Angers and Lille will be back in action this weekend they lock horns at Stade Raymond-Kopa in the 31st round of the competition. Match day is set for 10th April 2022 at 16:00 EAT.
Angers dropped to 14th place in the league table with 47 points after an inconsistent run. They are now only five points above Saint-Etienne who hold the relegation playoffs spot at the moment. The home court advantage will hardly play a role for the hosts here since they have lost four of the previous five Ligue 1 matches at Stade Raymond-Kopa.
The Black and Whites will be aiming for better results coming off 3-2 Ligue 1 loss to Lyon in their last outing. In that game, Angers SCO managed 38% possession seven shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Mathias Pereira Lage (50′) and Sofiane Boufal (59′).Lyon got 15 with five of them on target and goals by Moussa Dembélé (26′, 52′) and Tetê (81′).
Lille currently occupies the seventh place with 47 points in the league table. The Club will be looking to extend their seven-game unbeaten run as they travel to the Raymond Copa Stadium to face Angers. Lille is now six points below Rennes in third place and they will have a mountain to climb to secure another campaign in the elite continental competition.
Lille shared spoils 0-0 Ligue 1 with Bordeaux in their previous encounter. In that game, Lille had 66% possession and 22 shots with six of them on target. On the other end, Bordeaux got two shots with none of them on target.
Angers vs Lille head to head
Since 1993 these two teams have had 16 direct encounters. Angers claims six wins, Lille five wins and five matches ended in stalemates.
- Lille 1-1 Angers 06/11/21
- Angers 1-2 Lille 23/05/21
- Lille 1-2 Angers 06/01/21
- Angers 0-2 Lille 07/02/20
- Lille 2-1 Angers 13/09/19
Home
- Lyon 3-2 Angers
- Angers 1-0 Brest
- Angers 0-1 Reims
- Rennes 2-0 Angers
- Angers 1-2 Lens
Away
- Lille 0-0 Bordeaux
- Nantes 0-1 Lille
- Lille 1-2 Chelsea
- Lille 0-0 Saint-Etienne
- Lille 4-0 Clermont Foot
Angers team news
Jimmy Cabot remains out with an injury and will not play this weekend while Nabil Bentaleb is still a doubt as he recovers from injury.
Lille team news
Jocelyn Gourvennec will take the pitch without the services of Renato Sanches, Ivo Grbic and Orestic Karnezic. Timothy Weah will miss out this game through suspension.
Prediction and odds
The visitors are obviously our favorites to win this fixture considering that; Lille has six clean sheets in the last nine Ligue 1 matches and only one for Angers and also Lille lost only twice in their last nine games while Angers suffered eight losses in as many games.
- Lille Win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both teams to score
