In a mid week match in week 20, on Wed Jan 26th, Angers SCO and Saint-Étienne will play a match in Angers in a meeting of these two mismatched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Angers SCO is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Lorient. Lorient had 16 on net, and Angers SCO had 6, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while saint-Étienne sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Olympique Lyonnais. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 15th minute on a penalty, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Saint-Étienne couldn’t muster any offence and Olympique Lyonnais ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 22nd of October, Saint-Étienne hosted Angers SCO in their last match together. Saint-Étienne and Angers SCO battled to a 2-2 draw. Ismaël Traoré struck first for Angers SCO in the 28th minute, then Angelo Fulgini added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Jimmy Cabot .
Both Arnaud Nordin and Ryad Boudebouz have been the hottest scorers for Saint-Étienne in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Angelo Fulgini and Sofiane Boufal are the top scorers for Angers SCO in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Romain Thomas, Zinédine Ould Khaled and Bilal Brahimi are unavailable to play for Gérald Baticle’s team, while Ryad Boudebouz, Miguel Trauco, Arnaud Nordin, Alpha Sissoko and Etienne Green are unavailable to play for Saint-Étienne.