Troyes vs Lyon: prediction for the Ligue 1 match

After a great start of the season Troyes completely lost focus and their results went downhill. Team failed to achieve success in the French Cup, in the first round The White-Blues were beaten by a Ligue 2 outfit, Nancy, in a penalty shoot-out.

After 19 rounds of the current Ligue 1 season Bruno Irles' men have four victories and five draws, which brought 17 points and a 16th spot in the standings. Team's offensive line is looking terrible, they scored less than one goal per game on average. After a victory over Lorient (2:0) hosts suffered two defeats and split the points with Brest (1:1). 

Azamoum, Balde, Kabore, Kouame, Metinho, Moulin, Sandler and Touzgharare unavailable today.

Lyon put up a successful performance in the group stage of the Europa League, team finished at the top of the group and advanced into the playoffs. In the last match of that stage The Kids drew to Rangers. We should note that team failed to find a single victory since November and they are currently on a five-game string of draws. 

Peter Bosz' men currently have six victories and eight draws in Ligue 1, which brought 25 points and an 11th spot in the standings. In two most recent matches team drew to Metz (1:1) and PSG (1:1). 

Ekambi, Slimani, Reine, Pintor, Mendes, Kadewere, Diamonde and Denayer won't feature in this match.