Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Angers
Match Time & Date:
02/04/2023
15:00
Prediction: 0-1
Nice
Stade Raymond-Kopa will host Sunday’s Ligue 1 game between Angers and Nice, the two teams with entirely different ambitions in the season finale. Les Scoistes are stuck at the bottom with only ten points in their pockets, and it is no wonder the odds for away win have been dropping. Since their injury list is pretty long, we do not believe that there is a big value in betting on the underdogs.
Les Aiglons, on the other hand, aim to represent France in European competitions for yet another term. Nice are six points behind the Conference League berth, and we predict that they will take advantage of Angers’ shaky defence. As for the visiting team, all Sofiane Diop, Youcef Atal, and Antoine Mendy are sidelined with injuries. In the first half of the season Angers defeated Nice thanks to Nabil Bentaleb’s goal, meaning that the visitors are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Player (Dante):
Dante is a left-footed defender who was born in Salvador, Brazil on 18 October, 1983. The 189-cm-tall centre back, who is capable of playing as a left back as well, started his senior career at Juventude. After making 53 appearances for the club between 2002 and 2004 he moved to Ligue 1 outfit Lille.
He played for Belgian sides Charleroi and Standard from 2006 to 2009 and on 27 December, 2008 he signed a contract with Borussia M’gladbach for an undisclosed fee. After impressing with the Fohlen in the 2011/2012 Bundesliga campaign he moved to Bayern Munich at the end of the season and it has to be noted that he scored three goals in 83 league appearances for FCB.
In 2015 he signed a contract with fellow Bundesliga team Wolfsburg and he played 24 league games for the Wolves in the 2015/2016 season. In 2013 he won the Champions League trophy with Bayern Munich and he lifted the FIFA Confederations Cup with Brazil the same year.
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.
