Ligue 2 match prediction: Little separates Annecy and Troyes in quality

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Sports (16109 seats)

Here's another entertaining fixture in the Ligue 2. Annecy is in the 11th place from completing five games. They welcome Troyes who are placed 10th from five games.

Insights:
  • Annecy have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

D D W D L

Annecy form and stats

Annecy, who have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Ligue 2, have collected 4 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 1-1-1.

Annecy travelled for their previous game, a trip to Concarneau that ended 1-1. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Caddy, having bagged a goal in three consecutive games. Attacking player Caddy outperformed all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.33 out of 10. Caddy scored one goal and hit two key passes.

In the match before that, Annecy hosted Saint-Étienne and drew the game 1-1.

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 Annecy have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Annecy have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Parc des Sports with 5 goals in 3 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Annecy defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

D L D W D

Troyes form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Ligue 2 for Troyes with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

Troyes's last game was the home draw against Quevilly Rouen (2-2). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Troyes's duel with Quevilly Rouen. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Assoumou found the equalizer. The draw against Quevilly Rouen came from a losing position. The Troyes manager Kisnorbo brought on Assoumou as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Dong was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.94. Dong hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

Prior to that match, the Troyes manager Kisnorbo faced defeat when travelling to Bastia and losing 2-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Troyes in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Troyes, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Troyes have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. In the opposite end, Troyes have conceded 5 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

AnnecyW. Caddy
W. Caddy
3 goals
TroyesL. Ilić
L. Ilić
2 goals
AnnecyA. Larose
A. Larose
1 goals

Annecy missing players

Troyes missing players

Annecy Troyes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 0 3 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
6 5 1 Scored S 0 4 9
6 5 4 Conceded C 0 5 8
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 80%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 80%
40% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 80%
20% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 80%
20% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 20%
60% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 80%
40% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 20%
 
2.8 3.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.7 4.2
4 2.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 7.6
2.6 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12 12.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.7 9.8
4.4 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.7 4.8
27% 38% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 38%
 
10.2 9.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 0 19.3 17
3.4 4.7 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Annecy's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Annecy have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Ligue 2
  • Annecy have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Troyes have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have yet to win a game away.
Annecy Last season Troyes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   19 38
1 1   Won W   3 4
0 0   Drew D   1 12
0 0   Lost L   15 22
5 5   Scored S   26 45
0 0   Conceded C   51 81
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 87%
100% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   84% 63%
100% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   68% 53%
100% 100%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   42% 21%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   74% 71%
100% 100%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 3%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   26% 29%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.9
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.3
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.7
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.8
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 31%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   16.8 16.6
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.7 5.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 5 4 0 1 10 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 1 5 2 8 12
2 Amiens SC 5 4 0 1 8 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 12
3 Laval 5 3 1 1 5 4 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 10
4 Grenoble Foot 38 5 2 3 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 9
5 Auxerre 5 2 2 1 10 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 10 5 4 8
6 Bastia 5 2 2 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 8
7 Angers SCO 5 2 2 1 5 3 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 8
8 Guingamp 5 2 1 2 9 6 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 7
9 Pau 5 2 1 2 7 8 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -1 7
10 Troyes 5 1 3 1 9 8 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 6
11 Annecy 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 6
12 Bordeaux 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 6
13 Ajaccio 5 1 3 1 4 6 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 6
14 Rodez 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 5
15 Saint-Étienne 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 5
16 Dunkerque 5 1 2 2 5 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 5 -3 5
17 Valenciennes 5 1 2 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 -5 5
18 Paris 5 1 0 4 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 3 0 6 -5 3
19 Quevilly Rouen 5 0 2 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 -3 2
20 Concarneau 5 0 2 3 1 7 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 2

Read more about Ligue 2

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.