Ligue 1 preview: Can Angers SCO edge out victory against Metz?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond-Kopa (17835 seats)

After two games we know a little more about the qualities of Angers SCO and Metz in this fresh Ligue 1 season. Read our match preview!

Angers SCO and Metz should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Angers SCO form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Stade Raymond-Kopa, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Angers SCO last season were 5 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses from 19 games.

The fans are hoping that Angers SCO will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-6 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against Olympique Lyonnais. Ahead of that match, Angers SCO won a home game hosting Bordeaux (3-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Angers SCO handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D5-L2.

At Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers SCO has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Metz form and stats

One match played away so far for Metz and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 11 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses from 19 games.

Metz are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Ligue 1 against Monaco. Before that, Metz travelled to Strasbourg and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Metz are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of eight matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Metz has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Angers SCO won 4 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Metz has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

H. Diallo
3 goals
T. Mangani
1 goals
J. Reine-Adélaïde
1 goals / 1 assists

Angers SCO missing players

Metz missing players

Angers SCO Metz
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 3 0 Scored 1 1 4
7 1 0 Conceded 1 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 4 0 Corners For (avg) 4 4 5
2.5 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 3 3 3.5
2 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Angers SCO Last season Metz
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
38 19 0 Played 0 19 38
10 5 0 Won 0 11 24
16 9 0 Drew 0 6 9
12 5 0 Lost 0 2 5
44 24 0 Scored 0 26 60
49 22 0 Conceded 0 12 23
87% 89% 0% Over 0.5 0% 79% 89%
61% 63% 0% Over 1.5 0% 58% 66%
45% 42% 0% Over 2.5 0% 42% 42%
29% 21% 0% Over 3.5 0% 16% 13%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 5% 5%
55% 58% 0% BTTS 0% 42% 42%
34% 37% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 53% 50%
24% 16% 0% Failed To Score 0% 26% 18%
 
4.4 4.7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4.4 5.1
4.5 3.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 4.4 4.2
1.3 1.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.8 1.7
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats last season:
  • Metz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Angers SCO
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-07-19 CF Orleans 0 - 1 Angers SCO
24-07-19 CF Feyenoord 2 - 2 Angers SCO
31-07-19 CF Angers SCO 1 - 1 Arsenal
10-08-19 L1 Angers SCO 3 - 1 Bordeaux
16-08-19 L1 Olympique Lyonnais 6 - 0 Angers SCO
24-08-19 L1 Angers SCO 18:00 Metz
31-08-19 L1 Angers SCO 18:00 Dijon
14-09-19 L1 Lille - Angers SCO
21-09-19 L1 Angers SCO - Saint-Etienne
25-09-19 L1 Toulouse - Angers SCO
Metz
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
16-07-19 CF Metz 2 - 1 Sporting Charleroi
19-07-19 CF Metz 0 - 0 Sochaux
24-07-19 CF Reims 2 - 0 Metz
11-08-19 L1 Strasbourg 1 - 1 Metz
17-08-19 L1 Metz 3 - 0 Monaco
24-08-19 L1 Angers SCO 18:00 Metz
30-08-19 L1 Metz 18:45 PSG
14-09-19 L1 Bordeaux - Metz
21-09-19 L1 Metz - Amiens SC
25-09-19 L1 Saint-Etienne - Metz

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Olympique Lyonnais 2 2 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 9 6
2 Nice 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Metz 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 PSG 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Reims 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Saint-Étienne 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Rennes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Amiens SC 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
10 Lille 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Angers SCO 2 1 0 1 3 7 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 -4 3
12 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Strasbourg 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Montpellier 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
15 Nantes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
16 Bordeaux 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
17 Olympique Marseille 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
18 Dijon 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Nîmes 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
20 Monaco 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 38 29 4 5 105 35 19 17 2 0 63 10 19 12 2 5 42 25 70 91
2 Lille 38 22 9 7 68 33 19 13 4 2 42 11 19 9 5 5 26 22 35 75
3 Olympique Lyonnais 38 21 9 8 70 47 19 12 4 3 38 19 19 9 5 5 32 28 23 72
4 Saint-Étienne 38 19 9 10 59 41 19 13 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 25 27 18 66
5 Olympique Marseille 38 18 7 13 60 52 19 11 4 4 31 17 19 7 3 9 29 35 8 61
6 Montpellier 38 15 14 9 53 42 19 8 8 3 31 20 19 7 6 6 22 22 11 59
7 Nice 38 15 11 12 30 35 19 10 4 5 19 14 19 5 7 7 11 21 -5 56
8 Reims 38 13 16 9 39 42 19 8 7 4 21 18 19 5 9 5 18 24 -3 55
9 Nîmes 38 15 8 15 57 58 19 9 5 5 30 20 19 6 3 10 27 38 -1 53
10 Rennes 38 13 13 12 55 52 19 8 7 4 27 18 19 5 6 8 28 34 3 52
11 Strasbourg 38 11 16 11 58 48 19 6 8 5 31 25 19 5 8 6 27 23 10 49
12 Nantes 38 13 9 16 48 48 19 9 4 6 35 24 19 4 5 10 13 24 0 48
13 Angers SCO 38 10 16 12 44 49 19 5 9 5 24 22 19 5 7 7 20 27 -5 46
14 Bordeaux 38 10 11 17 34 42 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 3 5 11 10 21 -8 41
15 Amiens SC 38 9 11 18 31 52 19 7 5 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 11 30 -21 38
16 Toulouse 38 8 14 16 35 57 19 4 9 6 20 26 19 4 5 10 15 31 -22 38
17 Monaco 38 8 12 18 38 57 19 4 6 9 19 29 19 4 6 9 19 28 -19 36
18 Dijon 38 9 7 22 31 60 19 6 4 9 18 29 19 3 3 13 13 31 -29 34
19 Caen 38 7 12 19 29 54 19 4 5 10 16 27 19 3 7 9 13 27 -25 33
20 Guingamp 38 5 12 21 28 68 19 3 7 9 16 27 19 2 5 12 12 41 -40 27
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Metz 38 24 9 5 60 23 19 13 3 3 34 11 19 11 6 2 26 12 37 81
2 Brest 38 21 11 6 64 35 19 13 4 2 38 16 19 8 7 4 26 19 29 74
3 Troyes 38 21 8 9 51 28 19 12 1 6 25 15 19 9 7 3 26 13 23 71
4 Paris 38 17 14 7 36 22 19 10 8 1 22 6 19 7 6 6 14 16 14 65
5 Lens 38 18 9 11 49 28 19 11 5 3 30 9 19 7 4 8 19 19 21 63
6 Lorient 38 17 12 9 51 41 19 8 8 3 25 19 19 9 4 6 26 22 10 63
7 Le Havre 38 13 15 10 45 40 19 8 8 3 32 26 19 5 7 7 13 14 5 54
8 Orléans 38 15 7 16 51 53 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 8 2 9 30 32 -2 52
9 Grenoble Foot 38 38 13 11 14 43 47 19 8 5 6 19 18 19 5 6 8 24 29 -4 50
10 Clermont 38 11 15 12 44 37 19 5 9 5 22 19 19 6 6 7 22 18 7 48
11 Châteauroux 38 11 15 12 37 42 19 5 8 6 20 22 19 6 7 6 17 20 -5 48
12 Niort 38 11 14 13 34 41 19 6 9 4 19 17 19 5 5 9 15 24 -7 47
13 Valenciennes 38 11 10 17 52 61 19 7 4 8 31 32 19 4 6 9 21 29 -9 43
14 Nancy 38 12 6 20 36 50 19 7 2 10 16 22 19 5 4 10 20 28 -14 42
15 Auxerre 38 10 11 17 34 36 19 6 6 7 17 15 19 4 5 10 17 21 -2 41
16 Sochaux 38 11 8 19 27 43 19 7 3 9 16 23 19 4 5 10 11 20 -16 41
17 Ajaccio 38 9 13 16 29 45 19 6 7 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 11 26 -16 40
18 Gazélec Ajaccio 38 9 12 17 30 54 19 5 4 10 13 26 19 4 8 7 17 28 -24 39
19 Béziers 38 9 11 18 33 50 19 3 9 7 13 19 19 6 2 11 20 31 -17 38
20 Red Star 38 7 9 22 28 58 19 5 2 12 15 33 19 2 7 10 13 25 -30 30

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