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Two teams in crisis

This meeting between Angers and Monaco will see two teams facing off against each other in crisis. Angers (20th with 14 points) will play next season in Ligue 2 after losing to Rennes last weekend.

For its part, AS Monaco (4th with 61 points) has just had two heavy losses (3-0 in Lens and 4-0 at home against Montpellier) and lost ground in the qualifying places for the next Ligue des champions. ASM even finds itself under threat from Lille (5th with 59 points) for the race for the Europa League.

Date, time and location of Angers – Monaco

On which channel to watch the Angers – Monaco match?

In France, the meeting between Angers SCO and AS Monaco will be broadcast on Prime Video.

Streaming to see the match Angers – Monaco

In France, it will be possible to see the Angers-Monaco match in streaming on the Prime Video application.

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The probable compositions of Angers – Monaco

For this match, Angers recorded the return of two players: Yan Valery and Halid Sabanovic. On the other hand, Ousmane Camara, hit in the hamstrings against Rennes during the previous day, is forfeited as is Amine Salama (pubalgia), Faouzi Ghoulam (tendonitis).

Pierrick Capelle (thigh), Farid El Melali (knee) and Loïs Diony (cruciate ligaments) are uncertain.

On the Monaco side, Malang Sarr and Breel Embolo are injured and will miss this trip to Angers.

Statistics to know before Angers – Monaco

● Angers have won only one of their last 13 matches against Monaco in Ligue 1 (2 draws, 10 losses), it was on September 25, 2018. The Angevins even remain on 6 defeats in a row against the Monegasques in the ‘elite.

● Already guaranteed relegation, Angers have lost 25 of their 33 matches in Ligue 1 2022-2023, a record at this stage of the season in the history of the competition. The record for defeats in the same exercise for the elite is held by Troyes Sainte-Savine with 28 defeats in 1960-1961.

● Monaco have lost 4 of their last 9 Ligue 1 matches (3 wins, 2 draws), that’s as many as in the previous 34 (24 wins, 6 draws).

● Angers have lost 14 points after opening the scoring in Ligue 1 this season, with only… 14 points in the standings. The SCO lost 57% of the matches where it scored the first goal in 2022-2023 (4/7).

● Angers is the team with the highest negative differential between its actual points in Ligue 1

2022-2023 and its Expected Points (-18.4 – 14 points for 32.4 xPoints). The Expected Points are calculated according to the difference between the Expected Goals for and against of a team on each match of L1.

● Monaco have remained silent in their last 2 matches but have not had 3 games without scoring in the same exercise since October 2010 (3).

● Monaco have conceded 50 goals after 33 Ligue 1 2022-2023 matches, their highest tally at this stage of the season since 1975-1976 (64, relegated at the end of the season). The last team to have conceded so many goals at this stage while appearing in the Top 5 of the championship is Lens in 1976-1977 (2nd in the end).

● Ibrahima Niane could play his 100th match in Ligue 1 (87 with Metz, 12 with Angers). He had scored his first goal in the elite against Monaco, it was with the Garnets in January 2018.

● Monaco captain Wissam Ben Yedder has remained silent in each of his last 5 Ligue 1 matches, but hasn’t had the longest drought in a single top-flight season since August-November 2015 with Toulouse (10) .

_{● Kevin Volland has delivered 6 assists against Angers in Ligue 1 since his arrival in Monaco in the summer of 2020, no player has been more often a passer against the same opponent in the 5 major European championships over the period.}