Troyes vs Auxerre Match Preview

Troyes welcomes Auxerre in the fourteenth round of the French Ligue 1.

The hosts are coming off a 4-3 away defeat at Paris Saint-Germain in a thrilling game in which they led twice, once again showing their scoring fluency and defensive frailty. In their last six matches, they managed both to score and concede, which has also happened in five of the six home games of Troyes. Despite being in the middle of the table they have the fifth-best attack in the league and the second-worst defense behind trailing Angers.

The visitors, on the other hand, after the change of coach, beat Ajaxio at home 1-0, breaking the negative streak they had after collecting just two points in eight matches. They are also a team that scores and concedes goals easily, actually, this is confirmed in their last six games, something that also happened in their last four games away from home. All their six trips had over 2.5 goals and I have to mention here that Auxerre has one of the worst defenses having conceded, just 3 goals less than Troyes

In conclusion, both teams have big defensive weaknesses but they score very often which I expect to happen in one more game. The odds for BTTS are priced at a decent 1.75 and I'll stake 3 units.