Ligue 1 preview: Can Sporting Gagnoa edge out victory against Abengourou?

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Competition: Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 04.June
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Victor Biaka Boda (3000 seats)

Neutral parties would believe there's a pronounced difference in quality between these teams based on the league table so far, with Sporting Gagnoa ahead of Abengourou by 20 points.

Insights:
  • Sporting Gagnoa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Abengourou have the fewest points (5) away in Ligue 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sporting Gagnoa form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Sporting Gagnoa have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Sporting Gagnoa are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Gagnoa, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 410 minutes in the Ligue 1.

A strong away win for Sporting Gagnoa against Lys Sassandra the last match.

Ahead of that match, Sporting Gagnoa won a home game hosting ES Bafing (2-0).

Gagnoa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Sporting Gagnoa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Victor Biaka Boda in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Abengourou form and stats

There's been little loot from Abengourou's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Ligue 1. Abengourou only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Abengourou go into this game after a win, the home game against Korhogo that ended 3-1.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Bassam.

Abengourou are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 10 away games. Abengourou have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Abengourou - Sporting Gagnoa 0-0 was the result in these teams' previous head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Sporting Gagnoa-Abengourou H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Gagnoa one win, Abengourou one win, five draws. one of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Sporting Gagnoa missing players

Abengourou missing players

Sporting Gagnoa Abengourou
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
13 6 2 Won W 0 1 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 7
5 3 1 Lost L 3 7 9
27 13 4 Scored S 2 5 13
14 6 1 Conceded C 5 17 24
86% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 76%
62% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 48%
29% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 29%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 19%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 5%
24% 10% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 24%
57% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 38%
33% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 70% 62%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.2 3.9
2.8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.8 3.9
1.6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11 9.8
4.2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.5
32% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 19% 20%
 
8.6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.8 9.4
2.9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.2 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Abengourou have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Abengourou have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Abengourou have the fewest points (5) away in Ligue 1
  • Abengourou have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Ligue 1
  • Sporting Gagnoa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Gagnoa have scored more than double the goals of Abengourou.
  • Sporting Gagnoa have won significantly less corners at home than 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 ASEC Mimosas 20 16 4 0 38 15 10 7 3 0 16 8 10 9 1 0 22 7 23 52
2 Sporting Gagnoa 21 13 3 5 27 14 10 6 1 3 13 6 11 7 2 2 14 8 13 42
3 San-Pedro 20 11 6 3 23 8 10 5 3 2 10 5 10 6 3 1 13 3 15 39
4 ES Bafing 21 9 7 5 29 17 11 6 2 3 19 9 10 3 5 2 10 8 12 34
5 SOA 21 7 9 5 17 18 10 4 5 1 8 5 11 3 4 4 9 13 -1 30
6 Racing d'Abidjan 20 7 7 6 19 15 10 3 4 3 10 9 10 4 3 3 9 6 4 28
7 Lys Sassandra 21 6 7 8 12 17 10 3 3 4 7 10 11 3 4 4 5 7 -5 25
8 SOL 21 6 4 11 28 28 10 4 1 5 12 11 11 2 3 6 16 17 0 22
9 Stella 21 5 7 9 20 28 11 3 3 5 10 15 10 2 4 4 10 13 -8 22
10 Bouake 21 6 4 11 15 24 11 5 1 5 12 15 10 1 3 6 3 9 -9 22
11 Abengourou 21 5 7 9 13 24 11 4 5 2 8 7 10 1 2 7 5 17 -11 22
12 AFAD 21 5 6 10 18 26 11 1 4 6 6 15 10 4 2 4 12 11 -8 21
13 Bassam 20 4 7 9 14 26 10 2 3 5 8 16 10 2 4 4 6 10 -12 19
14 Korhogo 21 3 6 12 22 35 10 1 4 5 11 14 11 2 2 7 11 21 -13 15