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The goalie Gauthier Gallon was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.14 out of ten. Gallon stopped the opponent with three saves.
Preceding that match was the home game against Saint-Étienne that was lost 0-1.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 seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost two.
There will be little rest for Troyes after this match as they are travelling to Lille for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.
Troyes has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Troyes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lorient form and stats
Lorient have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-4-4 (8 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Lorient who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Bordeaux was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Lorient aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 265 league minutes without a goal. A. Grbic was the last player to find the net.
Lorient might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Rennes proved too strong as Lorient slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. Midfield player Enzo Le Fée was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.11/10.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Angers SCO's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lorient playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were one Lorient win, two draws and four defeats.
After this away game Lorient return home for a Ligue 1 game against Nantes. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lorient as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. For Lorient, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Previous nine meetings with these squads: Troyes won four, Lorient triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lauriente 4 goals |   M. Baldé 3 goals |  X. Chavalerin 3 goals |
Troyes missing players
Lorient missing players
| Troyes | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 23 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 93% |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 73% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 53% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 60% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 20% |
| 33% | 14% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 27% |
| 3.5 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.6 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.3 | 11.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.6 | 9.3 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 29% |
| 13.9 | 11.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16.6 | 14.3 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
- Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lorient have the fewest points (4) away in Ligue 1
- Lorient have yet to win a game away.
- Lorient is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Troyes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Rennes | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Nice | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Lens | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Angers SCO | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Monaco | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Nantes | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Brest | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Lille | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Reims | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Lorient | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 13 |
| 17 | Troyes | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Clermont | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 19 | Metz | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 12 |