Ligue 1: Lens should have a great chance to win home fixture against Angers SCO

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ferdi Petit

Lens look forward to facing Angers SCO with faith in taking all three points. Can they? Read our match guide!

Insights:
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the most conceded goals (60) in Ligue 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lens form and stats

Lens have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligue 1 with 11 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss.

A good away victory last time out for Lens, who won 4-0 against Clermont (placed 12th). As mentioned above, Lens "killed" Clermont in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Openda when beating Clermont, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The forward Openda won the honour of being "man of the match" for Lens with a rating of 9.75/10. Openda scored three goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lille that ended 1-1.

From these home matches, Lens have conceded only 10 goals.

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Angers SCO form and stats

Angers SCO have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-2-10 (13 played). With the Angers losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The attacking players of Angers SCO have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 183 minutes.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Toulouse with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Mendy was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Mendy hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 42 successful passes (of 46 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Montpellier wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Angers played away with similar odds. This revealed 6 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 6 times.

The attacking power of Angers SCO when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 13 league matches away. For Angers SCO, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Lens have won or drawn the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Angers SCO.

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams met previously this campaign; Angers SCO - Lens 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

LensL. Openda
L. Openda
12 goals
LensF. Sotoca
F. Sotoca
6 goals
LensW. Saïd
W. Saïd
5 goals

Lens missing players

Angers SCO missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lens Angers SCO
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
15 11 4 Won W 0 1 2
9 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 3 10 21
44 26 8 Scored S 0 7 21
21 10 3 Conceded C 5 30 60
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
63% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 81%
44% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 67%
26% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 46% 37%
11% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 19%
56% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 56%
37% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 11%
19% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 41%
 
5.6 5.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.3 4.2
4 3.8 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.5 5.1
1.7 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
14.7 14.6 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.4 10.6
4.6 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.4
36% 41% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 23%
 
10 9.1 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 14.6 13.1
3.7 3.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 6.6 5.9
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Angers SCO have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Angers SCO have the fewest points (5) away in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the most conceded goals (60) in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have the the worst goal difference (-39) in Ligue 1
  • Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lens have scored more than double the goals of Angers SCO.
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Ligue 1
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 27 21 3 3 68 26 13 11 2 0 34 15 14 10 1 3 34 11 42 66
2 Olympique Marseille 27 17 5 5 51 27 14 7 3 4 25 18 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 56
3 Lens 27 15 9 3 44 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 14 4 8 2 18 11 23 54
4 Monaco 27 15 6 6 55 37 14 7 2 5 29 23 13 8 4 1 26 14 18 51
5 Rennes 27 14 5 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 13 3 5 5 15 18 16 47
6 Lille 27 13 7 7 49 36 14 8 4 2 28 21 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 46
7 Nice 27 11 10 6 36 24 13 5 5 3 17 11 14 6 5 3 19 13 12 43
8 Reims 27 10 13 4 35 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 14 3 9 2 13 13 9 43
9 Lorient 27 12 7 8 40 36 14 7 3 4 21 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 4 43
10 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 7 9 42 31 13 6 4 3 19 10 14 5 3 6 23 21 11 40
11 Toulouse 27 10 5 12 43 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 13 4 1 8 18 25 -3 35
12 Clermont 27 9 7 11 26 38 14 4 3 7 11 25 13 5 4 4 15 13 -12 34
13 Montpellier 27 10 3 14 42 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 13 5 1 7 20 24 -4 33
14 Nantes 27 6 11 10 29 36 13 4 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 29
15 Strasbourg 27 4 11 12 32 46 14 2 6 6 16 22 13 2 5 6 16 24 -14 23
16 Brest 27 5 8 14 28 44 13 2 5 6 14 22 14 3 3 8 14 22 -16 23
17 Auxerre 27 5 8 14 23 49 13 3 5 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 23
18 Ajaccio 27 6 3 18 20 48 13 3 1 9 9 20 14 3 2 9 11 28 -28 21
19 Troyes 27 4 8 15 36 59 13 1 8 4 14 20 14 3 0 11 22 39 -23 20
20 Angers SCO 27 2 4 21 21 60 14 1 2 11 14 30 13 1 2 10 7 30 -39 10

Angers SCO:
Table
  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 27 21 3 3 68 26 13 11 2 0 34 15 14 10 1 3 34 11 42 66
2 Olympique Marseille 27 17 5 5 51 27 14 7 3 4 25 18 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 56
3 Lens 27 15 9 3 44 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 14 4 8 2 18 11 23 54
4 Monaco 27 15 6 6 55 37 14 7 2 5 29 23 13 8 4 1 26 14 18 51
5 Rennes 27 14 5 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 13 3 5 5 15 18 16 47
6 Lille 27 13 7 7 49 36 14 8 4 2 28 21 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 46
7 Nice 27 11 10 6 36 24 13 5 5 3 17 11 14 6 5 3 19 13 12 43
8 Reims 27 10 13 4 35 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 14 3 9 2 13 13 9 43
9 Lorient 27 12 7 8 40 36 14 7 3 4 21 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 4 43
10 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 7 9 42 31 13 6 4 3 19 10 14 5 3 6 23 21 11 40
11 Toulouse 27 10 5 12 43 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 13 4 1 8 18 25 -3 35
12 Clermont 27 9 7 11 26 38 14 4 3 7 11 25 13 5 4 4 15 13 -12 34
13 Montpellier 27 10 3 14 42 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 13 5 1 7 20 24 -4 33
14 Nantes 27 6 11 10 29 36 13 4 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 29
15 Strasbourg 27 4 11 12 32 46 14 2 6 6 16 22 13 2 5 6 16 24 -14 23
16 Brest 27 5 8 14 28 44 13 2 5 6 14 22 14 3 3 8 14 22 -16 23
17 Auxerre 27 5 8 14 23 49 13 3 5 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 23
18 Ajaccio 27 6 3 18 20 48 13 3 1 9 9 20 14 3 2 9 11 28 -28 21
19 Troyes 27 4 8 15 36 59 13 1 8 4 14 20 14 3 0 11 22 39 -23 20
20 Angers SCO 27 2 4 21 21 60 14 1 2 11 14 30 13 1 2 10 7 30 -39 10

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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.