In this week 30 match, on Sunday Apr 3rd, Olympique Lyonnais will play host to Angers SCO in a Ligue 1 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 10th placed Olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Reims. Neither Reims nor Olympique Lyonnais could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Olympique Lyonnais should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while angers SCO sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Brest. Sofiane Boufal scored the first goal for Angers SCO in the 39th minute on a penalty, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Brest couldn’t muster any offence and Angers SCO ran away with the shutout win. Angers SCO looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Aug 15th, Angers SCO hosted Olympique Lyonnais at the Stade Raymond Kopa in their last match together. Angers SCO was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of just over six thousand spectators. Sofiane Boufal struck first for Angers SCO in the 20th minute on a feed from Jimmy Cabot, then Marcelo added another on an own goal in the 53rd minute In the end, Olympique Lyonnais couldn’t muster any offence and Angers SCO ran away with the shutout win.
Angers SCO is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Angelo Fulgini and Sofiane Boufal each only have 1 goal in their last five. Moussa Dembélé has been the most prolific scorer on Olympique Lyonnais in the last five matches with three goals
Peter Bosz’s squad will be without Rayan Cherki, Jason Denayer, Romain Faivre and Sinaly Diomande, while Angelo Fulgini, Jimmy Cabot and Azzedine Ounahi are unavailable to play for Angers SCO.