ANGERS. Nantes had a comfortable win over Angers SCO. Nantes scored with A. Girotto (3′), L. Blas (6′), R. Kolo Muani (23′) and L. Blas (79′). On the other side, I. Traore (10′) scored for Angers SCO. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (66%).
The match was played at the Stade Raymond-Kopa (Angers) stadium in Angers on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. In front of 9,046 spectators. The referee was Amaury Delerue with the help of Alexandre Viala and Djemel Zitouni. The 4th official was Ludovic Genest. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.4 degrees Celsius or 68.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Angers SCO started with an extremely aggressive line-up. On the opposite side, Nantes adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Angers SCO – Formation
Angers SCO
10'
71'
45'
The manager Gérald Baticle decided to play with the following team: Paul Bernardoni , Vincent Manceau , Ismaël Traoré , Romain Thomas , Jimmy Cabot , Batista Mendy , Thomas Mangani , Souleyman Doumbia , Mohamed-Ali Cho , Angelo Fulgini and Sofiane Boufal .
The home team had on the bench: Casimir Ninga, Waniss Taibi, Azzeddine Ounahi , Stéphane Bahoken , Enzo Ebosse, Mathias Pereira Lage , Danijel Petković, Pierrick Capelle and Farid El Melali .
Best player: Jimmy Cabot
The player that probably impressed the most for Angers SCO was Jimmy Cabot.
His rating is with 55 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 21. He performed 4 crosses.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
On the opposite side, Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , Fábio , Andrei Girotto , Nicolas Pallois , Charles Traoré , Wylan Cyprien , Pedro Chirivella , Osman Bukari , Ludovic Blas , Moses Simon and Randal Kolo Muani .
They had on the bench: Dennis Appiah, Sébastien Corchia , Roli Pereira De Sa, Marcus Coco , Rémy Descamps, Kalifa Coulibaly , Samuel Moutoussamy , Willem Geubbels and Quentin Merlin .
Nantes could not rely on the presence of S. Corchia (injured).
Best player: Randal Kolo Muani
The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Randal Kolo Muani.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 22. He performed 1 cross.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 10 Total 9
- 6 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 119 Attack 103
- 54 Dangerous attack 44
- 74 Ball safe 70
- 0 Penalties 1
- 10 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Angers SCO was in firm control of the ball 66% while Nantes was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Angers SCO was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Nantes was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Angers SCO shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Nantes shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Angers SCO received 2 yellow cards (A. Fulgini and T. Mangani). On the other side, Nantes received 2 yellow cards (M. Simon and P. Chirivella).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Angers SCO will stay with 11 points to stay in the 4th place. On the other side, Nantes will have 7 points like Reims and Strasbourg to stay in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Angers SCO will host Olympique Marseille on the 22nd of September with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (6 draws).
Nantes will host Brest on the 22nd of September with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Nantes (1 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Nantes – 1-4
- Clermont – Brest – 1-1
- Olympique Marseille – Rennes – 2-0
- Nice – Monaco – 2-2
- Paris Saint Germain – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-1
- Reims – Lorient – 0-0
- Troyes – Montpellier – 1-1
