STRASBOURG. Strasbourg managed to find the solution against Angers SCO to win 2-1. H. Diallo was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Strasbourg to strike first with a goal of Habib Diallo at the 14′. Then Habib Diallo scored again for Strasbourg in the 43′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Nabil Bentaleb reduced the distance for Angers SCO a penalty (74′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Angers SCO was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Stade de la Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was François Letexier with the support of Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Louis Lungeri. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.2 degrees Celsius or 52.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Angers SCO had a strong ball possession 63% while Strasbourg was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Strasbourg was putting more pressure with 38 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Strasbourg won the match.​

Angers SCO shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Strasbourg shot 18 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Angers SCO received 3 yellow cards (Pierrick Capelle, Cédric Hountondji and O. Camara). On the opposite side, Strasbourg received 3 yellow cards (Maxime Le Marchand, Eduard Sobol and Alexander Djiku).

Standings

After playing this match, Angers SCO will stay with 10 points to remain in the 20th place. On the other side, Strasbourg will have 21 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Angers SCO will play away with Montpellier on the 5th of March with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Montpellier (6 draws).

Strasbourg will play away agasint Clermont on the 26th of February with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Strasbourg (4 draws).

Angers SCO – Formation

Angers SCO started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Frédéric Antonetti decided to play with the following team: Paul Bernardoni (6.9), Yan Valery (7.0), Cédric Hountondji (6.2), Miha Blažič (7.2), Faouzi Ghoulam (6.9), Himad Abdelli (6.5), Pierrick Capelle (6.3), Nabil Bentaleb (7.3), Souleyman Doumbia (6.2), Abdallah Sima (6.2) and Ibrahima Niane (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ibrahim Amadou, Theo Borne, Ousmane Camara (6.8), Amine Salama (6.6), Sada Thioub, Abdoulaye Bamba, Halid Šabanović, Adrien Hunou and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya.

Substitutions

Angers SCO made 2 changes: Souleyman Doumbia for Salama Salama (56′) and Miha Blazic for Ousmane Camara (63′).

Best player: Nabil Bentaleb​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Angers SCO was Nabil Bentaleb.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 98 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Strasbourg – Formation

Strasbourg started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Abdelaziz Bouhazama played with: Matz Sels (6.2), Ismael Doukoure (6.7), Alexander Djiku (7.0), Maxime Le Marchand (7.1), Frédéric Guilbert (7.3), Morgan Sanson (7.2), Ibrahima Sissoko (7.0), Dimitri Liénard (7.4), Eduard Sobol (6.2), Habib Diallo (9.2) and Kévin Gameiro (6.8).

They had on the bench: Yuito Suzuki, Robin Risser, Sanjin Prcić (6.4), Nordine Kandil, Lucas Perrin, Lebo Mothiba, Colin Dagba (6.5), Franci Bouebari and Dany Jean.

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 4 changes: M. Sanson for Sanjin Prcić (67′), Kévin Gameiro for Colin Dagba (80′), Habib Diallo for Lebo Mothiba (90′) and Dimitri Liénard for Lucas Perrin (90′).

Best player: Habib Diallo​

The most impressive player for Strasbourg was Habib Diallo.

His rating is (9.2) with 2 goals, 16 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Strasbourg – Angers SCO – 2-1
• Nice – Reims – 0-0