📏 Form Guide

Angers SCO

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Angers SCO will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 1-0 Ligue 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.

In that game, Angers SCO managed 19% possession and 5 shots on goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Paris Saint-Germain had 20 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Désiré Doué (55') was the scorer for Paris Saint-Germain.

It’s not been often in recent times where Angers SCO have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Angers SCO have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 13 goals on the way. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this match, however.

Heading into this contest, Angers SCO have not won at home in their last 5 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Montpellier

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Havre AC in Ligue 1 action, Montpellier will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Montpellier managed 55% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. At the other end, Havre AC got 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Yassine Kechta (3') and Abdoulaye Touré (33') scored for Havre AC.

A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Montpellier has been noticeable recently. Checking on their last 6 games shows that it has happened 6 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal total of 12 while Montpellier have scored 0.

Analysis of their past results shows that Montpellier:

• are winless against Angers SCO in away games against them for the last 7 matches in the league. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are without an away win for the past 4 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 04/04/2021 tells us that Angers SCO have won 3 of them & Montpellier 2, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A combined sum of 21 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 for Les Scoïstes and 12 coming from La Paillade. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 17 on 12/01/2025 when it ended Montpellier 1-3 Angers SCO.

In that game, Montpellier had 58% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Téji Savanier (61').

Angers SCO had 21 shots at goal with 8 on target. Esteban Lepaul (30', 69') and Zinedine Ferhat (99') scored.

The referee was Romain Lissorgue.

🗞️ Team News: Angers SCO

Haris Belkebla (Foot injury), Cédric Hountondji (Achilles tendon contusion), Pierrick Capelle (Dead leg), Sidiki Chérif (Dead leg) and Emmanuel Biumla (Hamstring injury) aren’t available for Angers SCO boss Alexandre Dujeux.

We are thinking that Les Scoïstes could line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Yahia Fofana, Carlens Arcus, Abdoulaye Bamba, Jordan Lefort, Florent Hanin, Yassin Belkhdim, Jean Aholou, Jim Allevinah, Himad Abdelli, Farid El Melali and Esteban Lepaul.

📋 Team News: Montpellier

Montpellier boss Jean-Louis Gasset has to currently contend with reduced team options. Christopher Jullien (Cruciate ligament tear), Becir Omeragic (Meniscus injury), Enzo Tchato (Dead leg), Glenn Ngosso (Cruciate ligament tear) and Nikola Maksimović (Hamstring injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We reckon that La Paillade seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation using Benjamin Lecomte, Falaye Sacko, Kiki Kouyate, Modibo Sagnan, Issiaga Sylla, Jordan Ferri, Joris Chotard, Tanguy Coulibaly, Nicolas Pays, Teji Savanier and Andy Delort.

✨ Prediction

We’re envisaging that Montpellier may not find it easy to score goals against this Angers SCO outfit who will likely end up scoring and staying ahead.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a good battle with a 1-0 advantage for Angers SCO at full-time.

Peter Guest, 15:02 13/04/2025