ESTAC Troyes vs RC Lens betting tips: Ligue 1 preview, predictions & odds

By Stephen Drennan Published: May 12, 2022 11:02 pm
Last Updated: May 13, 2022 2:20 am

ESTAC Troyes

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3

RC Lens

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83'

Frankowski, Przemyslaw
Machado, Deiver

Chavalerin, Xavier
Balde, Mama

79'

Ripart, Renaud
Mothiba, Lebo

79'

78'

Frankowski, Przemyslaw

77'

Da Costa, David Pereira
Berg, Patrick

77'

Kalimuendo, Arnaud
Ganago, Ignatius Kpene

71'

Clauss, Jonathan

Conte, Abdu
Larouci, Yasser

65'

Touzghar, Yoann
Ugbo, Ike

65'

45'

Kalimuendo, Arnaud

42'

Danso, Kevin

19'

Medina, Facundo

Biancone, Giulian

14'

Kabore, Issa

9'

Starting lineup

Gallon, Gauthier30

Kabore, Issa29

Biancone, Giulian4

Salmier, Yoann17

Palmer-Brown, Erik2

Conte, Abdu12

Ripart, Renaud20

Tardieu, Florian10

Kouame, Romenique6

Chavalerin, Xavier24

Touzghar, Yoann7

1Farinez, Wuilker

14Medina, Facundo

24Gradit, Jonathan

4Danso, Kevin

11Clauss, Jonathan

8Fofana, Seko

28Doucoure, Cheick Oumar

29Frankowski, Przemyslaw

15Kalimuendo, Arnaud

7Sotoca, Florian

20Da Costa, David Pereira

Substitutes

Moulin, Jessy40

El Hajjam, Oualid19

Rami, Adil23

Dingome, Tristan5

Chambost, Dylan14

Balde, Mama25

Larouci, Yasser22

Ugbo, Ike13

Mothiba, Lebo26

40Pandor, Yannick

3Machado, Deiver

5Wooh, Christopher

21Haidara, Massadio

6Berg, Patrick

18Cahuzac, Yannick

9Ganago, Ignatius Kpene

22Said, Wesley

25Jean, Corentin

Recommended bets

The home versus away form for these sides over the past six games has been identical. ESTAC have been good at home recently and have picked up 11 points from their last six Ligue 1 home matches here at the Stade de l’Aube. Sang et Or have been just as good on their travels recently and having also picked up 11 points from their last six Ligue 1 matches on the road. Therefore, 101 Great Goals’ prediction for this match is a fence-sitting ESTAC Troyes 1-1 RC Lens and is available at odds of 6.5/1.

Alternatively, you can bet on any Troyes win at 3.1/1 against Sang et Or at home on Saturday.

Or, back any away win for Lens at 2.2/1 here at the Stade de l’Aube.

You can find odds of 3.5/1 for any draw between Troyes and Lens on Saturday.

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Match Preview

ESTAC Troyes welcome RC Lens to the Stade de l’Aube on Saturday for this Ligue 1 match. A point here mathematically guarantees Troyes of their top-flight status for another season. Although given their goal difference, they are effectively already safe. Lens would need two wins and for Rennes and Strasbourg to collapse to have a chance of the UEFA Europa Conference League place next season.

Troyes come into the match on a run of two league games undefeated. They have picked up five points from a maximum of 18 from their last six Ligue 1 matches.

ESTAC shared the points in their last league match away to Paris Saint Germain, in a four-goal thriller. Expected goals of 2.0xG apiece highlights how evenly matched the two sides were on the balance of chances created making a draw a fair result in the end.

To keep battling against the most star-studded team in world football even when 2-0 down makes this point a particularly special one. The final score of the match was 2-2.

Iké Ugbo started the come back here for ESTAC Troyes and becomes their joint top scorer with five goals in Ligue 1 this season. He is 3.1/1 to score against RC Lens on Saturday.

Their opponent on Saturday, RC Lens, come into the match on a run of six league games undefeated. They have picked up 14 points from a maximum of 18 from their last six Ligue 1 matches.

Blood and Gold won their last league match away to Stade Reims. Expected goals of 1.3 to 0.3 in favour of Lens indicates it was likely a fair result. They also had to come from behind to achieve their result with Seko Fofana scoring a dramatic injury-time winner. The final score of the match was 1-2.

Fofana now has eight goals in Ligue 1 for Lens this season and is 8/1 to score the final goal of the game against ESTAC Troyes on Saturday.

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ESTAC Troyes vs RC Lens: Previous Ligue 1 Meetings

20 in Total:- 3 ESTAC Troyes wins, 9 RC Lens wins, 8 draws.

ESTAC Troyes team news

Rominigue Kouamé was withdrawn due to injury towards the end of the match against PSG last weekend. While the severity isn’t yet known, he is unlikely to start here with Tristan Dingomé potentially replacing him from the start.

It is possible the side on the pitch when they came back to earn a point against Paris Saint Germain in their last league match is the one that starts the match here.

RC Lens team news

Jean-Louis Leca remains unavailable here due to suspension and will miss the trip to the Stade de l’Aube.

With no new injuries or suspensions to worry about, RC Lens are unlikely to make any changes to the side that beat Stade Reims in their last league outing.

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