Evenly matched teams: Angers SCO vs Lorient match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa (17835 seats)

Angers SCO are leaning on their home following to help them to win this game with Lorient. Who triumphs at Stade Raymond Kopa?

Insights:
  • Angers SCO have the most conceded goals (35) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have scored in all their away matches so far.

This ground uses the playing surface grass, unlike Lorient's home ground. The latest 37 games by the visitors on grass have produced 6 wins, 14 draws and 17 losses.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Angers SCO and Lorient.

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Angers SCO form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 1 this season. Angers SCO have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Stade Raymond Kopa. Problems are piling up for Angers as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of eight games. This streak could be one for the history books.

Blazic was the last player to score a league goal for Angers SCO and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Angers SCO haven't scored in 183 minutes.

The regulars are hoping that Angers SCO will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Ajaccio (placed 15th). Midfielder Abdelli was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Abdelli hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 48 successful passes (of 58 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Lille.

The Angers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Angers SCO with 18 goals conceded in these matches.

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Lorient form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Lorient playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Two points from the last two away games for Lorient, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Lorient failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Montpellier (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfield player Ouattara was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Ouattara hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Strasbourg that ended 1-1.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Lorient's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. Lorient have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Angers SCO won three, Lorient triumphed in three and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LorientT. Moffi
T. Moffi
10 goals
LorientD. Faissal Ouattara
D. Faissal Ouattara
5 goals
AngersA. Hunou
A. Hunou
3 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Lorient missing players

Angers SCO Lorient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 5 8 16
2 1 1 Won W 3 4 8
2 1 0 Drew D 2 3 4
12 6 1 Lost L 0 1 4
15 9 4 Scored S 9 14 26
35 18 5 Conceded C 5 12 23
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
75% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 81%
69% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 69%
44% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 38%
25% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
56% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 80% 75% 75%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 19%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
4.1 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 3.9
5.2 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5 5.2
1.8 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 10.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 11.8
3.7 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 4.9
25% 26% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 41% 33%
 
14 12.6 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.4 16 14.9
6.2 5.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.8 5
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 (18) at home in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the most conceded goals (35) in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Lorient have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Lorient 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 16 14 2 0 45 10 8 7 1 0 21 8 8 7 1 0 24 2 35 44
2 Lens 16 11 4 1 26 10 8 8 0 0 18 6 8 3 4 1 8 4 16 37
3 Olympique Marseille 16 10 3 3 32 14 9 6 1 2 18 8 7 4 2 1 14 6 18 33
4 Rennes 16 9 4 3 32 17 8 7 0 1 21 6 8 2 4 2 11 11 15 31
5 Monaco 16 9 3 4 32 23 8 3 2 3 15 15 8 6 1 1 17 8 9 30
6 Lille 16 9 2 5 29 23 8 5 1 2 15 15 8 4 1 3 14 8 6 29
7 Lorient 16 8 4 4 26 23 8 4 1 3 12 11 8 4 3 1 14 12 3 28
8 Olympique Lyonnais 16 7 3 6 27 20 8 5 2 1 16 6 8 2 1 5 11 14 7 24
9 Nice 16 5 6 5 15 17 8 2 3 3 6 9 8 3 3 2 9 8 -2 21
10 Reims 16 4 8 4 19 22 8 3 3 2 10 11 8 1 5 2 9 11 -3 20
11 Clermont 16 5 4 7 19 25 8 3 1 4 8 15 8 2 3 3 11 10 -6 19
12 Montpellier 16 5 2 9 26 29 8 3 1 4 11 13 8 2 1 5 15 16 -3 17
13 Toulouse 16 4 4 8 21 33 8 3 3 2 13 14 8 1 1 6 8 19 -12 16
14 Troyes 16 3 6 7 26 31 8 1 6 1 10 11 8 2 0 6 16 20 -5 15
15 Ajaccio 16 4 3 9 15 24 8 2 1 5 7 13 8 2 2 4 8 11 -9 15
16 Nantes 16 2 8 6 17 24 7 2 4 1 11 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -7 14
17 Brest 16 3 4 9 18 32 8 1 3 4 7 17 8 2 1 5 11 15 -14 13
18 Auxerre 16 3 4 9 16 34 8 2 3 3 9 12 8 1 1 6 7 22 -18 13
19 Strasbourg 16 1 8 7 18 28 8 0 5 3 7 13 8 1 3 4 11 15 -10 11
20 Angers SCO 16 2 2 12 15 35 8 1 1 6 9 18 8 1 1 6 6 17 -20 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.