Estac Troyes vs Le Mans 2-0

Estac Troyes beat Le Mans 2-0 at Stade de l'Aube after taking the lead in the first half and adding a second through a substitute in the 71st minute. Le Mans had more of the ball, but Troyes took their chances.

Mouhamed Diop opened the scoring in the 33rd minute, finishing from Timothee Nkada to make it 1-0. That was the only goal before the break, with Estac Troyes 1-0 Le Mans at half-time.

Le Mans made two changes at the interval, sending on Bilal Brahimi for Habib Diallo and Dame Gueye for Antoine Rabillard, while Troyes replaced Timothee Nkada with Kandet Diawara. The visitors changed again on 60 minutes, and Ismaël Boura, who came on in the 66th minute, settled it five minutes later when he scored to make it 2-0. There was a VAR review on 67 minutes involving Kandet Diawara, while Troyes then saw out the game after further changes on 79 minutes and in stoppage time.

The numbers pointed to a game Le Mans controlled for long spells without threatening enough. They had 61% of possession and 576 passes to Troyes' 357, yet Troyes finished with 14 shots and 8 on target compared with 3 and 1 for the visitors. Troyes also led 1.79 to 0.31 on xG, won 4 corners to 2, and finished with 5 saves to Le Mans' 1.

Junior Diaz was booked in the 18th minute for Troyes. Le Mans had yellow cards for Raul Torrente Navarro on 47 minutes, Nicolas Kocik on 67 minutes, Noa Boissé on 74 minutes and Samuel Yohou in the 90th minute plus 6, while Troyes' Paolo Gozzi Iweru and Ismaël Boura were also booked.