On the 16th of January, Lorient and Angers SCO will play a match in Lorient in a clash of these two mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 18th placed Lorient is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Paris Saint Germain. Thomas Monconduit struck first for Lorient in the 40th minute, then Mauro Icardi tied it up for Paris Saint Germain in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Achraf Hakimi squeezing out at least the one point for Paris Saint Germain. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, 12th placed Angers SCO, recorded a 1-4 loss against Montpellier. Teji Savanier struck first for Montpellier in the 14th minute, then Nicolas Cozza added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Teji Savanier. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Sunday Nov 21st, Angers SCO hosted Lorient in their last match together. Angers SCO was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Thomas Mangani scored the first goal for Angers SCO in the 68th minute from the penalty spot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Lorient couldn’t muster any offence and Angers SCO ran away with the shutout win.
Angers SCO hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Alexander Nübel and Angelo Fulgini, and they each have 1 goal. Moritz Jenz and Thomas Monconduit are the top scorers for Lorient in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.