Troyes and Nantes are going to play on Saturday the 12th of March at 9:00 pm in the 28th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Troyes at the Stade de l’Aube. The appointed referee is Stéphanie Frappart.
Troyes sits in the 17th place in the table with 25 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 6 times, draw 7 times, and lost 14 times.
Nantes sits in the 7th place in the standings with 42 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 12 times, draw 6 times, and lost 9 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 22.22%).
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 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (once), 4-5-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Bruno Irles is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: G. Gallon, Y. Salmier, G. Biancone, E. Palmer-Brown, D. Chambost, R. N’Guessan, I. Kabore, X. Chavalerin, M. Baldé and I. Ugbo.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Troyes would be 26.00.
K. Azamoum, T. Dingomé, L. Ilić, R. Ripart, H. Suk and Y. Touzghar will definitely miss the match.
Bruno Irles will not be able to have the presence of Y. Koné and F. Tardieu who are both suspended.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 29.63%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 5-3-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Troyes with the following players: A. Lafont, N. Pallois, J. Castelletto, S. Corchia, Q. Merlin, A. Girotto, P. Chirivella Burgos, R. Pereira de Sa, L. Blas, M. Simon and R. Kolo Muani.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Nantes would be 26.73.
F. Pereira da Silva and A. Limbombe Ekango will definitely miss the match.