Angers vs Estac Troyes — Tips & Analysis

Estac Troyes +0.5: Angers cannot score at home, and that is the whole case for Troyes. Angers have scored 3 goals in their last 7 home games and have won none of them, with 3 ties and 4 losses. Across all games they score less than a goal a game. This is not a side that blows anyone away either. They have won by 2 or more goals just once in their last 15 games. Troyes have the better attack on paper. They score almost 2 goals a game, though that record is flattered by Ligue 2 games from last season. In Ligue 1 they sit 12th, one place behind Angers, level on four points from four games. Both teams look nervous and neither has much to gain by throwing bodies forward. A 1-1 tie is the most likely result, and that is a fine night for us. We are backing Troyes to come away from here without a defeat. The warning is real. Troyes have five players ruled out, including Boura and Gozzi, and their back line was taken apart 2-6 at home by Strasbourg this month. Angers have also won 10 of the last 19 meetings between these two. We still think Angers lack the firepower to punish them, so Troyes are the side we want.