Troyes and Brest will play on Wednesday the 22nd of December at 9:00 pm in the 19th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Troyes at the Stade de l’Aube. The chosen referee is Johan Hamel.

Troyes sits in the 17th position in the league with 16 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 4 times, draw 4 times, and lost 10 times.​​

Brest is in the 12th place in the league with 24 points. It comes from a 0-4 loss against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 6 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Troyes​

Troyes has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 33.33%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 5-4-1 (5 times), 3-5-1-1 (3 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).

Laurent Batlles is expected to play against Brest with the following players: G. Gallon, O. El Hajjam, Y. Salmier, J. Giraudon, R. Ripart, X. Chavalerin, R. N’Guessan, F. Tardieu, M. Baldé, Y. Touzghar and T. Dingomé.

Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Troyes would be 29.00.

Y. Larouci, A. Rami, P. Sandler, T. Banhie-Zoukrou and K. Azamoum will definitely miss the match.

Brest​

Brest has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 55.56%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 4-4-2 (5 times), 4-2-2-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).

Michel Der Zakarian is expected to play against Troyes with the following players: M. Bizot, J. Duverne, L. Brassier, C. Hérelle, R. Pierre-Gabriel, F. Honorat, L. Agoume, H. Belkebla, R. Faivre, J. Le Douaron and S. Mounié.

Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Brest would be 24.73.

S. Cibois, H. Mananga Mbock and R. Del Castillo will definitely miss the match.