Monaco vs Troyes prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2022-08-30 17:00.
Despite the devastation of an equalising penalty kick in the second half, Monaco can proudly boast to be the first team of 2022/23 to take points from defending Ligue 1 champions PSG. Monaco coach Philippe Clement, whose three-man one-on-one defensive tactic was instrumental in keeping the pressure on PSG, wants it to be a benchmark rather than a highlight after failures from two starts as home favourites (D1, L1) earlier this season.
The swift turnaround of a midweek fixture should help Monaco carry some belief into what Clement hopes will be a sixth consecutive defeat of Troyes, whom they got the better of twice by a 2-1 margin in Ligue 1 last season. A clean sheet and subsequent victory would be most desirable, but the former appears unlikely after Monaco chalked up a seventh straight Ligue 1 game in which they both scored and conceded last weekend.
Troyes manager Bruno Irles kept the speculation surrounding his future at bay for another week, with a 3-1 win at home to Angers securing his first points of the league season. However, with this the first of three-successive league fixtures against clubs to finish seventh or higher in the previous Ligue 1 campaign, another stretch of unfavourable results could force the board to fast-track their reported hunt for Guingamp boss Stéphane Dumont.
Irles spoke to his players of the necessity of turning the pressure into a positive and they responded in kind with their largest haul of goals in seven Ligue 1 matches. But without a clean sheet to their name in any of those seven games, it’s just as well Troyes know where the net is, as ESTAC appear unlikely to bring Monaco’s goalscoring streak to an abrupt halt.
Players to watch: Five of Breel Embolo’s last six goals for any club have been scored at his home venue, whilst Troyes’ Florian Tardieu has equalised from the penalty spot in three of his last four Ligue 1 away outings.
Hot stat: Five of Troyes’ last seven Ligue 1 matches have seen the opening goal scored within 15 minutes.