The matchday 23 Ligue 1 clash between Angers SCO and Lille Olympique Sporting Club will take place on 22 February at the Raymond Kopa Stadium. Angers SCO vs Lille Olympique Sporting Club: prediction, betting odds and statistics.
Angers SCO
The club had not conceded in three straight league matches. However, in the previous round, the home team visited Lorient and shipped two unanswered goals, losing 0:2. That defeat also ended a three-match unbeaten run in Ligue 1 (two wins and one draw). The team sit 11th in the standings, holding a comfortable 12-point cushion over the bottom three. It is also worth noting that Angers SCO matches are among the lowest-scoring in the league, with an average of 2.2 goals per game.
- No more than two goals were scored in the club’s previous four Ligue 1 matches.
- Angers SCO have not lost in six of their last eight home league games (five wins and one draw).
- The team have not lost the second half in 12 straight home Ligue 1 matches (six wins and six draws).
Potential Angers SCO Lineup (4-5-1)*
Herve Koffi – Ousmane Camara, Carlens Arcus, Jordan Lefort, Jacques Ekomie – Louis Mouton, Branco van den Boomen, Haris Belkebla, Yassine Belkhdim, Lilian Rao-Lisoa – Goduine Koyalipou.
Defender Carlens Arcus is unavailable due to suspension, while forward Aruna Djibirin is out with an injury.
Lille Olympique Sporting Club
The team have gone six Ligue 1 matches without a win. In that run, the club first suffered four defeats, before drawing twice. In the last two rounds, Lille Olympique Sporting Club played out a 0:0 draw with Metz and also shared the spoils with Brest (1:1). It is also worth noting that over the last six league matches, the club have scored just two goals. Even so, the team are still in a strong fifth place, six points adrift of the Champions League spots.
- The team have failed to score in their last three away games in Ligue 1.
- At least one of the sides failed to score in eight of Lille Olympique Sporting Club’s previous nine away league matches.
- The club have not won the second half in eight straight Ligue 1 matches (five draws and three defeats).
Potential Lille Olympique Sporting Club Lineup (4-5-1)*
Berke Ozer – Ayoub Bouaddi, Romain Perraud, Chancel Mbemba, Alessandro – Benjamin Andre, Soriba Diaoune, Haukon Haraldsson, Felix Correia, Ngalayel Mukau – Matias Fernandez-Pardo.
Out injured are forward Hamza Igamane (out for the rest of the season), midfielders Ethan Mbappe, defenders Alessandro, Thomas Meunier and Ousmane Toure, as well as goalkeeper Marc-Aurel Caillard.
Referee
Mathieu Vernice (France)
Matches – 8 (Ligue 1, 2025/26);
Yellow cards shown (including second bookings) – 36;
Yellow cards per match – 4.5;
Red cards shown – 4;
Fouls per match – 29;
Penalties – 13%.
Angers SCO vs Lille Olympique Sporting Club: Match Prediction
The sides are separated by six places in the standings. However, current form looks far more encouraging for the hosts, who are only in mid-table for now. Angers SCO have suffered just one defeat in their last four matches. Since mid-October last year, the club have never gone on a run of three or more Ligue 1 defeats. In addition, the team have conceded more than once only five times in their previous 15 league games.
Lille Olympique Sporting Club have now gone six straight league matches without a win. What is more, throughout that spell the club have not scored more than one goal in any game. It is also worth noting that in their last seven away Ligue 1 matches, the team have managed only two wins, and failed to score in the other five. Finally, Angers SCO have avoided defeat six times in the last nine head-to-head meetings at this ground (four wins and two draws).
Prediction: Angers SCO, double chance
* For each team, the starting XI is the lineup from their last match in this competition.
