It's advantage Olympique Lyonnais so far with their 3rd position in the Ligue 1 table, welcoming Angers SCO who are placed 12th.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Olympique Lyonnais are steadily winning games and points here at Groupama Stadium. 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 16 games. Olympique Lyonnais has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager B. Génésio and the players. Olympique Lyonnais are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Groupama Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.In their previous game, the manager B. Génésio led his Olympique Lyonnais to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Nantes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Groupama Stadium. Preceding that match was a defeat to Dijon (1-3).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympique Lyonnais home games with this odds we find {ten games} with a similar winning chance. Resulting in {7 wins}, {1 draws} and {2 defeats}. Looking at the victories, {6 matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Olympique Lyonnais in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 16 matches. Olympique Lyonnais's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Angers SCO form and stats
4 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Angers SCO playing as the away team this season.Two travels in a row for Angers SCO, whose manager S. Moulin could celebrate last time after the Ligue 1 win against Caen. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Rennes.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Angers SCO played away with similar odds. This revealed 40 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 9 times, 16 were draws and the home team won as expected 15 times.
Angers SCO are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 16 games. As opposed to that, Angers SCO have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Angers SCO - Olympique Lyonnais 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Olympique Lyonnais won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Angers SCO has 1 win.Top Goalscorers
  M. Dembélé 12 goals / 4 assists |   S. Bahoken 10 goals / 1 assists |  N. Fekir 9 goals / 5 assists |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Angers SCO missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Angers SCO | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | Played | 16 | 32 |
| 53 | 30 | Scored | 18 | 39 |
| 40 | 16 | Conceded | 20 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 81% | 84% |
| 81% | 88% | Over 1.5 | 56% | 56% |
| 53% | 44% | Over 2.5 | 44% | 44% |
| 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | 38% | 31% |
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | 6% | 9% |
| 56% | 56% | Both teams to score | 56% | 53% |
| 25% | 31% | Clean Sheet | 31% | 38% |
| 19% | 12% | Failed To Score | 31% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Olympique Lyonnais hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | PSG | 31 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 67 | 81 |
| 2 | Lille | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 64 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 53 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 56 |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 53 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 51 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 44 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 48 |
| 7 | Reims | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 48 |
| 8 | Nice | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 48 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 54 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 44 |
| 10 | Nîmes | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 43 |
| 11 | Rennes | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 0 | 43 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 38 |
| 14 | Toulouse | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 35 |
| 15 | Nantes | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -5 | 34 |
| 16 | Monaco | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -15 | 32 |
| 17 | Amiens SC | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -19 | 32 |
| 18 | Dijon | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 25 |
| 19 | Guingamp | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 35 | -34 | 24 |
| 20 | Caen | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -23 | 23 |
