In this week 20 match, on Sat Jan 28th, Troyes hosts Lens in a Ligue 1 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Troyes recorded a 1-5 loss against Lille. Mohamed Bayo struck first for Lille in the 16th minute, then Jonathan David added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Lens, recorded a 3-1 win against Brest. Wesley Saïd struck first for Lens in the 5th minute on a feed from Julien Le Cardinal, then Islam Slimani tied it up for Brest in the 19th minute. Lens is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
On Friday Sep 9th, Lens hosted Troyes in their last match together. Lens won by a score of 1 to 0. Kevin Danso struck first for Lens in the 39th minute on a feed from Przemysław Frankowski, 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 Lens took the shutout win.
Both Loïs Openda and Alexis Claude Maurice have been the hottest scorers for Lens in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Troyes is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Xavier Chavalerin and Rony Lopes each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Ante Palaversa and Lucien Agoumé are unavailable to play for Troyes, while Lens will be without Wuilker Faríñez.