Soccer betting preview: Nice welcomes Angers SCO in what could be a tight duel
Season ticket holders at Allianz Riviera haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nice languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Angers SCO will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Insights:
- Nice have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Angers SCO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Best bookmaker betting odds:
It's no vacation for neither Nice nor Angers SCO as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Nice form and stats
Nice's results here at Allianz Riviera in the Ligue 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. Nice are slowly digging their own grave here at Allianz Riviera with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Nantes match.
No payout for Nice in their previous match, an away game at Monaco that ended in defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match, Nice lost 0-1 at home to Saint-Étienne.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nice have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nice as they are travelling to their away game against Nîmes in the Coupe de France. That match is three days after this one.
Nice have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Nice have conceded 22 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Lierse Kempenzonen form and stats
Lierse Kempenzonen must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three First Division B games here at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion.
Kempenzonen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Deinze. Preceding that match was the home game against RFC Seraing that was lost 2-5.
Goals are plentiful at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion in the league this season as Lierse Kempenzonen has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Kempenzonen have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Things could have gone better for Union Saint-Gilloise in their First Division B away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Saint-Gilloise are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Belgian Cup against Heist. Before that, Saint-Gilloise secured a home win against Lommel United with the score 4-2.
As mentioned above, Saint-Gilloise was the only team on the pitch versus Heist in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The visiting Saint-Gilloise have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. Union Saint-Gilloise have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Allach 3 goals |  D. Vanzeir 3 goals | J. Gilis 2 goals |
Lierse Kempenzonen missing players
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
| Lierse Kempenzonen | Union Saint-Gilloise | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | 30 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 41 | 77 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 22 | 37 |
| 44% | 67% | 200% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 18% | 30% |
- All of Lierse Kempenzonen's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Union Saint-Gilloise's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lierse Kempenzonen has the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in First Division B
- Union Saint-Gilloise have scored in all their away matches so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RFC Seraing | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Deinze | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Lommel United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | RWDM | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Club Brugge II | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
Read more about First Division B
The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.
