With their 27 point dominance in the league standings, Lorient supporters long to see their side collect all points from this game hosting Angers SCO.
- Lorient have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Ligue 1
- Angers SCO have the most conceded goals (47) in Ligue 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lorient form and stats
Lorient have collected 17 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 5-2-3.
Lorient are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Reims. Did Lorient get overconfident in their match against Reims? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-4 defeat. Midfield player Fée got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Fée scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that, Lorient had a home game versus Rennes which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lorient have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 10 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lorient, as the Coupe de France home game vs Lens is only four days away.
Lorient have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Lorient have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Angers SCO form and stats
Angers SCO have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-1-8 (10 played). Angers are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost 13 in a row. It's been 20 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Nice game.)
Home advantage was not enough for Angers SCO in their previous game as they lost hosting Ajaccio, 1-2. Angers SCO were so close to getting something from the game against Ajaccio, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
A 0-4 defeat away at Brest before that.Angers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 15 of this team's 20 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nantes in just three days.
The attacking power of Angers SCO when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 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. For Angers SCO, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Angers SCO - Lorient 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Lorient wins - draws - Angers SCO wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Le Fée 4 goals |  I. Koné 3 goals |   A. Hunou 3 goals |
Lorient missing players
Angers SCO missing players
| Lorient | Angers SCO | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 35 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 34 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | 47 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 81% |
| 76% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 71% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 20% | 19% |
| 81% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 57% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 10% |
| 10% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 60% | 38% |
| 4 | 3.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.3 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 25% |
| 16.2 | 14.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 14.3 | 13.1 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.7 | 7.1 | 6.1 |
- Angers SCO have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Angers SCO have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Ligue 1
- Angers SCO have the most conceded goals (47) in Ligue 1
- Angers SCO have the the worst goal difference (-29) in Ligue 1
- Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lorient have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Angers SCO have scored away.
- Lorient have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 51 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 46 |
| 3 | Lens | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 4 | Monaco | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 5 | Rennes | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Lille | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Lorient | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Nice | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Clermont | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 29 |
| 11 | Reims | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Nantes | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -12 | 20 |
| 15 | Brest | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Troyes | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Ajaccio | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 13 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 8 |
