In this 1st week match, on Sun Aug 7th, Angers SCO will host Nantes at Stade Raymond Kopa in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Angers SCO has not played yet this season, while nantes sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Nice. Ludovic Blas scored the first goal for Nantes in the 47th minute on a penalty kick, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nice couldn’t manage to score, and Nantes took the shutout win. Nantes is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Nantes won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Ludovic Blas has been the most prolific scorer on Nantes in his last 5 matches with three goals. Both Antonin Bobichon and Abdallah Dipo Sima have been the hottest scorers for Angers SCO in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Gérald Baticle’s Angers SCO squad will be without Sofiane Boufal, while Nantes will be without Moses Simon and Jean-Charles Castelletto.