On Wed Dec 1st, in week 16, Troyes hosts Lorient in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 17th placed Troyes, recorded a 0-1 loss against Saint-Étienne. Miguel Trauco scored the first goal for Saint-Étienne in the 60th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Troyes couldn’t manage to score, and Saint-Étienne took the shutout win. Troyes is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while lorient is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Angers SCO. Thomas Mangani struck first for Angers SCO in the 68th minute from the penalty spot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Lorient couldn’t muster any offence and Angers SCO ran away with the shutout win. Lorient looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Armand Lauriente and Julien Laporte are the top scorers for Lorient in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Mama Baldé has been the most prolific scorer on Troyes in his last five matches with two goals
Laurent Batlles’s Troyes squad will be without Mama Baldé, Patrick Roberts, Yasser Larouci, Tanguy Banhie-Zoukrou and Abemly Meto Silu, while Thomas Monconduit, Jérémy Morel, Julien Laporte and Vincent Le Goff are unavailable to play for Christophe Pélissier’s team.