Football betting preview: Amiens SC vs Troyes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne (12097 seats)

Amiens SC will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 24 points behind Troyes.

Insights:
  • Amiens SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have scored at least twice as many goals away as Amiens SC have scored home.

Amiens SC and Troyes should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Amiens SC form and stats

4-7-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Amiens SC, who have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Ligue 2, so far this season.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Amiens, who played 1-1 against Auxerre. That match was also played at this venue (Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Toulouse (0-3).

Amiens have scored 8 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Amiens SC have only let in 7 goals at home.

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Troyes form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

The manager L. Batlles was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade de l'Aube. Troyes suffered a 1-5 loss to Nancy (placed 9th). Prior to that result Troyes won their away game at Chambly. The scoreline was 3-0.

Troyes lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

The visiting Troyes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Troyes - Amiens SC 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Amiens SC wins - draws - Troyes wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TroyesY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
12 goals
AmiensJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
4 goals
TroyesA. Gory
A. Gory
4 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Troyes missing players

Amiens SC Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 6 14 29
8 4 1 Won W 3 6 17
10 7 2 Drew D 2 4 7
10 3 2 Lost L 1 4 5
22 8 4 Scored S 11 19 44
25 7 5 Conceded C 6 13 27
79% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 79% 90%
50% 29% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 72%
25% 7% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 52%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 7%
32% 29% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 52%
46% 57% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 45%
43% 43% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.2
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.3 8.2 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.9 11.4
3.4 2.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.6
23% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 31% 33%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2
  • Amiens SC have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Troyes have scored at least twice as many goals away as Amiens SC have scored home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 29 17 7 5 44 27 15 11 3 1 25 14 14 6 4 4 19 13 17 58
2 Clermont 28 16 7 5 47 16 14 10 3 1 28 6 14 6 4 4 19 10 31 55
3 Toulouse 29 16 7 6 55 31 15 10 3 2 34 15 14 6 4 4 21 16 24 55
4 Grenoble Foot 38 29 15 8 6 39 23 14 9 5 0 26 9 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 53
5 Paris 29 13 9 7 39 30 14 8 4 2 22 15 15 5 5 5 17 15 9 48
6 Auxerre 29 12 10 7 48 31 15 8 4 3 31 13 14 4 6 4 17 18 17 46
7 Sochaux 29 10 13 6 37 25 15 5 6 4 19 16 14 5 7 2 18 9 12 43
8 Valenciennes 29 10 9 10 35 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 4 5 6 19 25 -3 39
9 Nancy 29 9 10 10 42 39 14 4 6 4 22 23 15 5 4 6 20 16 3 37
10 Rodez 29 8 12 9 29 33 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 2 7 5 12 19 -4 36
11 Ajaccio 29 9 8 12 23 35 15 6 4 5 12 14 14 3 4 7 11 21 -12 35
12 Amiens SC 28 8 10 10 22 25 14 4 7 3 8 7 14 4 3 7 14 18 -3 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 27 34 14 5 6 3 13 14 14 3 4 7 14 20 -7 34
14 Le Havre 28 8 10 10 22 32 14 3 7 4 10 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -10 34
15 Niort 29 8 10 11 31 44 14 5 5 4 15 15 15 3 5 7 16 29 -13 34
16 Dunkerque 29 8 7 14 23 33 15 5 5 5 16 13 14 3 2 9 7 20 -10 31
17 Guingamp 29 5 14 10 30 40 14 2 7 5 14 21 15 3 7 5 16 19 -10 29
18 Pau 29 7 7 15 26 39 14 5 4 5 14 14 15 2 3 10 12 25 -13 28
19 Chambly 29 5 9 15 28 52 15 4 2 9 15 25 14 1 7 6 13 27 -24 24
20 Chateauroux 29 4 7 18 24 44 14 3 2 9 16 24 15 1 5 9 8 20 -20 19

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.