Ligue 2 preview: Can Troyes edge out victory against Grenoble Foot 38?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Aube (20400 seats)

A key match in Ligue 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Troyes in 1st position and Grenoble Foot 38 placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Troyes have the most points (42) at home in Ligue 2

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Troyes are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Grenoble are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Troyes form and stats

Troyes, who have the most points (42) at home in Ligue 2, have performed here at Stade de l'Aube this season with 13 wins from 17 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Troyes has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade de l'Aube, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Troyes, who won 1-0 against Niort (placed 14th). Before that, Troyes had a home game versus Caen which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Troyes handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Troyes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de l'Aube with 27 goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Troyes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de l'Aube in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 17 matches.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Grenoble won their last game, 1-0 versus Sochaux played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Dunkerque that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Grenoble Foot 38 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, three draws and six defeats.

The attacking power of Grenoble when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, Grenoble Foot 38 have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Grenoble Foot 38 - Troyes 2-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Troyes four wins, two draws and Grenoble Foot 38 three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TroyesY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
12 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Djitte
M. Djitte
8 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Anani
M. Anani
7 goals

Troyes missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Troyes Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 3 17 34
20 13 3 Won W 0 6 17
8 3 1 Drew D 0 4 10
6 1 0 Lost L 3 7 7
49 27 7 Scored S 0 14 46
31 14 3 Conceded C 7 17 29
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
68% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 65% 71%
47% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 24% 32%
21% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 15%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 35% 41%
47% 47% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 41%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 41% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.9 11.6 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.4 8.6
4.4 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.7
33% 34% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 37%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Troyes have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Troyes have the most points (42) at home in Ligue 2
  • 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 33 19 8 6 48 31 17 13 3 1 27 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 65
2 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
3 Clermont 33 17 9 7 52 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 16 6 4 6 20 13 32 60
4 Grenoble Foot 38 33 16 10 7 45 29 16 10 6 0 31 12 17 6 4 7 14 17 16 58
5 Paris 33 15 11 7 46 34 16 9 5 2 25 16 17 6 6 5 21 18 12 56
6 Auxerre 33 14 12 7 58 36 17 9 5 3 35 16 16 5 7 4 23 20 22 54
7 Sochaux 33 11 15 7 41 28 17 5 7 5 21 19 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 48
8 Valenciennes 33 11 10 12 39 45 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 4 5 7 19 28 -6 43
9 Ajaccio 33 11 9 13 31 38 17 8 4 5 18 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -7 42
10 Nancy 33 10 11 12 46 46 16 5 7 4 23 23 17 5 4 8 23 23 0 41
11 Amiens SC 32 10 10 12 26 31 16 6 7 3 12 8 16 4 3 9 14 23 -5 40
12 Le Havre 33 9 13 11 27 37 16 3 8 5 11 16 17 6 5 6 16 21 -10 40
13 Rodez 33 8 15 10 34 39 17 6 7 4 21 18 16 2 8 6 13 21 -5 39
14 Niort 33 9 11 13 32 51 16 6 5 5 16 19 17 3 6 8 16 32 -19 38
15 Pau 33 9 9 15 33 43 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -10 36
16 Caen 33 8 12 13 31 43 16 5 7 4 14 17 17 3 5 9 17 26 -12 36
17 Dunkerque 32 9 8 15 27 38 16 5 6 5 17 14 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 35
18 Guingamp 33 6 16 11 33 43 16 2 9 5 16 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -10 34
19 Chambly 33 7 10 16 35 57 17 6 2 9 19 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -22 31
20 Chateauroux 33 4 9 20 29 51 16 3 3 10 19 28 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 21

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 33 19 8 6 48 31 17 13 3 1 27 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 65
2 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
3 Clermont 33 17 9 7 52 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 16 6 4 6 20 13 32 60
4 Grenoble Foot 38 33 16 10 7 45 29 16 10 6 0 31 12 17 6 4 7 14 17 16 58
5 Paris 33 15 11 7 46 34 16 9 5 2 25 16 17 6 6 5 21 18 12 56
6 Auxerre 33 14 12 7 58 36 17 9 5 3 35 16 16 5 7 4 23 20 22 54
7 Sochaux 33 11 15 7 41 28 17 5 7 5 21 19 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 48
8 Valenciennes 33 11 10 12 39 45 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 4 5 7 19 28 -6 43
9 Ajaccio 33 11 9 13 31 38 17 8 4 5 18 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -7 42
10 Nancy 33 10 11 12 46 46 16 5 7 4 23 23 17 5 4 8 23 23 0 41
11 Amiens SC 32 10 10 12 26 31 16 6 7 3 12 8 16 4 3 9 14 23 -5 40
12 Le Havre 33 9 13 11 27 37 16 3 8 5 11 16 17 6 5 6 16 21 -10 40
13 Rodez 33 8 15 10 34 39 17 6 7 4 21 18 16 2 8 6 13 21 -5 39
14 Niort 33 9 11 13 32 51 16 6 5 5 16 19 17 3 6 8 16 32 -19 38
15 Pau 33 9 9 15 33 43 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -10 36
16 Caen 33 8 12 13 31 43 16 5 7 4 14 17 17 3 5 9 17 26 -12 36
17 Dunkerque 32 9 8 15 27 38 16 5 6 5 17 14 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 35
18 Guingamp 33 6 16 11 33 43 16 2 9 5 16 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -10 34
19 Chambly 33 7 10 16 35 57 17 6 2 9 19 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -22 31
20 Chateauroux 33 4 9 20 29 51 16 3 3 10 19 28 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 21

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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.