Carrying a 17 point advantage in the league table, Angers SCO regulars crave to see their team win all points from this match vs Saint-Étienne.
- Angers SCO have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Ligue 1
These are active days for the home side, as they had a game only three days ago in the Ligue 1. This match was also played here at Stade Raymond Kopa. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Saint-Étienne have had more rest.
Angers SCO form and stats
5-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Angers SCO so far this season.
Angers's last game was hosting Troyes (placed 16th) and winning 2-1. Angers SCO drew their last game, also a home match. Troyes (placed 16th) was the opponent, 2-1 the score. Angers SCO's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-1 versus Troyes (placed 16th). Mangani (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Mangani scored two goals.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Lorient with a 0-0 scoreline. Before that, Angers SCO played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Lorient. Heartbreak before that as Angers SCO lost 0-0 at Lorient's place.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost six.
The Angers SCO fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. On the other hand, Angers SCO have conceded 13 goals.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Saint-Étienne have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-2-7 (10 played).
Saint-Étienne play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 0-1 victory visiting Olympique Lyonnais (placed 11th). Saint-Étienne has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Olympique Lyonnais for a 0-1 draw. It might be tough going out on the road again for Saint-Étienne, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Olympique Lyonnais (placed 11th). Nade, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.41. Nade won 13 of 17 duels.
Before that, Saint-Étienne secured a home win against Lens with the score 1-2. Ahead of that game was the 1-2 draw at home against Lens. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Lens.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Saint-Étienne in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Saint-Étienne, one draw and five defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Saint-Étienne manager Dupraz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Bergerac.
The attacking power of Saint-Étienne when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides faced each other earlier this campaign: Saint-Étienne - Angers SCO 2-2. Angers SCO-Saint-Étienne H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Angers two wins, Saint-Étienne four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  W. Khazri 7 goals |   T. Mangani 6 goals |  S. Boufal 5 goals |
Angers SCO missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Angers SCO | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 43 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 81% |
| 52% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 52% |
| 29% | 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 14% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 29% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 14% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.4 | 10.9 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.3 | 11.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 35% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | 24% |
| 10.5 | 9.5 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13.5 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | 5.1 |
- Angers SCO have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saint-Étienne have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Saint-Étienne have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saint-Étienne is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Nice | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Monaco | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Lens | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Nantes | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Lille | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Reims | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Clermont | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
| 18 | Metz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Lorient | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -25 | 12 |
