Delightful dogfight as daring Angers SCO duel with determined Concarneau

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa (17835 seats)

Angers SCO welcome Concarneau with faith in winning all three points. Can they? Open our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Angers SCO have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Concarneau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Angers SCO and Concarneau.

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Angers SCO form and stats

Angers SCO have collected 8 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 2-2-0. Angers has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Raymond Kopa, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Angers SCO goalkeeper Yahia Fofana is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.

A good away victory last time out for Angers SCO, who won 1-0 against Quevilly Rouen (placed 20th). Defender Bamba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.32/10. Bamba won 7 of 11 duels.

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

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Angers SCO have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

The Angers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Angers SCO have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Concarneau form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Concarneau have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Concarneau, as they have won on their previous two travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Concarneau, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Valenciennes (placed 19th) last time out. Defender Jannez was the best team player with a rating of 8.05. Jannez won 6 of 9 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Saint-Étienne.

Concarneau are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Concarneau's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Angers SCOL. Diony
L. Diony
4 goals
AngersJ. Bahoya
J. Bahoya
2 goals
ConcarneauY. Merdji
Y. Merdji
2 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Concarneau missing players

Angers SCO Concarneau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 4 8
4 2 2 Won W 0 2 2
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
9 6 4 Scored S 0 4 5
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 6 10
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 88%
50% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
25% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
62% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 62%
 
5.2 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 4.8
3 3.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 5
2.2 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 11 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 10.8
3.5 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.2 3.6
32% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 17%
 
10.9 9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.8 15.4
4.2 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.8 4.8
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.
  • Concarneau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Concarneau haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 8 6 1 1 11 5 4 4 0 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 19
2 Grenoble Foot 38 8 4 4 0 7 2 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 5 16
3 Auxerre 8 4 3 1 18 9 4 1 2 1 6 3 4 3 1 0 12 6 9 15
4 Rodez 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 14
5 Angers SCO 8 4 2 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 2 14
6 Amiens SC 8 4 2 2 8 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 3 1 0 2 1 5 1 14
7 Caen 7 4 0 3 12 6 4 2 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 12
8 Guingamp 8 3 2 3 13 8 4 2 1 1 7 1 4 1 1 2 6 7 5 11
9 Saint-Étienne 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 11
10 Pau 8 3 2 3 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 1 2 6 9 -1 11
11 Annecy 8 2 4 2 9 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 10
12 Bordeaux 7 3 2 2 7 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 2 4 -1 10
13 Ajaccio 8 2 4 2 6 10 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 1 1 2 1 6 -4 10
14 Bastia 8 2 2 4 8 13 4 2 0 2 7 9 4 0 2 2 1 4 -5 8
15 Concarneau 8 2 2 4 5 10 4 0 2 2 1 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 -5 8
16 Troyes 8 1 4 3 11 12 3 1 1 1 6 5 5 0 3 2 5 7 -1 7
17 Paris 8 2 0 6 7 11 4 2 0 2 6 3 4 0 0 4 1 8 -4 6
18 Dunkerque 7 1 3 3 6 10 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 5 -4 6
19 Valenciennes 8 1 3 4 3 10 4 0 1 3 2 7 4 1 2 1 1 3 -7 6
20 Quevilly Rouen 8 0 2 6 6 12 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 0 1 3 4 7 -6 2

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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.