Open game expected at Stade Raymond Kopa: Angers SCO vs Clermont preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa (17835 seats)

Angers SCO are believing in their home following to aid them in this meeting with Clermont. Who wins at Stade Raymond Kopa?

Insights:
  • Angers SCO have the fewest points (4) at home in Ligue 1

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.

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Angers SCO form and stats

Angers SCO's struggle is real here at Stade Raymond Kopa with only 4 points collected from 9 Ligue 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-7. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Angers SCO have lost ten games in a row.

Angers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Paris Saint Germain (0-2). Abdelli (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.2/10. Abdelli hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 39 total).

In the match before, 0-0 away to Strasbourg (Coupe de France). 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 SCO as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Angers SCO has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 5.

The Angers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Angers SCO have conceded 20 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Clermont form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Clermont are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Rennes (placed 4th). Late drama in the previous game, when Gastien scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Rennes. Midfielder Gastien was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Gastien scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, 0-0 away against Strasbourg Koenigshoffen in the Coupe de France. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Clermont in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Clermont, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's last 11 league matches.

Clermont have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. 10 goals have been conceded by Clermont in these games.

Head 2 Head

Angers SCO-Clermont H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Angers four wins, Clermont four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Saracevic
M. Saracevic
4 goals
ClermontK. Andrić
K. Andrić
4 goals
Angers SCOA. Hunou
A. Hunou
3 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Clermont missing players

Angers SCO Clermont
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 3 9 18
2 1 0 Won W 1 3 7
2 1 0 Drew D 2 3 4
14 7 1 Lost L 0 3 7
16 10 2 Scored S 4 12 22
39 20 4 Conceded C 2 10 26
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 94%
78% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 78%
67% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 50%
39% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 28%
22% 22% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
56% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 61%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 22%
39% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 22%
 
4.1 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.7 3.8
5.3 5.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.9 3.7
1.9 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11 11.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.8 10.3
3.7 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.4
24% 24% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 39% 36%
 
13.7 12.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 13.8 13.4
6.3 5.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.6 4.9
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Angers SCO have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Angers SCO have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Angers SCO have the fewest points (4) at home in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 18 15 2 1 48 13 9 8 1 0 23 8 9 7 1 1 25 5 35 47
2 Lens 18 12 5 1 31 13 9 9 0 0 21 7 9 3 5 1 10 6 18 41
3 Olympique Marseille 18 12 3 3 36 15 9 6 1 2 18 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 21 39
4 Rennes 18 10 4 4 35 20 9 8 0 1 23 7 9 2 4 3 12 13 15 34
5 Monaco 18 10 4 4 35 25 9 4 2 3 16 15 9 6 2 1 19 10 10 34
6 Lorient 18 9 5 4 30 26 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 5 3 1 16 13 4 32
7 Lille 18 9 4 5 30 24 9 5 2 2 16 16 9 4 2 3 14 8 6 31
8 Olympique Lyonnais 18 7 4 7 27 21 9 5 2 2 16 7 9 2 2 5 11 14 6 25
9 Clermont 18 7 4 7 22 26 9 4 1 4 10 16 9 3 3 3 12 10 -4 25
10 Nice 18 6 6 6 22 20 9 3 3 3 12 10 9 3 3 3 10 10 2 24
11 Reims 18 5 9 4 21 23 8 3 3 2 10 11 10 2 6 2 11 12 -2 24
12 Toulouse 18 6 4 8 28 33 9 4 3 2 15 14 9 2 1 6 13 19 -5 22
13 Troyes 18 4 6 8 29 35 9 1 6 2 10 13 9 3 0 6 19 22 -6 18
14 Nantes 18 3 9 6 18 24 9 3 5 1 12 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -6 18
15 Montpellier 18 5 2 11 28 37 9 3 1 5 12 15 9 2 1 6 16 22 -9 17
16 Ajaccio 18 4 3 11 15 27 9 2 1 6 7 14 9 2 2 5 8 13 -12 15
17 Brest 18 3 5 10 18 33 9 1 4 4 7 17 9 2 1 6 11 16 -15 14
18 Auxerre 18 3 4 11 16 40 9 2 3 4 9 17 9 1 1 7 7 23 -24 13
19 Strasbourg 18 1 9 8 22 33 10 0 6 4 11 18 8 1 3 4 11 15 -11 12
20 Angers SCO 18 2 2 14 16 39 9 1 1 7 10 20 9 1 1 7 6 19 -23 8

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.