In a weekend match in week 24, on Sun Feb 13th, Angers SCO plays host to Strasbourg 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 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Angers SCO is fresh off their 2-5 loss against Olympique Marseille. Angelo Fulgini struck first for Angers SCO in the 8th minute, then Nabil Bentaleb added another in the 11th minute on a feed from Angelo Fulgini Finally they completed the comback victory in the 70th minute on a goal by Arkadiusz Milik to cap off a wild match. Angers SCO is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while strasbourg is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Nantes. Dimitri Liénard scored the first goal for Strasbourg in the 74th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Nantes was frustrated by Strasbourg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Strasbourg ended the match with the shutout victory. Strasbourg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Strasbourg and Angers SCO last played eachother at the Stade De La Meinau on Sunday Aug 8th. Angers SCO was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Ismaël Traoré struck first for Angers SCO in the 57th minute on a feed from Thomas Mangani, then Stéphane Bahoken added another in the 81st minute on a feed from Mathias Lage In the end, Strasbourg couldn’t muster any offence and Angers SCO ran away with the shutout win.
Strasbourg is fortunate enough to have Kévin Gameiro in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Thomas Mangani has been the most prolific scorer on Angers SCO in the last five matches with two goals
Romain Thomas and Zinédine Ould Khaled are unavailable to play for Gérald Baticle’s team, while Julien Stéphan’s Strasbourg squad will be without Kévin Gameiro, Jean-Eudes Aholou and Maxime Le Marchand.