Reims vs Troyes Predictions

• Both teams have scored in two of Troyes’ last four away games.
• Reims have hit three goals in two of their four games already this season.
• Only one team in Ligue 1 had a higher percentage of their away games feature at least three goals last season than Reims’ 63%.
• Troyes had the highest percentage of away matches that featured at least three goals in Ligue 2 last season.

Troyes can push Reims all the way

Troyes moved out of the bottom three with their home win over Nice last weekend, but they aren’t showing enough grit away from home to attract our support this Sunday at Reims.

ESTAC have won once on their travels this term – at third-bottom Metz – and have lost their last two on the road with a whimper. Only Lyon have scored fewer away goals so far and their possession numbers outside Stade de l’Aube are also the second worst in the division.

They will come up against a Reims side that impressed when winning their last home game 3-1 against Nantes – and deserved better than a 0-0 draw with Lorient the time before that.

Both teams can score in lower-end tussle

Both teams to appears a good option here because Troyes are not known for keeping clean sheets at this level, posting only one in their last 20 away Ligue 1 matches. Oscar Garcia’s Reims side are quite entertaining on their day, as a 3-3 home draw with Montpellier demonstrated earlier this season, and will probably be in attack mode after their recent good home results.

That’s one reason why we think over 2.5 goals could well be landed in this game too. Only one team in Ligue 1 had a higher percentage of their away games feature at least three goals last season than Reims’ 63%.

Troyes, in a notoriously turgid Ligue 2, finished with the same percentage of away games featuring three goals or more in 2020-21.  Only one of ESTAC’s five away games this season have gone over 2.5 goals, but all of the others had exactly two, so it’s been close.

A 2-1 win for Reims stands out as the best correct score play here because Troyes have averaged 1.6 goals against in away games this season and only scored 0.8 per game so far.

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