We were firmly with Sochaux who won 3-1 and we then opposed Troyes for their trip to face Ajaccio which they lost 2-1, then losing 1-0 to Laval in the cup, not a great start, but something changed after that and a few days later they beat the same opponent in the league and I wrote ahead of a trip to promotion favourite Le Havre ...... but they (HAC) did concede three in two games (league and cup) last week and we "know" that Troyes ( see opening day notes above) just do not have it in them to come here with a negative mindset and played well in a 1-0 win over Laval last week. They scored early and with no exaggeration should have been 3 or 4 up at half time , but were left frustrated by some poor finishing, good goalkeeping and last ditch challenges. Typically for a team low on confidence and who have lost the winning habit they dropped further and further back in the second half and put themselves under pressure, but there was a performance and not just three points to take from that and they can play their part in an open encounter. Last three h2h meetings have produced at least three goals, at an average of 4.0 per games.