Troyes and Olympique Lyonnais will clash on Sunday the 16th of January at 5:05 pm in the 21st week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Troyes at the Stade de l’Aube. The appointed referee is Jérôme Brisard.
Troyes sits in the 16th position in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Brest in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.
Olympique Lyonnais sits in the 11th place in the league with 25 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 6 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 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 31.58%).
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), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Bruno Irles is expected to play against Olympique Lyonnais with the following players: G. Gallon, Y. Salmier, J. Giraudon, A. Rami, G. Rodrigues Gouveia, B. Dominguès, F. Tardieu, D. Chambost, X. Chavalerin, R. Ripart and T. Dingomé.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Troyes would be 29.18.
I. Kabore, Y. Koné, P. Sandler, T. Banhie-Zoukrou, K. Azamoum, R. N’Guessan, M. Baldé, H. Suk and Y. Touzghar will definitely miss the match.
Bruno Irles will not be able to have the presence of J. Moulin and G. Biancone who are both suspended.
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 63.16%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (12 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Peter Bosz is expected to play against Troyes with the following players: A. Lopes, J. Boateng, D. Da Silva, C. Lukeba, E. Palmieri dos Santos, B. Guimarães Rodriguez Moura, M. Caqueret, L. Dubois, H. Aouar and M. Dembélé.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Olympique Lyonnais would be 27.30.
J. Denayer, S. Diomande, M. Guedes Filho, T. Mendes Ribeiro, J. Reine-Adélaïde, T. Kadewere, I. Slimani and K. Toko Ekambi will definitely miss the match.
