Reims vs Angers SCO Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Reims

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Reims won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-1 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to RC Lens.

In that match, Reims managed 60% possession and 17 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Reims was Folarin Balogun (23'). For their opponents, Lens got 8 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Przemysław Frankowski (40') and Seko Fofana (55') scored for RC Lens.

It has been seldom in recent times where Reims have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Reims have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 9 goals on the way.

Coming into this contest, Reims haven't lost in the league to Angers SCO in their last 2 games.

Angers SCO

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Marseille in Ligue 1 competition, Angers SCO and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Angers SCO had 38% possession and 4 shots at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Angers SCO was Abdallah Sima (28'). Marseille had 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Alexis Sánchez (34'), Dimitri Payet (48') and Jordan Veretout (77') scored for Marseille.

The stats don’t lie, and Angers SCO have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 13 goals overall. Defensively, Angers SCO have seen their frailties exposed. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this match, of course.

Taking a look at their past results, Angers SCO:

• haven't been defeated by Reims when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. A solid away record against them.
• have not won away from home in their last 13 matches in the league. What a horror away run it has been.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 01/02/2020 shows us that Reims have won 3 of these games & Angers SCO 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

16 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 of them for Les rouges et blancs and 6 belonging to Les Scoïstes. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 5 on 31/08/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Angers SCO 2-4 Reims.

In that game, Angers SCO had 58% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Goals were scored by Sofiane Boufal (59') and Adrien Hunou (67').

Reims had 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Marshall Munetsi (23'), Junya Ito (45'), Folarin Balogun (70') and Alexis Flips (90') scored.

The referee was Jérémie Pignard.

📰 Team News: Reims

Kamory Doumbia (Muscle Injury), Myziane Maolida (Ill), Thibault De Smet (Hamstring Injury) and Mitchell van Bergen (Broken wrist) will not be able to play for Reims manager Will Still.

It seems likely that Les rouges et blancs may well line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, beginning the first half with Yehvann Diouf, Thomas Foket, Emmanuel Agbadou, Yunis Abdelhamid, Maxime Busi, Azor Matusiwa, Marshall Munetsi, Junya Ito, Alexis Flips, Arber Zeneli and Folarin Balogun.

📋 Team News: Angers SCO

Angers SCO boss Alexandre Dujeux has multiple availability issues to deal with. Amine Salama (Pubalgia) and Ilyes Chetti (Thigh Problems) miss out here.

There’s a good chance that Les Scoïstes appear most likely to utilise a 3-2-4-1 formation by sending out Yahia Fofana, Yan Valery, Halid Sabanovic, Abdoulaye Bamba, Sada Thioub, Adrien Hunou, Abdallah Sima, Batista Mendy, Cedric Hountondji, Himad Abdelli and Ibrahima Niane.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Angers SCO will manage to score against this Reims team, however it may not be enough to avoid defeat.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Reims when the full-time whistle blows. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:53 17/05/2023