Angers SCO will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Rennes.
Angers SCO form and stats
Angers SCO have collected 27 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 8-3-4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Raymond Kopa.
Angers are confident in defense, having played 280 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Angers SCO last time playing, versus Nantes. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Antonin Bobichon and Romain Thomas scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Brest.
The Angers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. Angers SCO have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rennes form and stats
6-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rennes in their Ligue 1 matches away.
The Rennes goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 269 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Adrien Hunou (2), Flavien Tait, Faitout Maouassa and Romain Del Castillo secured the home win 5-0 against Montpellier in their previous game. It was a Coupe de France defeat before that one as the away game against Saint-Étienne wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
As mentioned above, Rennes was the only team on the pitch versus Montpellier in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
The attacking power of Rennes when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Rennes as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rennes - Angers 2-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Angers zero wins, three draws and Rennes seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Niang 9 goals |  A. Hunou 8 goals |   R. Alioui 6 goals |
Angers SCO missing players
Rennes missing players
| Angers SCO | Rennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 38 |
| 33 | 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 61% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 43% | 57% |
| 36% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 14% | 39% |
| 21% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 7% | 18% |
| 11% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 14% |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 29% | 46% |
| 43% | 47% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | 36% |
| 39% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 353 | 206 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 146 | 343 |
| 121 | 76 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 45 | 114 |
| 23% | 26% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 29% | 33% |
- Rennes has the fewest conceded goals (10) away
- Rennes has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
- Rennes has the most points from losing position (17)
| 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 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 51 | 68 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 56 |
| 3 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 |
| 4 | Lille | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 49 |
| 5 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 40 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Monaco | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -5 | 39 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 37 |
| 13 | Nantes | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 37 |
| 14 | Brest | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Metz | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 34 |
| 16 | Dijon | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 30 |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 30 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 27 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -19 | 23 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -36 | 13 |