Ligue 1 duel: Close contest expected between Angers SCO and Reims

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 31.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa (17835 seats)

Yet another absorbing match in the Ligue 1. Angers SCO is in the 17th spot from featuring in four fixtures. They host Reims who are placed 19th from four matches.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Angers and Reims.

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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 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Angers SCO are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Troyes. Angers's goalkeeper Bernardoni was extremely busy against Troyes, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

Ahead of that match, Angers SCO lost 1-3 at home to Brest.

This is expected to be a close game, with Angers SCO perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Angers SCO as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Angers SCO has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 6.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Angers as they are travelling to their away game against Olympique Lyonnais in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Angers SCO's 2 home games: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Reims form and stats

The Ligue 1 season is young and Reims 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.

Reims's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Olympique Lyonnais that finished 1-1. Attacker Ito got a player rating of 8.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Ito scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Strasbourg that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Reims playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Reims wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

After this away game Reims return home for a Ligue 1 game against Lens. That game is only four sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Reims has scored 2 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Angers-Reims H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Angers SCO two wins, Reims three wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been brutal, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ReimsF. Balogun
F. Balogun
3 goals
Angers SCOL. Diony
L. Diony
2 goals
Angers SCOS. Boufal
S. Boufal
1 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Reims missing players

Angers SCO Reims
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
4 1 1 Scored S 1 2 5
8 3 3 Conceded C 1 5 10
75% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
75% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 50%
75% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 3.5
6 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 6
2.8 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2 2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10 11 6 Shots (avg) S ( 14 15 12
4 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.5 5.8
25% 8% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 15% 22%
 
16.2 12.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.5 14
7.8 6 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.5 5
Angers SCO Last season Reims
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 8   Won W   6 11
11 2   Drew D   7 13
17 9   Lost L   6 14
44 23   Scored S   18 43
55 23   Conceded C   21 44
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
74% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 68%
45% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 42%
26% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 18%
16% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 13%
55% 42%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
21% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
29% 32%   Failed to Score F T   37% 34%
 
4.9 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.4
4.7 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.5
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   5 7
 
10.4 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 10.4
3.7 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 30%
 
11.8 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   14.7 13.4
4.3 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.9

  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 4 3 1 0 18 4 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 12 1 14 10
2 Olympique Marseille 4 3 1 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 7 10
3 Lens 4 3 1 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 5 10
4 Olympique Lyonnais 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
5 Lorient 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
6 Lille 4 2 1 1 9 10 2 1 0 1 5 8 2 1 1 0 4 2 -1 7
7 Auxerre 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -1 7
8 Montpellier 4 2 0 2 13 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 9 5 4 6
9 Clermont 4 2 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 -3 6
10 Toulouse 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 5
11 Nantes 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
12 Monaco 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 5
13 Rennes 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 4
14 Brest 4 1 1 2 6 12 2 0 1 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 5 4 -6 4
15 Troyes 4 1 0 3 6 11 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 3 7 -5 3
16 Strasbourg 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
17 Angers SCO 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -4 2
18 Nice 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 2
19 Reims 4 0 2 2 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 2
20 Ajaccio 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

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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.