Soccer betting preview: Angers SCO welcomes Auxerre in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa (17835 seats)

Let's look at this engrossing game in the Ligue 2. Angers SCO is in the 14th place after completing two fixtures. They host Auxerre who are placed 9th after two fixtures.

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!

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Angers SCO form and stats

The first Ligue 2 game here at Stade Raymond Kopa resulted in a draw. Last season Angers SCO's home game statistics were 3 victories, 3 draws and 13 defeats from 19 games.

Angers SCO haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Hein scored that one.

The spoils were shared in Angers SCO's previous game, also at home. Visiting Annecy (placed 15th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Defender Lefort got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Lefort won 9 of 10 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Laval.

At Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers SCO has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Auxerre form and stats

Only one away game in the Ligue 2 so far for Auxerre and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 12 losses from 19 travels.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Amiens SC with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Hein was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Hein hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Valenciennes.

Auxerre have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Angers have avoided defeat in the last 8 games (4-4-0) versus Auxerre.

The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Hein
G. Hein
2 goals

Angers SCO missing players

Auxerre missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Angers SCO Auxerre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 4 4 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
6 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7 6.5
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.5
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 19 19 17
1.5 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 67%
 
9 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 9.5
3.5 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3
Angers SCO Last season Auxerre
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
4 3   Won W   3 8
6 3   Drew D   4 11
28 13   Lost L   12 19
33 20   Scored S   17 35
81 36   Conceded C   35 63
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
82% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 76%
68% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 47%
34% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
16% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 16%
61% 79%   BTTS BTTS   58% 58%
11% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 18%
34% 16%   Failed to Score F T   32% 29%
 
4.3 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 3.6
5.2 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 5.4
1.8 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.4
5 2   Red cards R C   3 6
 
10 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.8
3.4 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.3
26% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 28%
 
12.8 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   14.6 12.7
5.6 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Grenoble Foot 38 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Amiens SC 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Bastia 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
5 Troyes 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 Dunkerque 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Rodez 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Auxerre 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
10 Guingamp 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
11 Pau 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
12 Laval 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
13 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Angers SCO 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Annecy 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
16 Saint-Étienne 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 Paris 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
19 Valenciennes 2 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 0
20 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 -1
Last season 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 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

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 Caen 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Grenoble Foot 38 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Amiens SC 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Bastia 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
5 Troyes 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 Dunkerque 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Rodez 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Auxerre 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
10 Guingamp 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
11 Pau 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
12 Laval 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
13 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Angers SCO 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Annecy 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
16 Saint-Étienne 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 Paris 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
19 Valenciennes 2 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 0
20 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 -1

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.