Ligue 1 match preview: Angers SCO believed to be the weaker party when Paris Saint Germain pays a visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa (17835 seats)

Angers SCO will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Paris Saint Germain.

Insights:
  • Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (43) in Ligue 1

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super Cup game only three days ago.

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Angers SCO form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Angers SCO at their home stadium (Stade Raymond Kopa) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Angers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against Monaco (placed 4th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Lille with a 2-1 scoreline.

Angers has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Angers have conceded 12 goals.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (43) in Ligue 1, are W5-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. Visiting Paris has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Paris Saint Germain had fun at their own home (Stade Raymond Kopa) last time out, beating Olympique Marseille 2-1. Neymar and M. Icardi scored. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Brest in the Ligue 1.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. Pochettino Trossero when Neymar scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute.

The Paris manager M. Pochettino Trossero has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. It's not easy to score on Paris as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Paris Saint Germain - Angers 6-1 earlier this season. Angers SCO-Paris Saint Germain H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Angers SCO zero wins, Paris Saint Germain ten wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
12 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Kean
M. Kean
9 goals
AngersS. Bahoken
S. Bahoken
5 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Angers SCO Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
9 4 1 Won W 2 5 12
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
7 4 1 Lost L 1 2 4
25 9 2 Scored S 6 18 43
30 12 2 Conceded C 2 6 11
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
79% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 74%
53% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 58%
26% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 37%
21% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
53% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 26%
21% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 56% 58%
32% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11.6 13.1 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.4 14.6
3.9 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.8 5.9
34% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 42% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most clean sheets (11) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (43) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+12) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+32) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympique Lyonnais 19 11 7 1 39 18 9 6 3 0 22 8 10 5 4 1 17 10 21 40
2 Paris Saint Germain 19 12 3 4 43 11 10 7 1 2 25 5 9 5 2 2 18 6 32 39
3 Lille 19 11 6 2 33 14 10 6 3 1 18 6 9 5 3 1 15 8 19 39
4 Monaco 19 10 3 6 36 27 10 6 3 1 23 13 9 4 0 5 13 14 9 33
5 Rennes 19 9 6 4 28 21 10 5 2 3 14 13 9 4 4 1 14 8 7 33
6 Olympique Marseille 17 9 5 3 25 16 8 4 3 1 14 9 9 5 2 2 11 7 9 32
7 Angers SCO 19 9 3 7 25 30 9 4 1 4 9 12 10 5 2 3 16 18 -5 30
8 Montpellier 19 8 4 7 31 32 10 4 1 5 17 20 9 4 3 2 14 12 -1 28
9 Lens 18 8 3 7 28 28 9 4 2 3 15 14 9 4 1 4 13 14 0 27
10 Bordeaux 19 7 5 7 20 21 10 4 3 3 10 8 9 3 2 4 10 13 -1 26
11 Brest 19 8 2 9 30 34 9 6 1 2 19 14 10 2 1 7 11 20 -4 26
12 Metz 19 6 7 6 20 18 10 4 3 3 12 10 9 2 4 3 8 8 2 25
13 Nice 18 6 5 7 22 25 9 2 2 5 10 18 9 4 3 2 12 7 -3 23
14 Reims 19 5 6 8 27 29 9 3 2 4 9 11 10 2 4 4 18 18 -2 21
15 Strasbourg 19 6 2 11 28 32 9 2 2 5 11 14 10 4 0 6 17 18 -4 20
16 Saint-Etienne 19 4 7 8 20 29 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 2 3 5 11 18 -9 19
17 Nantes 19 3 8 8 19 31 9 2 5 2 10 14 10 1 3 6 9 17 -12 17
18 Dijon 19 2 8 9 12 26 10 0 5 5 3 10 9 2 3 4 9 16 -14 14
19 Lorient 19 3 3 13 20 38 9 2 1 6 11 17 10 1 2 7 9 21 -18 12
20 Nîmes 19 3 3 13 14 40 10 1 1 8 9 23 9 2 2 5 5 17 -26 12

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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.