Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Angers
Match Time & Date:
1 September 2024
16:00
Prediction: 0-1
Nice
Out-of-sorts Angers will look to make amends for back-to-back losses to Lens and Lille when they take on Nice in the Ligue 1 round 3. Les Scoistes made a slow start to the season and given their difficulties in preseason it is no wonder the odds for away win have been dropping. All Jean-Eudes Aholou, Jim Allevinah, and Justin-Noel Kalumba are out of contention with injuries for the home side.
Les Aiglons, on the other hand, head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Toulouse. As Nice are determined to record their first win of the process, we predict that they will take advantage of the current situation in Angers’ dressing room. You should know that under 2.5 goals have been netted in each of the last three meetings between the two sides in the French top flight. The likes of Gaetan Laborde, Morgan Sanson, Jeremie Boga, Tom Louchet, Terem Moffi, and Sofiane Diop are injured for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Andy Delort):
Born on the 9th of October, 1991, the Algerian international is an FC Sete youth product who spent 11 years at the club's academy before joining Ajjacio in 2008. Delort spent his first season at the French club playing for their reserve team but never made any first-team appearances.
The following season, he joined Nimes and made his professional debut, featuring for the club in their Ligue two match against FC Metz on the 30th of August, 2009. The striker then rejoined Ajaccio and scored his first professional goal on the 15th of September, 2010, in L'ours' french league cup game against Le Havre.
Delort then went onto have little stints at clubs FC Metz, Tours, Wigan Athletic, Caen, and Toulouse before joining his current club Montepillier initially on a loan deal in 2018 and then permanently next year. Additionally, the 28-year-old has capped five times for his country Algeria, making his International debut on the 16th of June, 2019, in Algeria's 3-2 friendly win over Mali.
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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