Angers will continue with the hunt for their first victory in the new Ligue 1 campaign this weekend when they play host to Montpellier at Stade Raymond-Kopa in the seventh round of the campaign. Kickoffs on September 11 at 16:00 EAT.
Angers is probably one of the worst teams in the French top flight this season and is placed 19th in a table of 20 after a 14th-placed finish in Ligue 1 last season. Angers again set out to avoid relegation again this time around, however they have endured a concerning start, playing out draws with Nantes and Auxerre and losing the other four in their opening six matches.
Angers gets into this fixture off the back of 5-0 Ligue 1 trashing at the hands of Lyon in their most recent match. In that game, Angers SCO had 36% possession and shots with three of them on target. Lyon got 16 shots with nine of them on target and goals by Karl Toko Ekambi (31′, 59′), Alexandre Lacazette (38′), Castella Lukeba (62′) and Moussa Dembélé (88′).
Montpellier on the other side finished 13th in the previous season of the French top flight and they are set out for a top half finish this season. The visitors are placed seventh in the table with nine points picked up from three wins against six loses in their opening six matches, as of now and it only PSG that has scored more goals than them in the whole tournament.
Montpellier will be aiming to make amends here following 1-3 Ligue 1 losing efforts to Lille in their most recent match. In that game, Montpellier managed 24% possession, four shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Elye Wahi (20′). Lille got 26 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Jonathan David (41′, 95′) and Angel Gomes (57′).
Angers vs. Montpellier HSC head to head
Montpellier holds a slightly better record in the head to head history of this game having won 12 times from the 23 meetings since 1993; six matches ended in stalemates while Angers won two times.
- Angers 2-0 Montpellier 21/05/22
- Montpellier 4-1 Angers 22/12/21
- Angers 1-1 Montpellier 04/04/21
- Montpellier 4-1 Angers 20/09/20
- Angers 1-0 Montpellier 22/02/20
Home
- Lyon 5-0 Angers
- Angers 2-4 Reims
- Troyes 3-1 Angers
- Angers 1-3 Stade Brest 29
- Auxerre 2-2 Angers
Away
- Montpellier 1-3 Lille
- Montpellier 2-0 AC Ajaccio
- Stade Brest 29 0-7 Montpellier
- Montpellier 1-2 Auxerre
- PSG 5-2 Montpellier
Angers SCO team news
Boss Gérald Baticle is grateful to have a fully fit squad ahead of this game
Montpellier HSC team news
Dimitry Bertaud and Théo Sainte-Luce will be unavailable for boss Olivier Dall’Oglio’s squad through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Montpellier to have the upper hand in this game having won two of their last three matches while Angers are on a four game losing streak in the league.
- Montpellier Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
