On Sun Feb 6th, in week 23, Troyes and Metz will play a match in Troyes in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 16th placed Troyes, recorded a 1-2 loss against Angers SCO. Domingues struck first for Troyes in the 11th minute, but Thomas Mangani got the equalizer for Angers SCO in the 26th minute But luckily in the 37th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Thomas Mangani. Troyes looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while metz sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Nice. Khépren Thuram scored the first goal for Nice in the 58th minute, then Amine Gouiri added another in the 86th minute on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Metz couldn’t manage to score, and Nice took the shutout win. Metz is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade Saint-symphorien, Troyes took the match by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over 15000 dissapointed fans. Gerson Rodrigues scored the first goal for Troyes in the 50th minute, then Xavier Chavalerin added another in the 84th minute In the end, Metz couldn’t muster any offence and Troyes ran away with the shutout win.
Metz hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Boubacar Traore and Ibrahima Niane, and they each have 1 goal. Troyes’s most prolific scorer has been Domingues. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Youssouf Koné, Renaud Ripart, Tanguy Banhie-Zoukrou and Silu are unavailable to play for Bruno Irles’s team, while Frédéric Antonetti’s Metz squad will be without Manuel Cabit and Matthieu Udol.