Week 31 brings us a match on Apr 10th, where Angers SCO plays host to Lille in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 14th placed Angers SCO, recorded a 2-3 loss against Olympique Lyonnais. Moussa Dembélé struck first for Olympique Lyonnais in the 26th minute on a feed from Tanguy Ndombélé, then Mathias Lage got the equalizer for Angers SCO in the 50th minute on a feed from Souleyman Doumbia , but luckily for Olympique Lyonnais it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while lille is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Bordeaux. Neither Lille nor Bordeaux could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 22 and 2 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Lille should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Lille and Angers SCO last played eachother at the Stade Pierre-mauroy on Nov 6th. Lille and Angers SCO battled to a 1-1 draw. Tiago Djaló struck first for Lille in the 27th minute on a feed from Renato Sanches, but Azzedine Ounahi got the equalizer for Angers SCO in the 83rd minute earning Angers SCO at least a draw.
Lille is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Edon Zhegrova and Zeki Çelik each only have 1 goal in their last five. Sofiane Boufal has been the most prolific scorer on Angers SCO in his last five matches with two goals
Angers SCO will be without Angelo Fulgini, Jimmy Cabot and Azzedine Ounahi, while Lille will be without Renato Sanches, Sven Botman, Timothy Weah and Jérémy Pied.