Troyes vs Le Mans - prediction, team news, lineups

The apical 2 teams successful the French 2nd tier past play volition conscionable successful Ligue 1 enactment Saturday, with Troyes welcoming Le Mans to Stade de l’Aube.

ESTAC beryllium 17th aft a 0-0 gully astatine Toulouse, 2 places beneath Le Mans, who drew Auxerre 1-1 connected matchday eight.

Match preview

It was not a win, but fixed their signifier starring up to past weekend, it was a affirmative effect for Troyes to gain a constituent against Toulouse.

That was their 2nd cleanable expanse successful the league this play aft allowing aggregate goals successful their past 5 apical formation affairs earlier that.

A deficiency of accumulation has hampered them each season, with Troyes netting a league-low 5 goals frankincense far, 3 of which were connected location soil.

Alongside Lorient, Stephane Dumont’s men person created the joint-fewest large chances successful Ligue 1 truthful acold (13), which is portion of the crushed they are presently successful a relegation position.

Troyes person a 100% grounds domestically erstwhile netting archetypal this season, doing truthful lone erstwhile astatine Lorient connected matchday 2 (2-1).

They person won 2 of their past 3 competitory location games versus Le Mans, with those past 2 triumphs occurring successful Ligue 2 and they anticipation to assertion their archetypal astatine location this play connected Saturday.

As entertaining arsenic Le Mans person looked passim the 2026-27 campaign, it has seldom translated into maximum points, arsenic they person dropped six points this play erstwhile netting first.

Patrick Videira’s squad volition effort to extremity a three-match winless tally successful this contention connected Saturday and triumph their archetypal Ligue 1 distant crippled of the season.

To interruption retired of their slump, they indispensable tighten up defensively, having conceded 7 goals successful their past 3 league matches.

In 2026-27, Le Mans person fixed up the third-most goals per lucifer domestically (2.0) portion failing to support a azygous cleanable expanse successful the contention this season.

After 8 matchdays, they beryllium supra the relegation playoff enactment connected extremity difference, though lone 3 points presently abstracted them from 11th-place Toulouse.

Les Mucistes went unbeaten against Troyes successful Ligue 2 past season, and connected Saturday could assertion consecutive victories astatine ESTAC for conscionable the 2nd clip this century.

Troyes Ligue 1 form:

Le Mans Ligue 1 form:

Team News

An ankle contented volition apt support Anis Ouzenadji connected the sidelines for Troyes this weekend, Yacouba Kone is questionable owed to a sore knee, Yvann Titi is dealing with a limb problem, portion Ismael Boura has a hep injury.

Yored Hillel Konate replaced Patrick Beach betwixt the sticks connected matchday eight, making 4 stops for his archetypal cleanable expanse of the campaign.

At Le Mans, Djibril Sidibe whitethorn beryllium forced retired with a sore foot, Harold Voyer has a thigh strain, Erwan Colas has a knock, Yasser Larouci is dealing with a sore groin, portion Adil Bourabaa is recovering from ankle country and Martin Rossignol has a genu issue.

Lucas Buades netted the opening extremity for them connected matchday eight, but AJA equalised little than 10 minutes later, and some sides shared a point.

Troyes imaginable starting lineup:

Konate; Maronnier, Monfray, Diaz, Gozzi; Mille, Karim, Diop; Le Douaron, Ripart, Ifnaoui

Le Mans imaginable starting lineup:

Kocik; Boisse, Yohou, Torrente; Bretelle, Lauray; Vercruysse, Calodat; Gueye, Mafouta, Diallo

We say: Troyes 2-1 Le Mans

Both sides look susceptible defensively, but we judge location tract and Troyes’ beardown antiaircraft show past week volition assistance them settee into this lucifer much rapidly and gain them a constrictive victory.

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