Ligue 1 – Angers SCO at home to Reims

Angers at home against Reims – Sunday – 3:00pm GMT – The Stade Raymond Kopa.

This clash sees fourteenth placed Angers, welcome thirteenth placed Reims to the Stade Raymond Kopa.

This season’s Ligue 1 campaign, has so far seen Angers SCO achieve 29 points

Gerald Baticle will have impressed upon his team the importance of getting a positive result out of this game, following two successive defeats. First it was RC Lens and then Rennes, however this is something that their opponents will be aware of going into this fixture.

Also, with an unfortunate Angers that has not managed to win in their last League so far, Gerald Baticle’s men form is worryingly poor. Le SCO should solve their trend if they don’t want to occupy the lasts places in the League Table. With 29 points, they currently sit fourteenth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 7 wins, 12 losses and 8 draws having won seven games, drawn eight meetings, and lost 12 matches.

Angers have won five meetings, drawn one game, and lost seven matches of their 13 League matches at home this season.

A win in this fixture would take Angers SCO’s points to 32 in the League.

Reims arrive at this game, having secured 32 points so far this season

Following a 1-1 draw against RC Strasburg, Reims will be hoping for more.

Also, Reims seem unable to get over the line on a consistent basis, with two draws in three games. With 32 points (7W, 9L and 11D), they are established in thirteenth position in the League having won seven meetings, drawn 11 matches, and lost nine matches.

Reims’ away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Angers. In the 14 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won three fixtures, drawn six games, and lost five meetings.

A victory for Reims would put them on 35 points.

Going into Sunday’s game, Oscar Garcia without five of his players, due to illness or injury.

Angers SCO v Reims – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels Angers and Reims have faced each other 19 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Angers’s favour (6 – 5). Additionally, four of the past five meetings between Angers and Reims have resulted in an Angers win. The last time they played each other in this competition Angers SCO delivered a 1-2 away win.

Other players of note for Angers are Thomas Mangani and Angelo Fulgini with two goals and two goals respectively and for Reims are Wout Faes and Marshall Munetsi with two goals each.