Angers take on the visitors Nice at “Stade Raymond Kopa” in the gameweek 33 of the French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Friday, April 13th.
On the start of the season Angers had been notable by their aggression and persistence in gaining a suitable result even though usually it was a draw, however, those toughness disappeared somewhere in winter. After a run of defeats “Les Scoistes” had found themselves at the edge of a disaster, but Stephane Moulin managed to remedy the situation. At the moment the club is settling on the 14th place in the elite division standings with 36 points gained, being seven points away from the relegation zone. It should be noted that the team lost only one out of six recent fights and that 1:2 failure happened against incredible Paris SG while the other six battles ended with three victories (over Lille 2:1, Guingamp 3:0 and Caen 3:0) and two draws (against Bordeaux 0:0 and Strasbourg 1:1). However, Angers show the third worst results at their own ground within the Ligue 1 in this season, having earned only five wins and six defeats with 21-24 goal difference in 20 matches conducted in face of their fans.
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In their turn, having failed the start of the season, Nice awoke and interfered into a chase for the Eurocups zone. However, the side’s progress was spoiled with a losing streak in February which resulted in the club’s elimination from the UEFA Europa League. Nevertheless, “Les Aiglons” followed that Eurocup disaster against Lokomotiv Moscow with a decent series, covering a single 1:2 loss to Paris SG, three triumphs (over Lille 2:1, Guingamp 5:2 and Troyes 2:0) together with two draws (against Bordeaux 0:0 and Rennes 1:1). And now Lucien Favre hopes that his team will manage to extend its undefeated run and reduce the gap to Rennes which is sitting now on the fifth position in the Ligue 1 table.
Nice obtained only two clean sheets in 12 recent clashes conducted on the roads within all tournaments while Angers have not conceded a single goal only in three encounters played at “Stade Raymond Kopa” in this season. Taking into consideration that the clubs’ main strikers stay in a phenomenal shape now as well as the fact that “Les Scoistes” conceded at least one goal in 81% of home tackles while “Les Aiglons” have not left the pitch without goals conceded in 80% of the games conducted on the road, I have no doubts that the sides will swop by the goals in the Friday head-to-head.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score.
