Nancy vs Angers
French Ligue 1
Date: Saturday, 10th December 2016
Kick off at 19:00 UK Time
Venue: Stade Marcel Picot.
Nancy and Angers meet at the Stade Marcel Picot in a match of the 17th round of Ligue 1. The history of recent direct clashes between these two teams indicates total balance as there have been 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 05-15-2015, ended with a draw for (0-0). In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Nancy
After 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, the home team is in 15th place, having won 17 points. In the last match, they lost to Olympique de Marseille (3-0), after having won 4-2 at home in a game against Metz in the previous game. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with 15 goals scored and 19 conceded, against 9 wins, 2 draws And 4 home defeats, with 19 goals scored and 11 conceded. For the championship, Nancy have won 10 points in 24 chances, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in their last eight games at their stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 4 of their 8 matches. This is a team that scored few times first and only managed to open the scoring in 4 of their last 16 games for Ligue 1, of those 4 reached the break in lead in 3 and won in the late 90 ‘in all. In 16 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the board in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Nancy return to play at home for the French Championship trying to repeat the same performance they had in the last few times they played before their fans when they beat Dijon 1-0, and more recently Metz 4-0. However, in the final round the team went to the home of Olympique de Marseille and ended up defeated by 3×0, thus seeing their unbeaten three matches to be interrupted. After sixteen rounds, the club accumulate eight defeats, four draws and four wins, thus taking the sixteenth place in the table. For this match, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3 or 4-4-2, and you will not be able to count on Pedretti, who was sent off in the last match.
Angers
After 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, the visiting team is in 11th place, having won 19 points. In the last match, they drew with Lorient at home (2-2), after their previous match lost out in a game against Paris Saint Germain (2-0). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses as a visitor; Against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. In the championship, the Angers won 7 points in 24 chances, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 8 games they played as a visitor. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 1-0 (4 out of 8 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 6 of the last 8 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 16 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 9 games in which he conceded the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 10 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 3 of his 6 goals between the minutes (46’-60 ‘).
Angers enters the field for their seventeenth match in the French Championship trying to win a positive result to stop the bad phase that lives in the competition. In the last round, the team received Lorient at home and only managed a draw in 2×2, thus getting to their fourth consecutive game without winning. Before, the team had gone to the home of Paris Saint Germain and left there defeated by 2×0. After sixteen rounds, the club accumulated five wins, four draws and seven losses, thus taking eleventh place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team at 4-3-3 or at 5-3-2.
Nancy vs Angers: Head to Head Stats
The last time they played here we witnessed a dull match that ended 0-0. Three of the last five matches have ended with a correct score of 3-1 to the winner- on two of those occasions it was Nancy. Angers have no wins here this century.
Nancy vs Angers: Prediction
Nancy has a good record over Angers and the away team have been poor on the road. We could see goals here and the goal market is what we will concentrate on. Go for over 3.5 goals, it’s a market that has won a lot and the bookies won’t be prepared so we will get good odds, even so make it minimum stakes.
Nancy vs Angers: Betting Tips
Anytime goal scorer Famara Diedhiou (Angers) at 9/4 (3.25)
Over 3.5 goals to be scored at 5/1 (6.00).
