Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Buoyed by back-to-back wins over Rennes and Marseille, Auxerre will be aiming to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they face Angers at their Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps on Sunday. Christophe Pelissier’s troops were scoring goals for fun before the international break and are likely to stick to their attacking style of lay against les Scoistes. The likes of Ange Loic N’Gatta, Paul Joly, and Ousoumane Camara are out of contention with injuries for the home team.
Angers, on the other hand, struggled defensively in a 4-2 loss to league leaders PSG and given Auxerre’s splendid form in the French top flight, we predict that the visitors are going to return home with their hands empty. In their last meeting at the venue (Ligue 2) Auxerre defeated Angers 1-0. The likes of Cedric Hountondji, Zinedine Ferhat, Sidiki Cherif, and Joseph Lopy miss out with injuries for the away team.
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.