Ligue 1 Gameweek 8 Sun, Oct 25 · 16:15 Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers
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Our take

Lorient are slight favourites.

Lorient are the stronger side on L90 Strength (34 vs 19). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Lorient. Angers have 7.1 days of rest, Lorient 7 and have to travel 214 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel214 kmRest days7.1 · 7Matches / 14d1 · 1
Angers29%
Draw25%
Lorient47%
Expected goals 1.32 – 1.73
Angers32%
Draw27%
Lorient41%
Expected goals 1.25 – 1.43
Angers29%
Draw25%
Lorient47%
Expected goals 1.32 – 1.73
Angers22%
Draw23%
Lorient55%
Expected goals 1.18 – 1.93
Angers29%
Draw24%
Lorient47%
Expected goals 1.35 – 1.78
Over 2.5 59% Both score 61% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 32 minutes ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Angers)
16°COvercast
  • Precipitation 53%
  • Wind 17 km/h
  • Humidity 63%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Angers and Lorient. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

AngersLorient
19 L90 StrengthIn forecast 34
19 Current StrengthIn forecast 34
22 AttackIn forecast 28
12 DefenceIn forecast 45
16 Form indexContext 69
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Angers

Attack−5%
Defense risk−14%

Lorient

Attack+43%
Defense risk−21%

Changes versus each team's league-average baseline. Higher attack and lower defense risk are favorable.

Playing style

AngersLorient
1.29 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
2.14 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.86
1.79 xGVia Att/Def 1.16
2.30 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.08
-0.50 Goals minus xGContext -0.16
71% Scored inContext 86%
29% Clean sheetsContext 57%
13.29 ShotsContext 9.86
3.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.43
23% On target shareContext 35%
9.00 Shots in the boxContext 6.71
68% Box shareContext 70%
10% ConversionContext 10%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.25
17.29 Shots allowedContext 13.86
6.57 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.71
3.86 BlocksContext 4.71
4.71 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.33
72% Save rateContext 83%
49% PossessionIn forecast 46%
420 PassesContext 482
353 Accurate passesContext 408
84% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.73 Team ratingContext 6.86
10.57 FoulsContext 9.29
13.00 Fouls sufferedContext 15.14
1.57 Yellow cardsContext 1.14
0.14 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.30
2.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.52 xGVia Att/Def 1.24
1.96 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.16
-0.32 Goals minus xGContext +0.06
80% Scored inContext 80%
20% Clean sheetsContext 50%
12.10 ShotsContext 9.80
3.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.40
25% On target shareContext 35%
8.30 Shots in the boxContext 6.10
68% Box shareContext 65%
10% ConversionContext 13%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.43
17.10 Shots allowedContext 13.60
6.60 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.80
3.50 BlocksContext 4.78
4.80 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.22
73% Save rateContext 81%
46% PossessionIn forecast 46%
394 PassesContext 458
328 Accurate passesContext 390
83% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.71 Team ratingContext 6.83
10.00 FoulsContext 9.10
12.20 Fouls sufferedContext 13.40
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.30
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Angers
Rest7.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 16 · 4 pts vs 8.7 for an average club · -2.0 vs expected
  • L18 OctH · Marseille2–51.0 xPts
  • L10 OctA · Stade Brestois 291–50.9 xPts
  • W19 SepH · Estac Troyes2–01.8 xPts
  • D12 SepA · LE Havre0–01.2 xPts
  • L6 SepH · Rennes1–21.1 xPts
Lorient
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel214 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 69 · 10 pts vs 7.7 for an average club · +4.0 vs expected
  • W18 OctH · Monaco1–01.2 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Paris FC1–01.4 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Le Mans1–21.3 xPts
  • D12 SepH · Toulouse2–21.6 xPts
  • W5 SepA · Lens1–00.6 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Angers Lorient
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7.1Ligue 1 2026-2027, 18 Oct7Ligue 1 2026-2027, 18 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km214 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 20 / 1 / 2
Next matchdays after this one6.16.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Angers Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Marseille (H) 2–5, 18 Oct
1A. Lopes(G)
27L. Rao-Lisoa 34Maël Gernigon 24E. Biumla 2C. Arcus
8B. van den Boomen 14Y. Belkhdim
10M. Sbaï 6L. Mouton 18J. Allevinah
19A. El Ouazzani
Lorient Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Monaco (H) 1–0, 18 Oct
38Y. Mvogo(G)
95S. Touré 3M. Talbi 32N. Adjei
43Arsène Kouassi 62A. Avom 8Noah Cadiou 20D. Sylla
33Gabin Bernardeau 17J. Makengo
18I. Baldé

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Angers No reported absences
Lorient No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Angers+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Lorient+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Angers · Home 0.75points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
1-0-3
Scored
1.25
Conceded
2.25
Lorient · Away 1.33points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
1-1-1
Scored
0.67
Conceded
0.67

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 1 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

2 Angers wins2 draws2 Lorient wins
Goals per game0.67 – 0.67 Over 2.517% Both scored17% Clean sheets67% · 50%
  • 15 Feb 2026Lorient2–0Angers
  • 26 Oct 2025Angers2–0Lorient
  • 5 Feb 2023Lorient0–0Angers
  • 1 Jan 2023Angers1–2Lorient
  • 16 Jan 2022Lorient0–0Angers
  • 21 Nov 2021Angers1–0Lorient

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Angers7 games · scored 9 · conceded 15
2 3 0-15
3 16-30
2 5 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 61-75
1 2 76-90
Lorient7 games · scored 7 · conceded 6
1 0-15
1 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 1 61-75
1 76-90
Angers10 games · scored 12 · conceded 20
2 4 0-15
3 16-30
2 6 31-45
3 3 46-60
3 2 61-75
2 2 76-90
Lorient10 games · scored 13 · conceded 10
1 2 0-15
1 1 16-30
2 2 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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