Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Angers SCO & Nantes face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Angers SCO form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the round of 64.With {1 Ligue 1 wins}, 1 draw and 9 defeats from their home games, Angers SCO are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Angers drew their last game, 0-0 away at Lorient. Midfielder Bentaleb was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Bentaleb hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 63 successful passes (of 71 total).
Ahead of that match, Angers SCO lost 1-2 at home to Ajaccio.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 0 and lost 7.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus Auxerre in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Raymond Kopa.
Angers SCO has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Angers SCO with 24 goals conceded in these matches.
Nantes form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Nantes, as they won the Coupe de France.Nantes have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-5-5 (12 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Nantes, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ajaccio last time out. Midfielder Guessand was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.0. Guessand scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
A loss against Olympique Marseille was the result prior to that, in a Ligue 1 home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nantes playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Nantes wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
After this away game Nantes return home for a Ligue 1 game against Lorient. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 15 goals have been conceded by Nantes in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nantes have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Angers SCO.Top Goalscorers
  M. Simon 5 goals |  M. Abdallah 5 goals |  L. Blas 4 goals |
Angers SCO missing players
Nantes missing players
| Angers SCO | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | ||
| 51 | 27 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 44% | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 46 |
| 3 | Lens | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 | Monaco | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 44 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Lille | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Lorient | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Nice | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 10 | Reims | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Clermont | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Nantes | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Brest | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 18 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 9 |
