Lorient believe to sell many tickets for this match even though the season has been rough up to now with 16 points and a 18th position in the Ligue 1 table. Guests Angers SCO are in 12th place with 25 pts.
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligue 1
- Angers SCO have scored in all their away matches so far.
It should be mentioned that Angers SCO play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Angers SCO on artifical turf are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat from one game. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 0-2. You can compare this with overall results below.
Lorient form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lorient, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligue 1, have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.
The spoils were shared in Lorient's previous game, also at home. Visiting PSG (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The forward Lauriente was announced as "man of the match" for Lorient with a rating of 7.9/10. Lauriente hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Rennes in the Coupe de France.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 Lorient have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost four.
Lorient aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. Lorient's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Angers SCO form and stats
Playing away, Angers SCO have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
Angers SCO play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Montpellier (placed 5th). Midfielder Lage was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.22. Lage scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).
Prior to that match, the Angers manager Baticle faced defeat when travelling to Linas-Montlhery and losing 0-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Angers SCO playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Angers wins, eight draws and two defeats.
Angers SCO are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As for defending, Angers SCO rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; Angers SCO - Lorient 1-0. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Lorient won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Angers SCO have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  S. Boufal 5 goals |   A. Lauriente 4 goals |  T. Mangani 4 goals |
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| Lorient | Angers SCO | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 31 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 74% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 84% |
| 37% | 22% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 26% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 32% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 58% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 90% | 68% |
| 16% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 26% |
| 32% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 25% | 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 34% |
| 13.4 | 11.7 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11 | 10.3 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- All of Angers SCO's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Angers SCO have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Ligue 1
- Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Lorient is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Nice | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Rennes | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 31 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Lens | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Monaco | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 9 | Nantes | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Lille | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | Brest | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Reims | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | Clermont | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Troyes | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 16 |
| 19 | Metz | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -23 | 12 |
