Ligue 1: Toulouse vs Troyes – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Ligue 1 round 8 match between Toulouse and Troyes and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Toulouse are in with a good chance of adding three nice points to their total in round 8 of the Ligue 1 on Saturday. They will be disappointed if they do not beat Troyes, whom they welcome on home soil at Stadium de Toulouse.

Ranked as number 11 in the Ligue 1 standings, Toulouse, have so far collected nine points this season, while Troyes collected four points. This puts them up as number 17 after seven rounds.

Team form: Toulouse vs Troyes

Toulouse Form

Toulouse look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Le Havre by 3-2, before drawing 2-2 with Monaco. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Le Mans 0-3. Toulouse only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Ligue 1 matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored seven and conceded 12 goals.

Troyes Form

Troyes lost their previous three matches by 2-0 against Angers, 0-2 against Marseille and 1-3 against Lens. Troyes only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Ligue 1. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 13 goals to five.

Betting stats for Toulouse and Troyes

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Toulouse and Troyes played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Toulouse vs Troyes

Casper Tengstedt found the target five times in his previous six matches, whereas Renaud Ripart just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Popular markets: Toulouse vs Troyes

Full-time result

Toulouse claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing five. Troyes won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost three of the games in this run. Troyes lost their last 5 matches. Toulouse have beaten Troyes in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Both teams to score

Toulouse scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Interestingly, Troyes scored the opening goal of the match in just two of their last ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Toulouse managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Troyes kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Toulouse have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Troyes.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Toulouse’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Troyes, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches. Troyes conceded a goal in their last 6 matches.