Ligue 1 preview and news: Monaco - Angers SCO at Stade Louis II.

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II. (18523 seats)

Monaco are chasing the top league spots while Angers SCO are more involved in staying out of trouble and relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Monaco is in the best form (6-0-0) in Ligue 1

These teams have little in common geographically as Angers SCO have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both contenders have had adequate rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!

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Monaco form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 17 Ligue 1 games here at Stade Louis II. for Monaco. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.

Happy days for Monaco in their previous game, a fixture away at Saint-Étienne (placed 18th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Defender Henrique got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Henrique served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Monaco won a home game hosting Nice (1-0).

Monaco have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Louis II. with 32 goals in 17 league matches. Monaco have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Angers SCO form and stats

Angers SCO have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-9-6 (17 played). Angers has drawn their two previous away games.

Angers SCO are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Clermont (placed 17th). It looked so good for Angers SCO vs Clermont, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Traoré was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.2. The defender Traoré scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.

A loss against Paris Saint Germain was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Angers have scored 21 goals in 17 league games away. In the opposite end, Angers SCO have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides faced each other before this match year: Angers SCO - Monaco 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Monaco victories, two draws and one Angers SCO win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
20 goals
MonacoK. Volland
K. Volland
8 goals
Angers SCOS. Boufal
S. Boufal
8 goals

Monaco missing players

Angers SCO missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monaco Angers SCO
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
17 10 5 Won W 1 2 8
8 4 1 Drew D 0 9 11
9 3 0 Lost L 4 6 15
55 32 16 Scored S 5 21 38
35 14 2 Conceded C 10 29 51
91% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
79% 88% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 74%
53% 59% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 47%
32% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 26%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 15%
50% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 76% 59%
29% 41% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 21%
29% 18% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 18% 26%
 
5.6 6.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.4 4.9
3.8 3.6 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.5 4.8
2.2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.9
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.9 12.9 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.1 10
4.4 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.2 3.5
37% 39% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 32%
 
10.4 10.1 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 13.1 11.9
3.4 3.1 0.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monaco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Monaco have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Monaco is in the best form (6-0-0) in Ligue 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 34 24 6 4 76 31 17 15 2 0 42 10 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 78
2 Olympique Marseille 34 19 8 7 56 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 17 11 3 3 27 14 23 65
3 Rennes 34 18 5 11 75 36 17 12 1 4 46 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 39 59
4 Monaco 34 17 8 9 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 20 59
5 Nice 34 17 7 10 43 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 14 57
6 Strasbourg 34 15 11 8 55 36 17 10 4 3 32 15 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 56
7 Lens 34 15 9 10 53 42 17 9 5 3 31 16 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 54
8 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 11 9 56 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 16 4 6 6 17 22 11 52
9 Lille 34 13 12 9 42 40 17 7 7 3 21 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 2 51
10 Nantes 34 14 8 12 48 41 17 10 3 4 30 18 17 4 5 8 18 23 7 50
11 Brest 34 12 9 13 43 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -5 45
12 Montpellier 34 12 6 16 46 51 17 7 4 6 25 20 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 42
13 Reims 34 9 13 12 36 37 17 5 6 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 40
14 Angers SCO 34 8 11 15 38 51 17 6 2 9 17 22 17 2 9 6 21 29 -13 35
15 Lorient 34 8 10 16 33 57 16 6 5 5 18 16 18 2 5 11 15 41 -24 34
16 Troyes 34 8 9 17 30 47 17 4 7 6 15 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -17 33
17 Clermont 34 8 9 17 35 63 17 3 6 8 19 30 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 33
18 Saint-Étienne 34 7 10 17 38 68 18 4 6 8 23 36 16 3 4 9 15 32 -30 31
19 Bordeaux 34 5 12 17 47 84 17 3 6 8 25 32 17 2 6 9 22 52 -37 27
20 Metz 34 4 12 18 29 60 17 1 7 9 17 29 17 3 5 9 12 31 -31 24

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Angers SCO:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 34 24 6 4 76 31 17 15 2 0 42 10 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 78
2 Olympique Marseille 34 19 8 7 56 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 17 11 3 3 27 14 23 65
3 Rennes 34 18 5 11 75 36 17 12 1 4 46 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 39 59
4 Monaco 34 17 8 9 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 20 59
5 Nice 34 17 7 10 43 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 14 57
6 Strasbourg 34 15 11 8 55 36 17 10 4 3 32 15 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 56
7 Lens 34 15 9 10 53 42 17 9 5 3 31 16 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 54
8 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 11 9 56 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 16 4 6 6 17 22 11 52
9 Lille 34 13 12 9 42 40 17 7 7 3 21 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 2 51
10 Nantes 34 14 8 12 48 41 17 10 3 4 30 18 17 4 5 8 18 23 7 50
11 Brest 34 12 9 13 43 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -5 45
12 Montpellier 34 12 6 16 46 51 17 7 4 6 25 20 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 42
13 Reims 34 9 13 12 36 37 17 5 6 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 40
14 Angers SCO 34 8 11 15 38 51 17 6 2 9 17 22 17 2 9 6 21 29 -13 35
15 Lorient 34 8 10 16 33 57 16 6 5 5 18 16 18 2 5 11 15 41 -24 34
16 Troyes 34 8 9 17 30 47 17 4 7 6 15 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -17 33
17 Clermont 34 8 9 17 35 63 17 3 6 8 19 30 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 33
18 Saint-Étienne 34 7 10 17 38 68 18 4 6 8 23 36 16 3 4 9 15 32 -30 31
19 Bordeaux 34 5 12 17 47 84 17 3 6 8 25 32 17 2 6 9 22 52 -37 27
20 Metz 34 4 12 18 29 60 17 1 7 9 17 29 17 3 5 9 12 31 -31 24

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.