French Ligue 1 will see Troyes square off Ajaccio this weekend at Stade de L’Aube in the 11th round of the competition. Match day schedules for October 16 at 16:00 EAT.
The host sits 12th with 11 points in the Ligue 1 table, four points above Sunday’s visitors. After avoiding relegation by a mere six points last season, Troyes were looking to build on that and have started relatively strongly, having notched impressive wins at Monaco and Clermont Foot earlier in the season. Coming into this game, Troyes won two, drew two and lost two of their last six matches (WDLWDL).
Troyes prepares for this fixture coming off 3-2 Ligue 1 losing efforts to Nice in their previous outing. In that game, Troyes had 39% possession, 17 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Xavier Chavalerin (82′) and Abdu Conté (90′). Nice got 14 shots with six of them on target and goals by Mattia Viti (2′), Andy Delort (37′) and Nicolas Pépé (50′).
Meanwhile, Ajaccio struggled initially after promotion to the top tier last season but they have recovered well in recent weeks with a win in Marseille following victory in Brest a couple of weeks ago. Olivier Pantaloni side is the lowest scorers but should have gained some confidence from the recent victories, and could even leapfrog their opponents this weekend if they win by more than three goals.
Ajaccio will want to continue where they left with 1-2 Ligue 1 victory over Marseille in their most recent outing. In that game, AC Ajaccio had 35% possession, six shots with one of them on target and a goal scored by Bevic Moussiti-Oko (25′). Marseille got 10 shots with two of them on target and goals by Dimitri Payet (15′) and Leonardo Balerdi (47′ OG).
Troyes vs. Ajaccio head to head
These two sides have had 22 direct encounters since 2002; Troyes claims 12 victories, Ajaccio claims eight victories while two matches ended in stalemates.
- Troyes 1-0 AC Ajaccio 27/02/21
- AC Ajaccio 0-4 Troyes 31/10/20
- Troyes 2-1 AC Ajaccio 21/12/19
- Troyes 0-0 AC Ajaccio 17/05/19
- AC Ajaccio 0-1 Troyes 27/07/18
Home
- Nice 3-2 Troyes
- Troyes 2-2 Reims
- Clermont Foot 1-3 Troyes
- Lens 1-0 Troyes
- Troyes 1-1 Rennes
Away
- Marseille 1-2 AC Ajaccio
- AC Ajaccio 1-3 Clermont Foot
- Brest 0-1 AC Ajaccio
- AC Ajaccio 0-1 Nice
- AC Ajaccio 0-1 Lorient
Troyes team news
Troyes Head Coach Bruno Irles has a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Ajaccio team news
Boss Olivier Pantaloni has no new injury concerns ahead of this fixture.
Prediction and odds
- Troyes Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
