Lorient and Angers SCO are going to clash on Sunday the 16th of January at 3:00 pm in the 21st week of the Ligue 1. The match will take place in Lorient at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir. The referee will be Johan Hamel.
Lorient sits in the 18th position in the league with 16 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 3 times, draw 7 times, and lost 9 times.
Angers SCO occupies the 12th position in the table with 25 points. It comes from a 4-1 loss against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 6 times, draw 7 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 57.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (11 times), 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (once), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Christophe Pélissier is expected to play against Angers SCO with the following players: P. Nardi, V. Le Goff, M. Jenz, J. Laporte, H. Mendes, E. Le Fée, L. Abergel, T. Monconduit, A. Grbic, T. Moffi and A. Lauriente.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Lorient would be 26.55.
J. Morel, S. Diarra, F. Lemoine and D. Faissal Ouattara will definitely miss the match.
Angers SCO
Angers SCO has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 63.16%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (12 times), 3-5-2 (4 times), 5-3-2 (once), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Gérald Baticle is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: D. Petković, I. Traoré, R. Thomas, B. Mendy, S. Doumbia, P. Capelle, T. Mangani, J. Cabot, A. Fulgini, B. Brahimi and M. Cho.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Angers SCO would be 28.27.
E. Ebosse, A. Ounahi, S. Bahoken and S. Boufal will definitely miss the match.
