Editorial Sport365, published on Wednesday December 16, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.
Angers receives Strasbourg Wednesday evening (7pm) as part of the 15th day of Ligue 1. Here is everything you need to know about this meeting.
Unbeaten for three meetings, Angers continues to experience a very satisfactory first half of the season. The SCO is well established in the first part of the table, unlike Strasbourg, very close to the relegation zone but which has regained good color for three weeks despite a frustrating draw against Metz (2-2).
Stats to know (with Opta)
Angers are undefeated in their last 6 Ligue 1 matches against Strasbourg (2 wins, 4 draws) – their best unbeaten streak against a team currently in Ligue 1. Only Marseille is on a longer streak of its kind against the Alsatians in L1 (10 games).
Angers has only lost 18% against Strasbourg at home in Ligue 1 (9 wins, 9 draws, 4 losses), its 2nd best ratio of its kind against a team hosted at least 10 times in the top flight after Lille (17% ).
Angers have not conceded any goals in their last 2 Ligue 1 matches, having conceded at least one in each of their previous 9 (20 in total). The SCO has not preserved its clean sheet in 3 consecutive matches in the same L1 season since February March 2020 (3).
Strasbourg are undefeated in their last 3 meetings in Ligue 1 (1 success, 2 draws), after losing 9 of the 11 top-flight players this season (2 successes).
Angers lost twice in its last 3 receptions in Ligue 1 (1 success), after losing only one of the 6 previous ones (4 successes, 1 draw).
Strasbourg has scored at least 3 goals in 3 of its last 4 trips to Ligue 1 (3 v Brest, 3 v Montpellier, 4 v Nantes), as many as in the previous 28.
Strasbourg have found the back of the net in each of their last 5 trips to Ligue 1 (13 goals in total) – RCSA have the opportunity to find the net in 6 consecutive away matches in the top flight for the first time since November 2005-May 2006 (11).
Angers midfielder Antonin Bobichon is involved in 3 goals in his last 5 home matches in Ligue 1 (1 goal, 2 assists), after not having been decisive in his first 3 with the SCO.
Kenny Lala is involved in 3 of Strasbourg’s last 6 goals against Angers in Ligue 1 (1 goal, 2 assists). It was only against Monaco (4) that he was involved in more goals among his opponents in the elite.
Strasbourg is the team that Stéphane Moulin has most often faced without ever losing in Ligue 1 (5 matches – 2 wins, 3 draws) among the current residents of the elite.
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