In this week 17 match, on Sun Jan 1st, Angers SCO and Lorient will play a match in Angers in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 20th placed Angers SCO, recorded a 0-1 loss against Ajaccio. Youcef Belaïli scored the first goal for Ajaccio in the 40th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Angers SCO was frustrated by Ajaccio’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ajaccio ended the match with the shutout victory. Angers SCO looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while 7th placed Lorient is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Strasbourg. Terem Moffi struck first for Lorient in the 5th minute, then Habib Diallo tied it up for Strasbourg in the 87th minute earning Strasbourg a comeback draw. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Lorient should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Angers SCO won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Terem Moffi has been the most prolific scorer on Lorient in his last five matches with two goals. Bahoya and Farid El Melali are the top scorers for Angers SCO in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Abdelaziz Bouhazama’s Angers SCO squad will be without Pierrick Capelle, Ulrick Eneme-Ella, Yahia Fofana, Ilyes Chetti and Ali Kalla, while Yvon Mvogo is unavailable to play for Régis Le Bris’s team.