Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Troyes (1st, 67 pts) held a 22-point advantage over Pau (9th, 45 pts). Recent form told a different story for Pau: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Per game in the league, Troyes were scoring 1.76 and conceding 0.97, Pau 1.41 and 1.82, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Troyes for 5 matches. The five-game form split read 1/15 points for Troyes against 7/15 for Pau.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Troyes wins, 0 for Pau, 3 draws, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Complexe Sportif de l'Aube N° 2 - Terrain du Bas, capacity 20,400, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 2-2 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-3.
Goal scorers
Troyes: Tawfik Bentayeb (43'), Mathys Detourbet (44'), Martin Adeline (77'), Tawfik Bentayeb (90') · Pau: Cheikh Fall (16'), Giovani Versini (21'), Joseph Kalulu (61')
Key stats
Possession: Troyes 64% · Pau 36% · Total shots: 22-11 · On target: 8-5 · Corners: 5-2