Angers vs Guingamp
French Ligue 1
Date: Saturday, 18th March, 2017
Kick off at 19:00 UK Time
Venue: Stade Jean Bouin, Angers.
Angers and Guingamp are both safe from relegation but could trade places in the Ligue 1 table following their meeting on Saturday night. The home side will be slight favourites, because despite losing their last match, a 3-0 defeat at Marseille, they won their previous 4 league games, sending them clear of relegation danger. They now sit 8 points above the drop zone and can plan for another season in the top flight.
Angers look set to have a comfortable end to the current campaign but do so without troubling the top goal-scoring charts of the division. They have managed to score just 28 times in their 29 games, with Famara Diedhiou their top target man on a paltry 6 goals. After enduring a stressful middle section to 2016/17, particularly around the Christmas and New Year period, Angers could possibly finish as high as 8th in the division, although they will have to find the net more often in their remaining 9 matches to do so.
After an excellent first half of the season, Guingamp have found things much, much tougher in the last few months. They have won only 2 matches, against Lyon and Bastia, in 2017 but somehow remain in 8th position on a more than respectable 38 points. Jimmy Briand continues to be their star man, having notched 9 times during the season and he is set to be the main attacking threat in this one. Tough fixtures against the likes of PSG and Toulouse await in the upcoming weeks so they will have to pinpioint this game as one they can get at least a draw from.
With Angers’ home record and recent good form, we see them winning this game and leapfrogging Guingamp in the table. Our advice is to back a home win at odds of 13/10 with bet365.
Our correct score prediction is for the game to finish 2-0 to Angers. That bet is at long odds of 9/1 also with bet365.
Angers vs Guingamp: Head to Head Stats
Home or away Angers has just 1 win from the last six fixtures. Results are mixed when Angers have been at home, the last match ended 0-0. Earlier this season Guingamp won 1-0 in the reverse fixture. From the last 5 games played at Angers, 4 have ended with fewer than 3 goals.
Angers vs Guingamp: Prediction
Angers let us down last weekend, but we will stick with them this week. The quality in this team has been immense, especially at home and given how poor Guingamp has been this season away from home, it makes sense to put our trust in the home team.
Angers vs Guingamp: Betting Tips
Angers to beat Guingamp at 6/5
