On Feb 4th, Troyes and Olympique Lyonnais will play a match in Troyes in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 15th placed Troyes is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Lens. Yasser Larouci struck first for Troyes in the 50th minute on a feed from Xavier Chavalerin, but Adrien Thomasson got the equalizer for Lens in the 88th minute earning Lens at least a draw. Troyes looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Ajaccio. Johann Lepenant scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 20th minute, then Alexandre Lacazette added another in the 71st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ajaccio couldn’t manage to score, and Olympique Lyonnais took the shutout win. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 19th of August, Olympique Lyonnais was victorious by a score of 4 to 1. Alexandre Lacazette struck first for Olympique Lyonnais in the 3rd minute, but Tardieu got the equalizer for Troyes in the 39th minute.
Olympique Lyonnais is fortunate enough to have Alexandre Lacazette in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Troyes hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Xavier Chavalerin and Rony Lopes, and they each have 1 goal
Patrick Kisnorbo’s squad will be without Ante Palaversa, Lucien Agoumé and Tardieu, while Olympique Lyonnais will be without Houssem Aouar, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde and Lukeba.