Ligue 1 match prediction: Little separates Angers SCO and Nice in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa (17835 seats)

A highly important game in Ligue 1 as both squads are struggling for the top league positions. With Angers SCO in 6th place and Nice located at 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Angers SCO have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 1

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 1.

These teams have little in common geographically as Nice have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Angers SCO form and stats

3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Angers SCO so far this season.

Angers manager G. Baticle and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Saint-Etienne (placed 20th) in the Ligue 1. Opportunity lost for Angers in the Saint-Etienne match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Midfield player Thomas Mangani got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Mangani hit one key pass.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at PSG.

Angers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Raymond Kopa with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Angers SCO have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Nice form and stats

3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nice, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 1, in their Ligue 1 matches away.

There were no winners in Nice's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Olympique Marseille (placed 4th). Attacker Amine Gouiri got a player rating of 7.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Gouiri scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Olympique Lyonnais.

Nice are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. The Nice defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 5 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Angers victories, four draws and four Nice wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiceA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
6 goals
AngersI. Traoré
I. Traoré
3 goals
Angers SCOT. Mangani
T. Mangani
3 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Nice missing players

Angers SCO Nice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 0 5 11
4 3 1 Won W 0 3 6
5 1 1 Drew D 0 0 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
17 9 2 Scored S 0 9 21
13 6 0 Conceded C 0 2 8
91% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 91%
91% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 73%
45% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 55%
27% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
18% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
64% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 36%
36% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 45%
9% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 27%
 
5.5 7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 4.9
3.7 2.8 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.4 3.6
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 12.6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.8 11.7
3.8 4.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.2 4.9
40% 39% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 39%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Angers SCO have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Angers SCO have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Angers SCO have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nice have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the most clean sheets (3) away in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Ligue 1
  • Nice 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 11 9 1 1 24 10 5 5 0 0 14 4 6 4 1 1 10 6 14 28
2 Lens 11 6 3 2 20 12 6 3 2 1 11 6 5 3 1 1 9 6 8 21
3 Nice 11 6 3 2 21 8 6 3 3 0 12 6 5 3 0 2 9 2 13 20
4 Olympique Marseille 11 5 4 2 19 12 6 3 2 1 13 7 5 2 2 1 6 5 7 19
5 Rennes 11 5 3 3 16 9 6 4 1 1 11 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 7 18
6 Angers SCO 11 4 5 2 17 13 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 1 4 1 8 7 4 17
7 Nantes 11 5 2 4 16 12 6 4 0 2 9 5 5 1 2 2 7 7 4 17
8 Monaco 11 5 2 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 17
9 Olympique Lyonnais 11 4 4 3 18 16 6 3 3 0 13 7 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 16
10 Lille 11 4 3 4 14 16 5 3 1 1 7 7 6 1 2 3 7 9 -2 15
11 Lorient 11 3 6 2 12 14 5 3 2 0 6 3 6 0 4 2 6 11 -2 15
12 Strasbourg 11 4 2 5 18 16 6 3 1 2 13 7 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 14
13 Montpellier 11 3 4 4 18 19 6 3 2 1 12 8 5 0 2 3 6 11 -1 13
14 Clermont 11 3 4 4 14 22 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 1 2 3 7 16 -8 13
15 Troyes 11 3 3 5 11 15 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 6 9 -4 12
16 Reims 11 2 5 4 12 14 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 1 3 2 5 6 -2 11
17 Bordeaux 11 1 6 4 13 22 5 0 3 2 5 8 6 1 3 2 8 14 -9 9
18 Brest 11 0 6 5 12 20 5 0 3 2 6 9 6 0 3 3 6 11 -8 6
19 Metz 11 1 3 7 12 26 5 0 2 3 5 11 6 1 1 4 7 15 -14 6
20 Saint-Etienne 11 0 5 6 11 25 6 0 4 2 6 10 5 0 1 4 5 15 -14 5

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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.