Bordeaux and Troyes are going to face off on Sunday the 6th of March at 3:00 pm in the 27th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Bordeaux at the Stade Matmut-Atlantique. The appointed referee is Ruddy Buquet.

Bordeaux occupies the 20th position in the league with 22 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Clermont in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 10 times, and lost 12 times.​​

Troyes is in the 17th position in the table with 22 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 7 times, and lost 14 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

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

Bordeaux​

Bordeaux has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 19.23%).

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

David Guion is expected to play against Troyes with the following players: G. Poussin, M. Guedes Filho, A. Ahmedhodzic, S. Rode Gregersen, T. Pembele, G. Mensah, J. Junior Onana Onana, J. Guilavogui, Y. Adli, R. Oudin and U. Hwang.

In case that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Bordeaux would be 25.82.

B. Costil, P. Baysse, E. Kwateng, R. Chaby Mangas, A. Elis Martínez, T. Lacoux, M. Zerkane, J. Briand and A. Traore will definitely miss the match.

Troyes​

Troyes has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 23.08%).

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

Bruno Irles is expected to play against Bordeaux with the following players: G. Gallon, Y. Salmier, A. Rami, E. Palmer-Brown, G. Biancone, T. Dingomé, R. N’Guessan, D. Chambost, I. Kabore, I. Ugbo and M. Baldé.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Troyes would be 27.00.

K. Azamoum, L. Ilić, R. Ripart and H. Suk will definitely miss the match.

Bruno Irles will not be able to have the presence of F. Tardieu who is suspended​​.