France: Ligue 2 betting tip :Troyes- Sochaux
Oct 19, 2018
France: Ligue 2:Troyes- Sochaux
I discussed the host on opening day...........................
They start at home to relegated Troyes, who know how to get out of this division, with three promotions to Ligue 1 in the last seven seasons, relegated teams usually lose a few players and need a period of adjustment, the former has happened, but the latter is not the case with such massive L2 experience at the club and they have spent wisely bringing in even more senior players and I doubt there is a club with more knowledhe of this level amongst their ranks. They have added or bought back to the club Raveloson, Kashi, Touzghar, Salmier, Letellier and Berthomier amongst others, they have close to 500 L2 starts between them and promotions out of this league with five different teams, Touzghar and Berthomier 60 L2 goals. They have also made the transfer of Korean international striker Hyun-jun Suk permanent from Porto for a huge fee in French second tier terms. Cordoval, Niane (L2 top scorer with 23 goals two seasons ago), Darbion, Ben Saada and Benjamin Nivet who made his debut when Methuselah was still going to school in short trousers, have some 1,000 (!) L2 starts total, plus about 500 at the higher level and I do not think I have ever seen so much experience and know how at this level, not even close.
I will take them to hit the ground running.
They won that 1-0 and then, well, nothing much really, but ahead of their last home start with Auxerre I updated with ...........their next victory took seven weeks and came in their last home game, when they beat Niort 2-0 with both teams also hitting the woodwork. Last Friday they drew 1-1 at 5th placed Le Havre and that was as even as the scoreline suggests, but Troyes did miss a penalty and were "moral" winners, to be honest I was quite impressed and feel they should really be in post season contention as a minimum. The team spirit looked good and if they could find a way to win this, on the back of those four points, they would be on the move and within six of the top five.
They edged that 1-0 and then ran riot at Chateauroux winning 3-0, those points have taken them up to 11th, albeit just 4 off the playoff spots, I am sure they will still have an eye on top 2, but the current clubs at the top of the table look good and Troyes can afford few slip ups if they are going to hunt them down. However, I am mindful of that run in 2014-15 when Troyes won 24 games and ran away with the title and this is a club with big potential and in a false position in the table.
The hosts have further added to their squad with right sided midfielder Vincent Marcel from Nice, defensive midfielder Christopher Martins Pereira from Lyon and young Bryan Mbeumo has been upgraded from the B team to play on the opposite flank to Marcel and has 3 goals and two assists in his last three starts. Alongside all that huge experience outlined in early season, that looks an awful lot of talent and a nice mix. The win over Chateauroux was very impressive, keeper Mamadou Samassa is a man mountain and in a rich vein of form right now, Mbeumo (is he really only 19yo) and Kevin Fortune were running riot up top and causing problems on every attack and Chat are decent and a good yardstick.
Yes, there is another team playing today, but this is all about Troyes for me, if their play up to their level they will win, probably comfortably. But I did write a couple of weeks back.....
Sochaux are coming off a 2-0 loss at Lens, where they could easily have conceded 5-6 and would not have scored if they were still playing and they showed all the old defensive issues from last season, albeit against a very strong opponent. They have one goal and one point from their last four starts.
1.75 units Troyes -0.75 ball 2.49 asian line/Sportmarket.
Troyes : Letellier, Samassa - Cordoval, Deplagne, Giraudon, Obiang, Poaty, Salmier, Tavares - Berthomier, Gonçalves, Marcel, Martins-Pereira, Nivet, Raveloson - Camara, Fortuné, Mbeumo, Tinhan, Touzghar.
Sochaux : Prévot, Zigi - Josema, M\\\'Bakata, Moltenis, Pendant, Rafa Navarro, Ruiz, Verdon - Agoume, Anderson, Fuchs, Nando - Budkivskyi, Demirovic, Obadeyi, Robinet, Sané.
Good Luck.
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