Angers SCO will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Nice.
The visiting Nice played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match.
Nice have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Angers SCO form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Angers SCO at their home stadium (Stade Raymond Kopa) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Happy days for Angers in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Rennes (placed 3rd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the match before that, Angers hosted Metz and drew the game 1-1.
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 ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost four.
Angers SCO are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Angers SCO's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nice form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.
Nice go into this game after a win, the home game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva that ended 1-0. A draw for Nice before that, at their own venue hosting Lille (1-1).
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nice playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Nice wins, three draws and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Nice now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Slavia Praha is waiting in only four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Nice's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. 4 goals have been conceded by Nice in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Angers two wins, five draws and Nice three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Angers SCO missing players
Nice missing players
| Angers SCO | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 88% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | 53 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 37 | 78 |
| 28 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 60% | 48% |
- Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| 2 | Lille | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Rennes | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Nice | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Lens | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Bordeaux | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Metz | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Monaco | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Saint-Etienne | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Brest | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Nantes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Nimes | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Lorient | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 19 | Reims | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Dijon | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -14 | 2 |