Nantes have journeyed here for an absorbing battle versus the hosts Angers SCO. Prepare for the match with this full Ligue 1 preview!
- Angers SCO have won all their matches at home so far.
- Nantes have yet to win a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Angers SCO form and stats
Perfect Ligue 1 season at home so far for Angers SCO 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The home team returns to Stade Raymond-Kopa after being equal after 90 minutes with Brest (placed 17th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 1-1. Sofiane Boufal, a striker, was the declared top player for the side in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.43 (out of 10). Boufal hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 10 times.
Ahead of that match, Angers won a home game hosting Rennes (2-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Angers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Olympique Marseille are coming to town in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Angers SCO at home in the league. 5 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Nantes form and stats
The Ligue 1 season is young and Nantes have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Nantes as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Metz match.
Nantes are looking to quickly end their 311 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 1.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus Nice with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Moses Simon was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Simon hit five key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting Olympique Lyonnais before that.Nantes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brest in just three days.
1 goal so far away for Nantes, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Angers SCO victories, three draws and three Nantes wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Boufal 2 goals |  I. Traoré 1 goals |  R. Thomas 1 goals |
Angers SCO missing players
Nantes missing players
| Angers SCO | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4.8 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.5 | 11.2 |
| 4 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 45% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 15% |
- All of Angers SCO's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Angers SCO have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Angers SCO have scored in all their matches so far.
- Angers SCO have scored more than double the goals of Nantes.
- Angers SCO have won all their matches at home so far.
- Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nantes have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nantes have yet to win a game away.
- Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Angers SCO | Last season | Nantes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 13 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 26 | 47 | ||
| 58 | 27 | Conceded | C | 26 | 55 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 71% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 53% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 55% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 21% | ||
| 13% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 45% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 13% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 24% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Nice | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Lens | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Clermont | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Lorient | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Reims | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Rennes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Lille | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Troyes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Nantes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Monaco | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Brest | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Metz | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Saint-Étienne | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 2 |