Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Olympique Lyonnais 7th with 62 points, Troyes 19th with 24, 38 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Troyes 1.18 scored and 2.13 conceded per game, Olympique Lyonnais 1.71 and 1.24, with the league averaging 1.4.
A win had eluded Troyes for 5 matches. The last-five ledger: Troyes 1/15, Olympique Lyonnais 8/15.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 0 for Troyes, 9 for Olympique Lyonnais and 0 drawn, at 3.56 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 78% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%.
The match was played at Stade de l'Aube in Troyes (capacity 20,400). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Olympique Lyonnais led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-3.