In this week 19 match on Jan 15th, Troyes and Lille will play a match in Villeneuve d’Ascq in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Lille is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Brest. Neither Brest nor Lille could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Lille should be reasonably happy with their performance, while troyes sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Olympique Marseille. Chancel Mbemba struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 10th minute, then Jordan Veretout added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Cengiz Ünder In the end, Troyes couldn’t muster any offence and Olympique Marseille ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade Pierre-mauroy, Lille was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Jonathan David struck first for Lille in the 15th minute, then Mohamed Bayo added another in the 68th minute In the end, Troyes couldn’t muster any offence and Lille ran away with the shutout win.
Troyes hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Xavier Chavalerin and Rony Lopes, and they each have 1 goal. Both Mohamed Bayo and Jonathan David have been the hottest scorers for Lille in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.