Angers vs Lorient Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check

Angers' last league outing was a comfortable 2-0 home win over Troyes, though before that they'd been held 0-0 by Le Havre and beaten 2-1 at home by Rennes. It's a mixed bag rather than a clear upward or downward trend.

Angers: 20 completed matches; Lorient: 20 completed matches.

Angers

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

31

Difference

-6

Lorient

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

26

Difference

+4

Lorient's most recent league match ended in a 2-1 defeat away at Le Mans. Before that they drew 2-2 at home with Toulouse and lost 0-1 away to Lens, so their away form in particular has been shaky.

Neither side arrives with real momentum, which makes home advantage more relevant than usual.

Comparative Team Statistics: Angers vs Lorient

Head-to-head

These two have met often down the years, and the recent meetings have gone both ways. Angers won a pre-season friendly 2-1 in August, but Lorient won 2-0 when they hosted Angers back in February.

Angers also won 2-0 the last time this fixture was played in the league, back in October last year. There's no strong pattern favouring either side purely on head-to-head history.

Where they stand

Angers currently sit seventh with seven points from five games, having scored six and conceded five. Lorient are down in twelfth with five points from the same number of matches, and a slightly worse goal difference.

It's a small early-season gap rather than a big gulf in class, but Angers do have the better underlying numbers so far.

Players to watch

Lorient's P. Katseris has been their most productive creator lately, picking up three assists in his last five appearances. For Angers, A. El Ouazzani has two assists in the same span, so both sides have at least one player finding team-mates regularly.

Angers:

Best assist providers:

A. El Ouazzani - 2

Penalty cards:

U. Simbakoli x 1

Lorient:

Best assist providers:

P. Katseris - 3

Angers' U. Simbakoli has picked up just one yellow card in his last five matches, nothing that points to any discipline concerns heading into this one.

How it could play out

Angers go into this with a home game, a slightly better points return, and a recent home win under their belt. That's a reasonable platform, even if their own form has had its dips.

Lorient's inconsistency away from home, combined with an even head-to-head record, makes this a hard one to call with much confidence. Both teams have shown they can concede as well as score, so goals at both ends wouldn't be a surprise.