Our prediction for this Coupe de la Ligue match:
Guingamp
Match Time & Date:
31/10/2018
20:05 GMT
Prediction: 1-1
Angers
After playing out three consecutive draws with their rivals in the Ligue 1, Guingamp will be looking to return to winning ways when they host Angers at their Stade de Roudourou in the Coupe de la Ligue last 32. Guingamp are stuck at the bottom of the Ligue 1 standings, but they have been showing signs of improvement of late. Coach Antoine Kombouare is definitely capable of helping the team get back on course and Wednesday’s football match against Angers could be the turning point for the hosts. Angers, on the other hand, are on a four-game winless run in the French top flight, but they sit in the middle of the standings after 11 rounds. The two teams seem to be evenly matched at the moment and we predict that Wednesday’s League Cup match between the two Ligue 1 side will go into extra-time.
Highlighted Player (Karl-Johan Johnsson):
Born in Ranneslov (Sweden) on January 28, 1990 Karl-Johan Johansson started his youth career at his home-town club Ranneslovs GIF. In 2005 he joined Halmstadts and four years later he made his first-team debut for HBK. The 187-cm-tall goalkeeper made 67 appearances in the league for Halmstads and in 2013 he signed for NEC as a free agent. Karl-Johan Johnsson played 30 games for the Dutch club during the 2013/2014 Eredivisie campaign and in the summer of 2014 he moved to Randers. The Swedish shoot-stopper spent two seasons at Randers and in 2016 he moved to French club Guingamp. It has to be noted that he managed to keep nine clean sheets in 37 appearances for Guingamp in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign. His contract with the club expires on June 30, 2020. Speaking of his international career, Karl-Johan Johnsson has 17 caps for Sweden U21 and he made his senior debut in 2012 against Qatar.
Highlighted Team (Angers):
French Football Federation was founded in 1919, with French football club Angers being founded the same year. Les Scoistes returned to the French top flight at the end of the 2014/2015 season and they finished the 2015/2016 Ligue 1 campaign in ninth place in the standings.
Angers were having their ups and downs in the 2016/2017 season and, as a result, they finished 12th. Les Scoistes are well known for their black jerseys with white stripes, whilst the color of their away kits is white. Stade Raymond Kopa is the team’s home ground and the capacity of the stadium is 17.835.
The venues was opened back in 1912 and the stadium’s record attendance is 22.989 (April 26, 1969 vs. Olympique Marseille). Speaking of the club’s most notable players, we have to mention Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Vladica Kovacevic, Claudiu Keseru, Paul Alo’o, Amar Rouai and Cedric Daury. It has to be noted that the 2017/2018 season will be their 24th in the French top flight.
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