Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
24/08/2024
19:00
Prediction: 1-0
Angers
Buoyed by the Champions League win over Slavia Prague, Lille will be looking to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Angers in the Ligue 1 round 2. Les Dogues outplayed Reims 2-0 in the season opener and, no doubt, they are brimming with confidence ahead of Saturday’s clash. Even though Bruno Genesio is expected to shuffle his pack, home win should be considered.
Summer signing Aissa Mandi is back from the Champions League ban, but midfielder Edon Zhegrova is banned for the match. Both Angel Gomes and Samuel Umtiti are sidelined with injuries for the home team. Les Scoistes, on the other hand, failed to upset Lens on Matchday 1 and seeing that Lille are a dominant force at home ground, we are tempted to bet on Bruno Genesio’s men. All Farid El Melali, Jim Allevinah, and Justin-Noel Kalumba are injured for the away team.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
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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