📏 Form Guide

Nice

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Nice head into this fixture after a 2-2 Ligue 1 drawn match vs Strasbourg.

In that game, Nice managed 52% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Nice, goals were scored by Melvin Bard (38') and Youssouf Ndayishimiye (94'). On the other side, Strasbourg had 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Emanuel Emegha (51') and Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (54') scored for Strasbourg.

Nice have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, although they have also found ways to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Nice have been punished defensively in 6 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Nice:

• have not lost a league tie with Angers SCO in their last 2 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Angers SCO

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Angers SCO will come into the game after a 2-0 Ligue 1 win as they beat Montpellier in their previous game.

In that game, Angers SCO had 37% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Angers SCO was Esteban Lepaul (2', 43'). Montpellier got 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games featuring Angers SCO has become noticeable of late. A glance at their last six games shows that it’s occurred 6 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 12 and Angers SCO have scored 2. That pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this game, though.

Heading into this fixture, Angers SCO haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 07/02/2021 tells us that Nice have won 4 of these games & Angers SCO 1, with the number of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them from Les Aiglons and 4 being from Les Scoïstes. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The last league contest between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 3 on 01/09/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Angers SCO 1-4 Nice.

In that game, Angers SCO managed 54% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The scorer was Himad Abdelli (67').

Nice got 13 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Youssouf Ndayishimiye (6'), Hicham Boudaoui (25') and Evann Guessand (72', 85') scored.

The match was refereed by Jérémy Stinat.

ℹ️ Team News: Nice

There’s just the lone fitness concern for the Nice boss Franck Haise to contend with due to a largely intact group. Tanguy Ndombélé (Pelvic injury) is sidelined.

We are thinking that Les Aiglons could opt for a 4-4-2 system for the game with Marcin Bulka, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Y. Ndayishimiye, Ali Abdi, Jonathan Clauss, Hicham Boudaoui, Pablo Rosario, Melvin Bard, Badredine Bouanani, Jeremie Boga and Gaetan Laborde.

ℹ️ Team News: Angers SCO

Angers SCO boss Alexandre Dujeux has not got a full squad to pick from. Haris Belkebla (Foot injury), Cédric Hountondji (Achilles tendon contusion), Pierrick Capelle (Dead leg), Sidiki Chérif (Dead leg) and Emmanuel Biumla (Hamstring injury) are not ready for selection.

We reckon that Les Scoïstes seem likely to play in a 3-5-2 lineup, going with Yahia Fofana, Abdoulaye Bamba, Jordan Lefort, Florent Hanin, Lilian Rao-Lisoa, Yassin Belkhdim, Jean Aholou, Himad Abdelli, Jacques Ekomie, Farid El Melali and Esteban Lepaul.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Nice should be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the other end, Angers SCO won’t find it easy to find the back of the net but we do fancy them scoring here.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 3-1 win for Nice at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 15:03 20/04/2025