Troyes v Lille: Ligue 1 Match-day 35

Troyes at home against Lille – Sunday – 1:00pm GMT – Stade de l’Aube.

Ninth placed Lille will travel to Stade de l’Aube, hopeful of rampage, as they face seventeenth placed Troyes.

Troyes go into this game with 33 points secured

It was three points secured for Troyes in their last fixture, beating Nice 1-0 at Allianz Rivera.

Also, Troyes need to find a way to generate wins on a consistent basis, as they’ve recorded 10 losses in their last 20 matches. With 33 points, they currently sit seventeenth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 9 wins, 17 losses and 9 draws having won nine fixtures, drawn nine matches, and lost 17 meetings.

When Troyes host Lille, they will do so on the back of four victories, seven darts, and six losses on their own ground.

Troyes will have 36 points if they manage to secure a victory.

Troyes are missing six players through injury or illness. This will affect Bruno Irles’s selection choices significantly.

With the Ligue 1 season well into its stride, Lille have managed to gain 51 points

Lille will be full of confidence, going into this fixture on that back of two successive wins against RC Strasburg and Reims. They will need this if they are to retain their run.

Also, Jocelyn Gourvennec knows that a run of two losses in three meetings for his Lille side, is going to be a tough run of form to change. However that is exactly what he must try to deliver. With 51 points (13W, 10L and 12D), they are established in ninth position in the League having won 13 games, drawn 12 fixtures, and lost 10 meetings.

Lille’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Troyes. In the 17 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won six matches, drawn five games, and lost six fixtures.

Lille will see 54 points so far this season, should they secure a win.

Injury and illness have depleted Jocelyn Gourvennec’s Lille and they will likely be missing one key personnel for Sunday’s match.

Troyes v Lille – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels Troyes and Lille have faced each other 19 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Troyes’s favour (7 – 6). Further, Troyes recent form against Lille has been outstanding, winning on five out of the last eight fixtures. December 2021 was the most recent time these two clashed in this competition and Troyes took all three points winning 2-1.

Other players of note for Troyes are Florian Tardieu and Lebo Mothiba with three goals and two goals respectively and for Lille are Zeki Celik and Tiago Djalo with two goals both.