Ligue 2 match preview and statistics: Troyes fight Auxerre

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Aube (20400 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Troyes - Auxerre!

Insights:
  • Troyes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Auxerre has the most scored goals (41) in Ligue 2

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Troyes form and stats

This stadium, Stade de l'Aube, has been a fortress for Troyes in the Ligue 2 so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-2-0. Troyes has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade de l'Aube. We remember; it was Chambly.

It's back home for Troyes, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Pau away with the result 1-0. Brandon Domingues found the net in that victory.

The victory against Pau came after Brandon Domingues's winning goal. The Troyes manager L. Batlles was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 64th minute.

Troyes are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Clermont awaits in two days.

The Troyes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. Troyes have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Auxerre form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (41) in Ligue 2, are W3-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Two away games in a row for Auxerre, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Clermont in the Ligue 2.

Auxerre goalkeeper Donovan Leon had a great day against Clermont, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

After this away game Auxerre return home for a Ligue 2 game against Toulouse. That game is only two sleeps after this.

The visiting Auxerre have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. Auxerre have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Troyes and Auxerre have met before this season: Auxerre - Troyes 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Troyes seven wins, zero draws and Auxerre three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreM. Le Bihan
M. Le Bihan
14 goals
TroyesY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
8 goals
AuxerreR. Dugimont
R. Dugimont
8 goals

Troyes missing players

Auxerre missing players

Troyes Auxerre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 10 21
13 8 2 Won W 1 3 10
5 2 0 Drew D 1 4 6
3 0 0 Lost L 2 3 5
30 17 3 Scored S 6 14 41
15 6 1 Conceded C 6 14 24
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 86%
43% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 62%
14% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 38%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
43% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 62%
52% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 19%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.9 12.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.2 9.9
4.9 5.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4.7
29% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 42%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre has the most matches over the total-line (14) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre has the most scored goals (41) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Troyes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Troyes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Troyes have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 21 13 5 3 30 15 10 8 2 0 17 6 11 5 3 3 13 9 15 44
2 Clermont 21 11 7 3 31 10 11 7 3 1 21 5 10 4 4 2 10 5 21 40
3 Toulouse 20 11 6 3 39 23 11 6 3 2 21 13 9 5 3 1 18 10 16 39
4 Grenoble Foot 38 21 11 5 5 29 17 10 8 2 0 22 6 11 3 3 5 7 11 12 38
5 Auxerre 21 10 6 5 41 24 11 7 2 2 27 10 10 3 4 3 14 14 17 36
6 Paris 20 10 5 5 30 22 11 6 3 2 17 12 9 4 2 3 13 10 8 35
7 Sochaux 20 6 10 4 26 19 10 4 4 2 17 13 10 2 6 2 9 6 7 28
8 Valenciennes 20 7 7 6 28 25 9 3 3 3 10 10 11 4 4 3 18 15 3 28
9 Amiens SC 21 7 7 7 20 18 10 3 5 2 6 5 11 4 2 5 14 13 2 28
10 Caen 21 7 7 7 21 24 11 4 5 2 11 11 10 3 2 5 10 13 -3 28
11 Niort 20 7 5 8 22 31 10 4 3 3 11 10 10 3 2 5 11 21 -9 26
12 Ajaccio 21 6 7 8 18 26 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 2 4 5 9 17 -8 25
13 Le Havre 21 6 7 8 18 26 10 2 5 3 7 9 11 4 2 5 11 17 -8 25
14 Dunkerque 21 7 3 11 18 27 11 4 3 4 12 10 10 3 0 7 6 17 -9 24
15 Guingamp 21 4 10 7 22 27 10 2 5 3 10 11 11 2 5 4 12 16 -5 22
16 Rodez 21 4 10 7 20 29 11 3 4 4 10 13 10 1 6 3 10 16 -9 22
17 Nancy 21 4 8 9 26 32 10 2 5 3 18 20 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 20
18 Chambly 20 4 7 9 21 31 10 3 1 6 9 14 10 1 6 3 12 17 -10 19
19 Châteauroux 21 3 5 13 18 35 11 2 2 7 11 19 10 1 3 6 7 16 -17 14
20 Pau 21 3 5 13 15 32 10 2 3 5 8 13 11 1 2 8 7 19 -17 14

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.