Angers SCO and Lorient are going to play on Sunday the 1st of January at 3:00 pm in the 17th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Angers at the Stade Raymond Kopa. The referee will be Florent Batta.
Angers SCO is in the 20th position in the standings with 8 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Ajaccio in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won twice, drawn twice, and lost 12 times.
Lorient occupies the 7th place in the table with 28 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Angers SCO
Angers SCO has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 37.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 5-3-2 (5 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times) and 4-4-2 (2 times).
Abdelaziz Bouhazama is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: P. Bernardoni, S. Doumbia, C. Hountondji, M. Blažič, Y. Valery, B. Mendy, H. Abdelli, A. Sima, F. El Melali and S. Salama.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Angers SCO would be 25.67.
Abdelaziz Bouhazama will probably not be able to employ N. Bentaleb because of injury.
Y. Fofana, I. Amadou, A. Ounahi, S. Boufal, L. Diony and U. Eneme Ella will definitely miss the match.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 56.25%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-3-3 (4 times) and 4-1-4-1 (3 times).
Régis Le Bris is expected to play against Angers SCO with the following players: V. Mannone, V. Le Goff, J. Hergault, P. Pagis, L. Abergel, E. Le Fée, D. Faissal Ouattara, J. Ponceau, S. Diarra, B. Mouazan and T. Moffi.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Lorient would be 27.40.
J. Laporte and T. Le Bris will definitely miss the match.
