Ligue 2 match preview and statistics: Nancy fight Troyes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 21.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Struggling Nancy will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Troyes in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Nancy form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Nancy at their home stadium (Stade Marcel-Picot) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Marcel-Picot.

No payout for Nancy in their previous match, an away game at Caen that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that, Nancy had a home game versus Chateauroux which ended with a victory 2-1.

The defeat against Caen was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by N. Gioacchini).

There will be little rest for Nancy after this match as they are travelling to Grenoble Foot 38 for a Ligue 2 game in only three days.

The Nancy fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Troyes form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Troyes have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Troyes are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Troyes's last game was the home draw against Chambly (2-2). Preceding that game was the away victory against Ajaccio with the score of 4-0.

The visiting Troyes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. It's not easy to score on Troyes as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nancy four wins, two draws and Troyes four 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
5 goals
NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
3 goals
NancyA. Bassi
A. Bassi
2 goals

Nancy missing players

Troyes missing players

Nancy Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 5 10
3 2 0 Won W 2 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
10 6 0 Scored S 5 7 15
10 5 0 Conceded C 0 4 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
67% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 70%
44% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 40%
11% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 60%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
78 38 0 Total Shots T S 16 52 120
32 15 0 Shots on Target S O 8 22 50
31% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 32% 30%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nancy have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nancy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Troyes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 10 8 1 1 18 7 5 4 0 1 8 3 5 4 1 0 10 4 11 25
2 Troyes 10 5 3 2 15 7 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 2 1 2 7 4 8 18
3 Niort 9 5 2 2 14 12 4 2 2 0 7 3 5 3 0 2 7 9 2 17
4 Caen 10 5 2 3 9 8 5 4 1 0 5 1 5 1 1 3 4 7 1 17
5 Clermont 10 4 4 2 12 6 5 1 3 1 4 3 5 3 1 1 8 3 6 16
6 Auxerre 10 5 1 4 18 14 6 4 0 2 13 6 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 16
7 Le Havre 10 5 1 4 9 10 4 2 1 1 3 2 6 3 0 3 6 8 -1 16
8 Grenoble Foot 38 8 5 0 3 13 8 4 4 0 0 11 4 4 1 0 3 2 4 5 15
9 Toulouse 10 4 3 3 16 13 6 2 2 2 10 7 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 15
10 Sochaux 10 3 5 2 13 12 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 1 4 0 3 1 1 14
11 Valenciennes 10 4 2 4 12 12 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 1 1 3 6 9 0 14
12 Dunkerque 10 4 1 5 7 8 5 2 1 2 3 3 5 2 0 3 4 5 -1 13
13 Guingamp 10 3 3 4 7 8 5 2 1 2 4 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 -1 12
14 Nancy 9 3 2 4 10 10 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 3 4 5 0 11
15 Amiens SC 10 3 2 5 6 7 5 2 1 2 3 3 5 1 1 3 3 4 -1 11
16 Ajaccio 10 3 1 6 6 15 5 1 1 3 2 7 5 2 0 3 4 8 -9 10
17 Pau 10 2 3 5 9 11 4 1 2 1 6 4 6 1 1 4 3 7 -2 9
18 Rodez 10 2 3 5 8 17 6 2 1 3 5 8 4 0 2 2 3 9 -9 9
19 Chateauroux 10 2 2 6 8 13 5 1 1 3 4 7 5 1 1 3 4 6 -5 8
20 Chambly 10 1 3 6 8 20 5 1 0 4 3 10 5 0 3 2 5 10 -12 6

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.