Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Angers
Match Time & Date:
18/08/2024
11:00 AM
Prediction: 1-2
Lens
Stade Raymond-Kopa will host Sunday’s Ligue 1 game between Angers and Lens. Les Scoistes are eager to prove their worth on their return to the elite division, but they will have a mountain to climb in the opener. The likes of Emmanuel Biumla, Jacques Ekomie, Carlens Arcus, Jean-Eudes Aholou, and Jim Allevinah have joined the club in the summer transfer window, while Yan Valery and Marin Jakolis are no longer part of the team.
Les Sang et Or, on the other hand, did well to crush Premier League side Leicester City in their last warm-up game. As a result, the bookies see them as favourites to pick up all three points from Sunday’s showdown. In their last meeting in the French top flight Lens outplayed Angers 3-0 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. Midfielder Neil El Aynaoui misses out with injury, while new signings M’Bala Nzola and Jhoanner Chavez should make their Ligue 1 debut against les Scoistes.
Highlighted Player (Angelo Fulgini):
Angelo Fulgini is a French footballer who plays for Angers in Ligue as a midfielder. Fulgini played for the likes of AS de Saint-Paul-en-Foret, FC Vidauban, SC Douai and Valenciennes during his youth career and he continued playing for the Athenians at senior level.
After scoring eight goals in 80 appearances for Valenciennes from 2015 to 2017, he moved to Angers before the start of the 2017/2018 Ligue 1 campaign and he quickly established himself as a first-team regular at Stade Raymond-Kopa. Angelo Fulgini scored his first ever goal for les Scoistes on August 6, 2017 in a 2-2 draw with Bordeaux. Despite being born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on August 20, 1996, the Angers midfielder represents France on the international stage.
Angelo Fulgini has 3 caps for the France U21 team, while making 15 appearances for the U19 team. His main position is central midfield, but he is uses as both right-back and right midfielder as well. His preferred foot is right.
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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