Soccer match preview: Troyes confident before travelling to Châteauroux

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston Petit (17072 seats)

The visiting Troyes side should be favourites in this visit to Châteauroux, as the away team holds a 49 point advantage from their 35 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Châteauroux have the fewest points (13) at home in Ligue 2
  • Troyes is in the best form (4-1-1)

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Châteauroux have had a bad season and will be relegated from Ligue 2. Troyes are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Châteauroux form and stats

Châteauroux's struggle is real here at Stade Gaston Petit with only 13 points collected from 17 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-10. All in all it has been a very rough period for Châteauroux who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Chambly, 87 days ago.

Châteauroux lost their last game at Clermont (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Rodez.

The Châteauroux fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 17 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Châteauroux defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Troyes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 7 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Yoann Touzghar (2) and Florian Tardieu scored in Troyes's previous match, the home game against Grenoble Foot 38 that ended 3-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Niort at their stadium, the result 3-0.

Troyes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 17 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Troyes have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Troyes - Châteauroux 2-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Châteauroux two wins, zero draws and Troyes eight victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TroyesY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
14 goals
ChâteaurouxR. Grange
R. Grange
5 goals
TroyesF. Tardieu
F. Tardieu
5 goals

Châteauroux missing players

Troyes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Châteauroux Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
4 3 0 Won W 4 7 21
10 4 0 Drew D 2 5 8
21 10 5 Lost L 0 5 6
30 20 2 Scored S 9 24 54
53 29 9 Conceded C 1 17 32
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 91%
66% 76% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 71%
43% 65% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 59% 51%
20% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 23%
11% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
49% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 17% 47% 51%
14% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 83% 47% 46%
43% 35% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 24% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
7 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
9.3 10.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.4 11
3.5 4.2 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 4.5
24% 28% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 33% 34%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Châteauroux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Châteauroux have the fewest points (13) at home in Ligue 2
  • Châteauroux have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Ligue 2
  • Châteauroux have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Troyes is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 35 21 8 6 54 32 18 14 3 1 30 15 17 7 5 5 24 17 22 71
2 Clermont 34 18 9 7 53 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 17 7 4 6 21 13 33 63
3 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
4 Grenoble Foot 38 35 17 10 8 48 32 17 11 6 0 33 12 18 6 4 8 15 20 16 61
5 Auxerre 35 15 12 8 60 40 18 10 5 3 37 17 17 5 7 5 23 23 20 57
6 Paris 35 15 12 8 46 35 17 9 5 3 25 17 18 6 7 5 21 18 11 57
7 Sochaux 35 12 15 8 42 30 18 6 7 5 22 19 17 6 8 3 20 11 12 51
8 Nancy 35 11 12 12 49 47 17 6 7 4 25 23 18 5 5 8 24 24 2 45
9 Amiens SC 34 11 11 12 31 34 17 7 7 3 15 9 17 4 4 9 16 25 -3 44
10 Valenciennes 35 11 11 13 41 49 18 7 6 5 21 18 17 4 5 8 20 31 -8 44
11 Ajaccio 35 11 10 14 33 42 18 8 5 5 20 16 17 3 5 9 13 26 -9 43
12 Rodez 35 8 17 10 36 41 18 6 8 4 22 19 17 2 9 6 14 22 -5 41
13 Le Havre 34 9 14 11 28 38 16 3 8 5 11 16 18 6 6 6 17 22 -10 41
14 Pau 34 10 9 15 36 43 17 8 4 5 22 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -7 39
15 Niort 35 9 12 14 33 55 17 6 5 6 16 22 18 3 7 8 17 33 -22 39
16 Guingamp 35 7 17 11 34 43 18 3 10 5 17 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -9 38
17 Caen 35 8 13 14 32 45 17 5 8 4 15 18 18 3 5 10 17 27 -13 37
18 Dunkerque 34 9 9 16 29 41 16 5 6 5 17 14 18 4 3 11 12 27 -12 36
19 Chambly 35 7 11 17 36 59 18 6 3 9 20 27 17 1 8 8 16 32 -23 32
20 Châteauroux 34 4 10 20 30 52 17 3 4 10 20 29 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 22

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 Troyes 35 21 8 6 54 32 18 14 3 1 30 15 17 7 5 5 24 17 22 71
2 Clermont 34 18 9 7 53 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 17 7 4 6 21 13 33 63
3 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
4 Grenoble Foot 38 35 17 10 8 48 32 17 11 6 0 33 12 18 6 4 8 15 20 16 61
5 Auxerre 35 15 12 8 60 40 18 10 5 3 37 17 17 5 7 5 23 23 20 57
6 Paris 35 15 12 8 46 35 17 9 5 3 25 17 18 6 7 5 21 18 11 57
7 Sochaux 35 12 15 8 42 30 18 6 7 5 22 19 17 6 8 3 20 11 12 51
8 Nancy 35 11 12 12 49 47 17 6 7 4 25 23 18 5 5 8 24 24 2 45
9 Amiens SC 34 11 11 12 31 34 17 7 7 3 15 9 17 4 4 9 16 25 -3 44
10 Valenciennes 35 11 11 13 41 49 18 7 6 5 21 18 17 4 5 8 20 31 -8 44
11 Ajaccio 35 11 10 14 33 42 18 8 5 5 20 16 17 3 5 9 13 26 -9 43
12 Rodez 35 8 17 10 36 41 18 6 8 4 22 19 17 2 9 6 14 22 -5 41
13 Le Havre 34 9 14 11 28 38 16 3 8 5 11 16 18 6 6 6 17 22 -10 41
14 Pau 34 10 9 15 36 43 17 8 4 5 22 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -7 39
15 Niort 35 9 12 14 33 55 17 6 5 6 16 22 18 3 7 8 17 33 -22 39
16 Guingamp 35 7 17 11 34 43 18 3 10 5 17 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -9 38
17 Caen 35 8 13 14 32 45 17 5 8 4 15 18 18 3 5 10 17 27 -13 37
18 Dunkerque 34 9 9 16 29 41 16 5 6 5 17 14 18 4 3 11 12 27 -12 36
19 Chambly 35 7 11 17 36 59 18 6 3 9 20 27 17 1 8 8 16 32 -23 32
20 Châteauroux 34 4 10 20 30 52 17 3 4 10 20 29 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 22

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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.