Angers vs Strasbourg Predictions

Strasbourg picked up their third win of the season last week as they scored early on to beat Nice 1-0 at home. Strasbourg were in fantastic form as they created loads of chances as they put Nice to the sword. They were aided by Racine Coly’s 56th minute red card but the Alsatians were in control of the match before that and fully deserved their win as they made it three wins in their last six matches. 

Strasbourg have had a difficult start to the season after their Europa League qualifiers had them in action as early as July but they’ve finally started to get going in recent weeks. Strasbourg haven’t been awful defensively with their twelve goals conceded being just one less than Lille who sit in third but their lack of goals has harmed them. They have scored just four goals in their last seven games. They have been even worse on the road, with them on a run of five consecutive defeats in all competitions and six matches without a goal.

Angers will be confident of the win here as they host the Alsatians but les Scoistes haven’t been that impressive either in recent weeks. Angers had a blistering start to the season and sat second just behind PSG rather early on but that has since all fallen to the wayside as they are winless in their last five games, losing three and drawing two. They have failed to score in their last three league games and even though they showed a bit more fight in their cup game on Wednesday, they still lost 3-2 to Amiens. 

Angers will be happy to return home for this match as they have been considerably better at home this season, losing just one of their last six games at the Stade Raymond Kopa. That defeat came against Brest but Angers were extremely unlucky not to win as they dominated the match in truth. 

Strasbourg may have won last week but it was against a very poor Nice side and with the Alsatians in such poor form on the road, we’re backing the home team to get the victory here. Angers have been playing rather well recently with little reward but with them back at their home ground we’re backing them to get the three points. Angers won 2-1 when these teams last met and with Strasbourg goalless in their last six away days we’re predicting the home side to win 1-0. Angers got a clean sheet last week against Montpellier and should have got one against Brest so a 1-0 scoreline is what we’re expecting here.