Evenly matched teams: Angers SCO vs Bordeaux match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa (17835 seats)

The league standings shows that 9 points separate the pair of combatants in this Ligue 2 match. Angers SCO carry both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Angers SCO have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bordeaux have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Angers SCO and Bordeaux should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Angers SCO form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Angers SCO have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Angers SCO has won their last four matches.

Angers enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Amiens SC's place. The match ended 4-1 with Melali, Ferhat, Abdelli and Hunou scoring. Angers SCO goalkeeper Fofana did an outstanding job against Amiens SC with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Midfielder Abdelli was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.84 (out of ten) in that game. Abdelli scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

Ahead of that match, Angers SCO won a home game hosting Concarneau (2-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Angers SCO perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Angers as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Angers SCO has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.

Angers SCO have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Raymond Kopa with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Angers SCO have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bordeaux form and stats

Playing away, Bordeaux have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Bordeaux failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Laval (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Barbet was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.04. The defender Barbet won 3 of 7 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Caen.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Bordeaux in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Bordeaux, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Bordeaux's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches. As opposed to that, Bordeaux have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Angers SCO won three games, four matches ended with a tie and Bordeaux have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

Angers SCOL. Diony
L. Diony
5 goals
Angers SCOF. El Melali
F. El Melali
2 goals
AngersH. Abdelli
H. Abdelli
2 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Bordeaux missing players

Angers SCO Bordeaux
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
15 8 0 Scored S 0 2 8
8 2 0 Conceded C 2 6 12
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 80%
60% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 60%
30% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 30%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
30% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 30%
60% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
20% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 50%
 
5.7 7.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.8 5.6
4 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 3.9
2.3 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 11.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.4 16.3
4.2 4.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 5.6
36% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 9% 14%
 
11.5 9.4 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.8 9.9
4.7 3.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Angers SCO have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Angers SCO have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Angers SCO have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bordeaux have scored away.
  • Angers SCO have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Angers SCO have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bordeaux have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bordeaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bordeaux have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Laval 10 8 1 1 13 5 5 5 0 0 7 2 5 3 1 1 6 3 8 25
2 Auxerre 10 6 3 1 23 10 5 2 2 1 9 4 5 4 1 0 14 6 13 21
3 Angers SCO 10 6 2 2 15 8 5 3 2 0 8 2 5 3 0 2 7 6 7 20
4 Grenoble Foot 38 10 5 5 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 6 1 5 2 3 0 5 3 7 20
5 Saint-Etienne 10 5 3 2 10 6 5 2 2 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 6 4 4 18
6 Rodez 10 5 2 3 19 15 5 4 0 1 13 7 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 17
7 Guingamp 10 4 3 3 16 10 5 2 2 1 9 3 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 15
8 Pau 10 4 3 3 16 16 5 3 1 1 8 5 5 1 2 2 8 11 0 15
9 Ajaccio 10 3 5 2 8 10 5 2 3 0 7 4 5 1 2 2 1 6 -2 14
10 Amiens SC 10 4 2 4 9 12 6 3 2 1 8 6 4 1 0 3 1 6 -3 14
11 Caen 10 4 1 5 16 13 5 2 0 3 7 5 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 13
12 Annecy 10 2 5 3 12 14 5 1 3 1 7 7 5 1 2 2 5 7 -2 11
13 Bordeaux 10 3 3 4 8 12 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 2 2 2 6 -4 11
14 Bastia 10 3 2 5 10 16 5 3 0 2 9 10 5 0 2 3 1 6 -6 11
15 Concarneau 10 3 2 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 2 0 3 4 8 -6 11
16 Troyes 10 1 5 4 12 14 4 1 1 2 6 6 6 0 4 2 6 8 -2 8
17 Paris 10 2 1 7 9 15 5 2 0 3 6 5 5 0 1 4 3 10 -6 7
18 Valenciennes 10 1 4 5 4 12 5 0 2 3 3 8 5 1 2 2 1 4 -8 7
19 Quevilly Rouen 10 1 3 6 9 14 5 0 2 3 4 7 5 1 1 3 5 7 -5 6
20 Dunkerque 10 1 3 6 9 17 5 0 2 3 3 6 5 1 1 3 6 11 -8 6

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.