No previous meetings between these teams.
Troyes-
1 Louis Mafouta 4 - 2 Adil Bourabaa3
- 3 Lucas Calodat 1
- 4 Lucas Buadés 1
- 5 Jérémy Le Douaron1
- 6 Dame Gueye 1
- 7 Timothé Nkada1
- 8 Antoine Mille1
- 9 Lucas Maronnier1
- 10 Renaud Ripart 1
- 1 Louis Mafouta 20
- 2 Renaud Ripart 15
- 3 Timothé Nkada14
- 4 Antoine Mille12
- 5 Jérémy Le Douaron11
- 6 Dermane Karim 10
- 7 Dame Gueye 9
- 8 Jean Vercruysse9
- 9 Adrien Monfray9
- 10 Mouhamed Diop 8
- 1 Adrien Monfray17
- 2 Dermane Karim 12
- 3 Noa Boissé12
- 4 Mouhamed Diop 9
- 5 Lucas Bretelle9
- 6 Rayan Bamba 8
- 7 Anis Ouzenadji8
- 8 Antoine Mille8
- 9 Junior Diaz 8
- 10 Lucas Calodat 7
- 1 Lucas Calodat 2
- 2 Adil Bourabaa2
- 3 Lucas Bretelle2
- 4 Louis Mafouta 1
- 5 Rayan Bamba 1
- 6 Anis Ouzenadji1
- 7 Kandet Diawara 1
- 8 Jean Vercruysse1
- 9 Antoine Mille1
- 1 Antoine Mille13
- 2 Hugo Picard13
- 3 Merwan Ifnaoui10
- 4 Lucas Calodat 8
- 5 Adil Bourabaa8
- 6 Lucas Maronnier8
- 7 Lucas Bretelle7
- 8 Alexandre Lauray 7
- 9 Billal Brahimi 5
- 10 Rayan Bamba 5
- 1 Adrien Monfray384
- 2 Harold Voyer288
- 3 Junior Diaz 274
- 4 Samuel Yohou214
- 5 Antoine Mille213
- 6 Djibril Sidibé 206
- 7 Dermane Karim 206
- 8 Rayan Bamba 204
- 9 Mouhamed Diop 201
- 10 Lucas Bretelle191
- 1 Lucas Calodat 9
- 2 Dermane Karim 7
- 3 Kandet Diawara 7
- 4 Adil Bourabaa6
- 5 Anis Ouzenadji5
- 6 Rayan Bamba 4
- 7 Antoine Mille4
- 8 Antoine Rabillard 4
- 9 Merwan Ifnaoui4
- 10 Lucas Buadés 3
- 1 Lucas Bretelle15
- 2 Adrien Monfray14
- 3 Junior Diaz 12
- 4 Lucas Calodat 9
- 5 Samuel Yohou9
- 6 Harold Voyer8
- 7 Alexandre Lauray 8
- 8 Mouhamed Diop 7
- 9 Lucas Maronnier7
- 10 Dermane Karim 6
Troyes- Anis Ouzenadji
- Yacouba Koné
- Yvann Titi
- Ismaël Boura
- Djibril Sidibé
- Yasser Larouci
- Harold Voyer
- Adil Bourabaa
Troyes host Le Mans at the Stade de l’Aube on Saturday 31 October, kick-off 7.45pm (UK time), with both sides scrapping near the foot of Ligue 1 and badly in need of points.
Currently 17th, Troyes are two points adrift of safety, weighed down by the lowest scoring return in the division. Le Mans are just above them in 15th, but the newly promoted visitors are still chasing a first away win of the campaign.
There is little between two struggling sides, and our Troyes vs Le Mans predictions lean on a scrappy affair in which the visitors carry a fraction more threat.
Premium Tips
Anthony Eadson has picked out two bets for a scrappy bottom-half meeting at the Stade de l’Aube.
| Premium Tip | Odds | Why we’re backing it |
|---|---|---|
| Le Mans draw no bet | 6/5 (Betfred) | Troyes have been dreadful in front of their own fans, taking a single point from four home games and conceding 11 goals in the process, and they carry the division’s lowest scoring return of just five goals in eight outings. Le Mans are hardly flying, but they have scored 11 goals to Troyes’s five and drew at Auxerre last time out. Backing Le Mans with the draw covered gives us a sturdy way into a game the hosts rarely win. |
| Le Mans to win by exactly one goal | 15/4 (bet365) | Le Mans’ games have been tight all season. Six of their eight league matches have finished level or been settled by a single goal, and their only win came 2-1 at home to Lorient. Troyes have scored just five goals all season and failed to score in five games, so even a Le Mans win is unlikely to be a rout. If the visitors do edge this relegation scrap it should be by the narrowest of margins, which makes Le Mans to win by exactly one goal a tidy option at 15/4. |
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How Troyes go into the game
Troyes head into the weekend 17th in Ligue 1, two points from safety and already struggling for goals. Anthony Eadson notes they have scored just five times in eight games, the fewest in the division, and have been blanked in five of those matches. They are still without a home win this season, taking one point from four at the Stade de l’Aube, where they have conceded 11 goals and managed only three.
Troyes come in off a 0-0 draw at Toulouse, a first point since a run of five straight defeats. Even that clean sheet was a rarity, and they have failed to score in five of their eight games, so goals look likely to remain hard to come by.
How Le Mans go into the game
Le Mans arrive a place and two points better off in 15th, though their own form is patchy. Their only win of the campaign came at home to Lorient, and they have yet to win on the road, drawing two and losing two of their four away trips. Only the sides directly around them have a leakier record than their 16 goals conceded.
Le Mans do travel in reasonable heart after a 1-1 draw at Auxerre last time out. They have scored in seven of their eight games, but a return of 11 goals and no clean sheet all season points to problems at both ends.
Troyes vs Le Mans head-to-head
There is no recent league head-to-head to lean on here. Le Mans have only just returned to Ligue 1, and the two clubs have spent recent seasons in different divisions, so Saturday is effectively a fresh meeting.
Troyes vs Le Mans predictions & betting tips
| Our Prediction | Odds & Bookmaker | Confidence | Why We’re Backing It |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mans draw no bet | 6/5 (Betfred) | ⭐⭐⭐ | Troyes have taken one point from four home games and scored only five goals all season. |
| Le Mans to win by exactly one goal | 15/4 (bet365) | ⭐⭐⭐ | Six of Le Mans’ eight league games have finished level or been decided by one goal. |
| Le Mans to win | 21/10 (Sky Bet) | ⭐⭐⭐ | Troyes are winless in four at home and have conceded 11 goals there, while the visitors have scored in seven of their eight games. |
| Both teams to score – Yes | 4/6 (William Hill) | ⭐⭐⭐ | Neither defence inspires confidence, with the hosts shipping goals at home and Le Mans yet to keep a clean sheet this season. |
| Over 2.5 goals | 4/5 (Sky Bet) | ⭐⭐⭐ | The visitors have scored in seven of their eight games, and Troyes have conceded at least twice in each of their last two at home. |
| Le Mans to win 1-2 | 10/1 (bet365) | ⭐⭐ | A narrow away win fits a tight, low-quality relegation scrap that Le Mans just about shade on chance creation. |
Troyes vs Le Mans score prediction
Everything points to a scrappy affair between two sides low on confidence. Le Mans carry a fraction more threat and face a Troyes team yet to win at home, so we just favour the visitors to edge it. Score prediction: Troyes 1-2 Le Mans.
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