Balanced ball game between Angers SCO and Lille expected

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 07.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond-Kopa (17835 seats)

Angers SCO will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Lille.

It's no vacation for neither Angers SCO nor Lille as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Angers SCO form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Angers SCO at their home stadium (Stade Raymond-Kopa) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager S. Moulin led his Angers SCO to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Monaco. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Raymond-Kopa. Ahead of that match, Angers SCO lost 1-4 at home to Reims.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Angers SCO have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won two Drawn three Lost seven.

Angers SCO are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. Angers SCO have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lille form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lille so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Lille won their last game, 1-0 versus Rennes played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Strasbourg with the score of 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lille playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Lille wins, one draw and five defeats.

The attacking power of Lille when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lille have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Lille - Angers SCO 2-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Angers SCO won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Lille has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / five

Top Goalscorers

LilleV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
11 goals
Angers SCOR. Alioui
R. Alioui
6 goals
LilleL. Rémy
L. Rémy
4 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Lille missing players

Angers SCO Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 1 Played P 4 11 23
8 6 0 Won W 1 2 11
6 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
9 3 1 Lost L 2 7 8
24 17 0 Scored S 4 8 27
30 11 2 Conceded C 9 18 25
83% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
65% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 70%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 43%
26% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 9% 9%
13% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 4%
39% 42% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 55% 43%
39% 42% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 35%
39% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 26%
 
5.5 5.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.3 5.5
3.3 3.2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.5 4.2
1.4 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
312 180 9 Total Shots T S 44 122 276
108 65 2 Shots on Target S O 17 47 105
22% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 17% 26%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Angers SCO have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lille have scored away.
  • Lille have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lille 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 PSG 23 19 1 3 59 15 11 9 1 1 32 6 12 10 0 2 27 9 44 58
2 Olympique Marseille 22 12 7 3 30 21 11 7 3 1 17 9 11 5 4 2 13 12 9 43
3 Rennes 23 12 4 7 29 22 11 7 1 3 18 13 12 5 3 4 11 9 7 40
4 Lille 23 11 4 8 27 25 12 9 2 1 19 7 11 2 2 7 8 18 2 37
5 Montpellier 22 9 6 7 30 26 11 8 1 2 21 9 11 1 5 5 9 17 4 33
6 Olympique Lyonnais 22 9 5 8 35 21 10 4 2 4 14 6 12 5 3 4 21 15 14 32
7 Reims 22 8 8 6 21 15 11 3 6 2 9 6 11 5 2 4 12 9 6 32
8 Nice 22 9 5 8 32 30 12 7 3 2 23 14 10 2 2 6 9 16 2 32
9 Monaco 23 9 5 9 38 39 12 7 1 4 27 21 11 2 4 5 11 18 -1 32
10 Nantes 23 10 2 11 22 24 12 6 1 5 11 10 11 4 1 6 11 14 -2 32
11 Bordeaux 22 8 6 8 30 24 11 4 3 4 16 9 11 4 3 4 14 15 6 30
12 Strasbourg 22 9 3 10 27 28 11 6 2 3 19 14 11 3 1 7 8 14 -1 30
13 Angers SCO 23 8 6 9 24 30 12 6 3 3 17 11 11 2 3 6 7 19 -6 30
14 Brest 22 7 7 8 28 30 11 5 5 1 17 7 11 2 2 7 11 23 -2 28
15 Saint-Etienne 22 8 4 10 25 35 11 4 4 3 13 14 11 4 0 7 12 21 -10 28
16 Metz 22 6 8 8 22 29 11 4 4 3 15 12 11 2 4 5 7 17 -7 26
17 Dijon 22 6 6 10 19 24 11 5 4 2 14 10 11 1 2 8 5 14 -5 24
18 Amiens SC 22 4 7 11 24 41 11 3 4 4 12 16 11 1 3 7 12 25 -17 19
19 Nimes 22 4 6 12 19 36 11 4 2 5 12 12 11 0 4 7 7 24 -17 18
20 Toulouse 22 3 4 15 21 47 10 3 0 7 11 19 12 0 4 8 10 28 -26 13

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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.