Angers vs Troyes - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking their archetypal location points of the caller Ligue 1 season, Angers volition invited Troyes to Stade Raymond Kopa connected Saturday.

Last weekend, Angers had to settee for a 0-0 gully with Le Havre portion ESTAC suffered a 2-0 decision astatine Lille.  

Match preview

A broadside we are accustomed to seeing adjacent the bottommost of the array successful Ligue 1 are successful a amended presumption truthful acold this clip around.

Angers presently beryllium 11th successful the array with 4 points aft 4 matchdays, 2 points supra the relegation playoff enactment but with 7 teams beneath them.

On Saturday, Stephane Gilli tin cod his archetypal Ligue 1 location constituent arsenic their manager, with his squad netting conscionable erstwhile astatine Stade Raymond Kopa truthful acold successful 2026-27.

The nine person dropped points successful 8 consecutive location games successful this competition, failing to people much than erstwhile successful each of those outings.

Les Scoistes person points successful 4 of their 5 league games this twelvemonth erstwhile scoring an opening fractional goal, doing it erstwhile this play successful a 3-1 triumph astatine Auxerre.

On Saturday, they tin widen their location winning tally versus Troyes crossed each competitions to six matches, with 4 of those past 5 specified triumphs being by a azygous goal.

A brace of dismal outings for Troyes person replaced the thrill of what was a comparatively coagulated commencement to the apical formation play for this club.

Stephane Dumont’s men person mislaid their past 2 league matches by a combined borderline of 8-2 aft collecting points from their archetypal 2 specified outings.

This play they volition effort to debar losing 3 successful a enactment successful the French apical formation for the archetypal clip since 2023.

At the aforesaid time, this nine tin cod a 2nd distant triumph successful this competition, which would beryllium conscionable 1 less than their past Ligue 1 run successful 2022-23.

Troyes person a 100% grounds arsenic the visitors successful the contention this play erstwhile netting first, edging Lorient 2-1 connected matchday two.

In Ligue 1, ESTAC person won the 2nd astir possessions won successful the attacking 3rd per lucifer (6.3) but person netted the associated third-fewest goals successful the league this season.

Angers Ligue 1 form:

Troyes Ligue 1 form:

Team News

A limb wounded is apt to support Haris Belkebla connected the Angers sidelines this weekend, aft missing their past outing.

Anthony Lopes had a beardown show betwixt the sticks the past clip out, stopping six Le Havre efforts for his archetypal Ligue 1 cleanable expanse with his caller club.

Troyes are apt to beryllium without Yvann Titi connected Saturday arsenic helium recovers from a limb injury, and Ismael Boura is questionable owed to a limb issue.

Renaud Ripart and Lucas Maronnier had the goals for them successful their archetypal distant triumph this play against Lorient connected matchday two.

Angers imaginable starting lineup:

Lopes; Arcus, Camara, Lefort, Kalulu; Belkhdim, Van den Boomen; Mouton, Diatta, Sbai; El Ouazzani

Troyes imaginable starting lineup:

Beach; Maronnier, Monfray, Diaz, Ouzenadji; Mille, Diop; Ripart, Karim, Picard; Le Douaron

We say: Angers 1-0 Troyes

Defensively, Troyes person been precise unstable and susceptible retired wide, and we judge Angers volition find a mode to exposure that this weekend.

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