📊 Form Guide

Angers SCO

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Angers SCO will be wanting a better result here following the 5-1 Ligue 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of RC Lens.

In that game, Angers SCO managed 43% possession and 16 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Angers SCO was Lanroy Machine (62'). For their opponents, Lens got 26 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Florian Thauvin (13'), Odsonne Édouard (25', 48'), Mamadou Sangaré (39') and Matthieu Udol (72') scored for RC Lens.

Angers SCO have been quite ineffective in attack in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 2 vs opposition teams over the course of their previous six fixtures. In those meetings, Angers SCO have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 12. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this game, though.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Angers SCO:

• haven't won against Lyon in their last 6 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Lyon

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Monaco in Ligue 1 competition, Lyon will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Lyon had 56% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Lyon was Pavel Šulc (42'). Monaco got 21 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Maghnes Akliouche (62') and Folarin Balogun (72') scored for Monaco.

Looking at their form, and Lyon have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 8 goals overall. At the back, Lyon certainly have room for improvement.

Pre-game facts show that Lyon:

• have not lost to Angers SCO when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at past results between these clubs stretching back to 03/04/2022 reveals that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Angers SCO. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins whatsoever whereas Lyon have been too good for them, winning in 100 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

20 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 from Les Scoïstes and 17 netted by Lyon. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The previous league clash between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 5 on 19/09/2025 when the final score was Lyon 1-0 Angers SCO.

That time, Lyon managed 67% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Tanner Tessmann (65').

On the other side, Angers SCO had 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Clément Turpin.

📰 Team News: Angers SCO

In all likelihood, Les Scoïstes will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Herve Koffi, Lilian Rao-Lisoa, Ousmane Camara, Jordan Lefort, Florent Hanin, Haris Belkebla, B. van den, Yassin Belkhdim, Louis Mouton, Amine Sbai and Goduine Koyalipou.

📋 Team News: Lyon

Lyon manager Paulo Fonseca has not got a full squad to pick from. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Adductor pain), Ruben Kluivert (Muscle injury), Ernest Nuamah (Cruciate ligament tear), Rémi Himbert (Ankle injury) and Noham Kamara (Adductor pain) will not be playing here. Nicolás Tagliafico is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We reckon that Lyon could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Dominik Greif, A. Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Moussa Niakhate, Abner, Tanner Tessmann, Corentin Tolisso, Endrick, Noah Nartey, Afonso Moreira and Pavel Sulc.

🔮 Prediction

Our feeling is that Angers SCO have the capability to score against this Lyon team, however a single goal likely won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

Therefore, we’re predicting a 1-2 winning score for Lyon at the end of the match. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Renata Leite, 12:05 05/04/2026