Struggling Angers SCO will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Montpellier in the upcoming league round. It's 14th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Angers SCO and Montpellier 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.
Angers SCO form and stats
6 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Angers SCO have to build on here at Stade Raymond-Kopa in the Ligue 1. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Angers SCO with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Olympique Marseille game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Angers SCO are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade Raymond-Kopa, having lost their two previous games here.
R. Alioui 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 353 minutes.
Angers SCO lost their last game at Nîmes (placed 17th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Lille with the scoreline 0-2.
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 eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost four.
Angers SCO has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Angers SCO have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Montpellier form and stats
There's been little loot from Montpellier's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Ligue 1. Montpellier only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws. Montpellier seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Montpellier, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Monaco in the Ligue 1. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Saint-Étienne.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Montpellier playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Montpellier wins, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Montpellier have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Montpellier - Angers SCO 0-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Angers SCO victories, three draws and four Montpellier wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Delort 9 goals |   R. Alioui 6 goals |  F. Mollet 6 goals |
Angers SCO missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Angers SCO | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 33 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 28 |
| 84% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 64% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 58% | 60% |
| 40% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 48% |
| 24% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 28% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 48% |
| 36% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 8% | 28% |
| 44% | 31% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 32% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 330 | 189 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 117 | 315 |
| 109 | 66 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 35 | 108 |
| 22% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 30% |
| 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 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 46 | 62 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 52 |
| 3 | Rennes | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 41 |
| 4 | Lille | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Monaco | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Reims | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Nice | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 35 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 34 |
| 12 | Nantes | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 34 |
| 13 | Brest | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -1 | 33 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Metz | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 28 |
| 17 | Nîmes | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -12 | 27 |
| 18 | Dijon | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 26 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 21 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -30 | 13 |