National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Strasbourg or Angers SCO that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Strasbourg saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ligue 1. Thankfully the previous game, versus Troyes, was also a home game here at Stade de la Meinau. The away team is better rested.
Strasbourg form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the round of 32.With {0 Ligue 1 wins}, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Strasbourg are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Strasbourg's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Troyes. Midfielder Bellegarde was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.52 (out of ten) in that game. Bellegarde signed up for two assists, hit seven key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).
Heartbreak before that as Strasbourg lost 1-2 at PSG's place.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 Strasbourg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 5.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Strasbourg defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Angers SCO form and stats
Angers's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the round of 64.Angers SCO have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-1-6 (8 played).
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Lorient with 1-2 on the scoreboard. The attacker Sima got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Sima scored one goal and hit one key pass.
It was a Ligue 1 defeat before that one as the away game against Ajaccio wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Angers SCO are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Angers manager Bouhazama has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Strasbourg three wins, four draws and Angers SCO three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Diallo 7 goals |  K. Gameiro 5 goals |
Strasbourg missing players
Angers SCO missing players
| Strasbourg | Angers SCO | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 26 | 54 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 72% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12.1 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | Lens | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 36 |
| 4 | Rennes | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Monaco | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Lorient | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Lille | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Clermont | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Reims | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Nice | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Troyes | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Nantes | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Ajaccio | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Brest | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -15 | 13 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 13 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 11 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -21 | 8 |
