Nantes vs Angers SCO: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire (37473 seats)

Nantes have performed better than Angers SCO so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Nantes have less rest than Angers SCO in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Coupe de la Ligue game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Strasbourg, was also a home game here at Stade de la Beaujoire. The away team is better rested.

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Nantes form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 Ligue 1 games here at Stade de la Beaujoire for Nantes. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Nantes after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Nantes are confident in defense, having played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Nantes's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Strasbourg (placed 14th). Before that match, a Ligue 1 win away at Nîmes.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nantes handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D2-L4.

Nantes has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Nantes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de la Beaujoire in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.

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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 1-2-5 (8 played). Angers SCO seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Angers SCO's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Monaco (placed 9th). Prior to that match, the Angers SCO manager S. Moulin faced defeat when travelling to Rennes and losing 1-2.

Angers SCO 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, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Angers SCO as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. Angers SCO have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Nantes-Angers SCO H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nantes 6 wins, Angers SCO 1 win, 3 draws. 2 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Angers SCOR. Alioui
R. Alioui
5 goals
NantesK. Coulibaly
K. Coulibaly
4 goals
NantesA. Touré
A. Touré
3 goals

Nantes missing players

Angers SCO missing players

Nantes Angers SCO
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 4 8 18
9 6 2 Won W 0 1 7
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
7 2 2 Lost L 3 5 7
16 9 4 Scored S 2 5 20
16 5 4 Conceded C 8 17 23
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 83%
44% 22% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 67%
28% 22% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 44%
6% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 28%
6% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
33% 22% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 33%
44% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 44%
28% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 39%
 
6.1 6.1 5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.2 5.8 5.7
4.3 2.9 2.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.4
1.7 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
228 119 50 Total Shots T S 39 98 249
78 48 24 Shots on Target S O 11 32 84
21% 19% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 16% 24%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Angers SCO have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Angers SCO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nantes has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Nantes have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Paris Saint Germain 17 14 0 3 39 9 8 7 0 1 20 2 9 7 0 2 19 7 30 42
2 Olympique Marseille 18 10 5 3 26 20 9 6 2 1 14 8 9 4 3 2 12 12 6 35
3 Lille 18 9 4 5 23 16 10 8 2 0 18 5 8 1 2 5 5 11 7 31
4 Rennes 17 9 3 5 23 17 8 5 1 2 14 10 9 4 2 3 9 7 6 30
5 Nantes 18 9 2 7 16 16 9 6 1 2 9 5 9 3 1 5 7 11 0 29
6 Reims 17 7 6 4 15 9 9 3 5 1 8 4 8 4 1 3 7 5 6 27
7 Bordeaux 18 7 5 6 28 21 9 4 2 3 15 7 9 3 3 3 13 14 7 26
8 Olympique Lyonnais 18 7 4 7 28 17 9 3 2 4 11 6 9 4 2 3 17 11 11 25
9 Monaco 17 7 4 6 26 25 8 5 1 2 19 13 9 2 3 4 7 12 1 25
10 Angers SCO 18 7 4 7 20 23 10 6 2 2 15 6 8 1 2 5 5 17 -3 25
11 Saint-Étienne 18 7 4 7 21 27 9 3 4 2 11 11 9 4 0 5 10 16 -6 25
12 Montpellier 18 6 6 6 22 19 9 6 1 2 15 8 9 0 5 4 7 11 3 24
13 Nice 18 7 3 8 25 27 9 5 2 2 17 12 9 2 1 6 8 15 -2 24
14 Strasbourg 18 7 3 8 21 23 9 5 2 2 16 11 9 2 1 6 5 12 -2 24
15 Brest 18 5 7 6 21 20 10 4 5 1 15 6 8 1 2 5 6 14 1 22
16 Dijon 18 4 5 9 12 20 8 3 3 2 8 8 10 1 2 7 4 12 -8 17
17 Amiens SC 17 4 5 8 20 32 8 3 2 3 10 13 9 1 3 5 10 19 -12 17
18 Metz 18 3 7 8 15 26 9 2 4 3 11 11 9 1 3 5 4 15 -11 16
19 Toulouse 18 3 3 12 19 36 9 3 0 6 9 14 9 0 3 6 10 22 -17 12
20 Nîmes 17 2 6 9 12 29 8 2 2 4 7 10 9 0 4 5 5 19 -17 12

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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.