Troyes and Metz will take on on Sunday the 6th of February at 3:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Troyes at the Stade de l’Aube. The encounter will be officiated by Mikael Lesage.
Troyes sits in the 16th place in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 12 times.
Metz is in the 18th position in the standings with 19 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Nice in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 7 times, and lost 11 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 27.27%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 5-4-1 (5 times), 3-5-1-1 (4 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-5-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Bruno Irles is expected to play against Metz with the following players: G. Gallon, O. El Hajjam, Y. Salmier, E. Palmer-Brown, G. Biancone, D. Chambost, F. Tardieu, X. Chavalerin, B. Dominguès and G. Rodrigues Gouveia.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Troyes would be 27.20.
Bruno Irles will probably not be able to employ J. Moulin because of injury.
I. Kabore, Y. Koné, A. Rami, T. Banhie-Zoukrou, K. Azamoum, R. N’Guessan, R. Ripart, T. Dingomé, H. Suk and Y. Touzghar will definitely miss the match.
Metz
Metz has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 27.27%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Frédéric Antonetti is expected to play against Troyes with the following players: M. Caillard, S. Alakouch, J. Kana-Biyik, A. Mbengue, P. Yade, B. Traore, V. Pajot, T. Delaine, F. Boulaya, I. Niane and O. N’Guette.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Metz would be 27.00.
M. Cabit, A. Oukidja, D. Bronn, J. de Jesus Nascimento, B. Kouyate, M. Udol, F. Centonze, D. Maïga, K. N’Doram, P. Sarr and N. de Roussel de Préville will definitely miss the match.