Troyes vs Strasbourg - prediction, team news, lineups

ESTAC Troyes invited RC Strasbourg to the Stade de l'Aube connected Sunday day for circular 3 of the 2026-27 Ligue 1 campaign.

In their erstwhile league fixture, ESTAC posted an awesome 2-1 triumph distant to FC Lorient, portion Les Bleu et Blancs defeated past season's runners up RC Lens by the aforesaid scoreline astatine the Stade de la Meinau.

Match preview

Playing successful the French apical formation for the archetypal clip successful 3 years aft winning promotion arsenic champions from Ligue 2 past season, Troyes volition beryllium highly blessed with their commencement to the 2026-27 campaign.

Following a respectable stalemate with Paris FC connected the opening weekend, Stephane Dumont’s men claimed a singular 2-1 triumph against FC Lorient astatine the Stade du Moustoir past Saturday to permission them sat sixth successful the Ligue 1 table with 4 points, a tally lone bettered by AS Monaco aft 2 matches.

Perhaps the concealed to ESTAC’s reddish blistery commencement to the run was their occurrence during the pre-season period, having mislaid nary of their six mentation fixtures and scoring an outstanding 14 goals, portion conceding little than 1 a lucifer connected average.

Facing a challenging trial against existent array toppers Lille adjacent week, Troyes volition beryllium wanting to support their unbeaten commencement to the play going by overcoming a Strasbourg outfit who they are unbeaten against successful the erstwhile 4 meetings betwixt the sides.

Having conscionable missed retired connected booking their spot successful European contention for a 2nd consecutive play successful the 2025-26 Ligue 1 campaign, finishing 1 constituent down Monaco who occupied the UEFA Conference League qualification spot, Strasbourg’s extremity volition undoubtedly beryllium to get backmost playing connected the continent for adjacent year.

After 2 matches, the visitors volition person mixed feelings astir their commencement to the league run though, arsenic contempt securing a stunning 2-1 comeback triumph implicit Lens connected Saturday evening, Hugo Oliveira’s broadside person conscionable 3 points to amusement for their efforts, having suffered a dense 4-0 decision to Marseille connected the opening weekend.

While they are not peculiarly flourishing successful onslaught either, Strasbourg's troubles are undoubtedly stemming from the backmost this play arsenic aft conscionable 2 Ligue 1 matches, Les Bleu et Blancs person surrendered a whopping 31 shots, 15 of which person been connected target, portion lone AJ Auxerre person conceded much than their 5 league goals.

Facing 2 of the existent apical 3 sides successful the part wrong the adjacent fortnight, Oliveira  will beryllium keen for his men to marque it backmost to backmost league wins this play and make a tiny portion of past against a Troyes broadside who they person not beaten connected the roadworthy since a 2-1 triumph successful the 2008-09 Ligue 2 campaign.

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Team News

Going into Sunday’s clash, ESTAC person conscionable 2 confirmed absentees arsenic 26-year-old defender Ismael Boura continues to beryllium retired with a hep wounded sustained successful pre-season and Yvann Titi looks acceptable to beryllium sidelined for 2 months owed to a musculus issue.

With 3 strikes successful his erstwhile 4 fixtures, striker Renaud Ripart is surely the dangerman for the hosts and volition beryllium looking to lucifer his 11-goal play for Olympique Nimes successful the 2020-21 Ligue 1 campaign.

Strasbourg person a reasonably lengthy wounded database which includes their apical league scorer past play Joaquin Panichelli, who has been ruled retired until December with a cruciate ligament injury.

Maxi Oyedele, Martial Godo and erstwhile Chelsea defender Ben Chilwell are each listed arsenic doubts to feature, portion Ismael Doukoure is acceptable to look a precocious fittingness trial connected an undisclosed issue.

After receiving a consecutive reddish paper successful Les Bleu et Blancs’ hammering astatine the Stade Velodrome, Moroccan midfielder Samir El Mourabet volition service the 2nd of a 3 crippled suspension connected Sunday.

Troyes imaginable starting lineup:

Beach; Maronnier, Monfray, Diaz Jr, Ouzenadji; Mille, Diop; Ifnaoui, Gomis, Picard; Ripart

Strasbourg imaginable starting lineup:

Jorgensen; Antwi, Mitchell, Omobamidele, Hogsberg; Sousa, Demba, Reyna; Yassine, Ortega, Nanasi

We say: Troyes 1-1 Strasbourg

Having started the play connected specified a affirmative enactment upon their instrumentality to the division, Troyes volition beryllium assured that they tin support the shot rolling and assertion their archetypal location triumph of the run this weekend.

However, with apical caller signings specified arsenic Filip Jorgensen and Giovanni Reyna conscionable starting to furniture in, we deliberation the visitors volition beryllium overmuch improved and volition not depart the Stade de l'Aube bare handed.

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