Angers SCO v Nice Match Preview, 02/04/2023

Match Facts

1. Following their 1-0 victory in the reverse fixture at Allianz Riviera, Angers will be looking to do the top-flight double over Nice for the first time.
2. Angers have only won once in their seven Ligue 1 home games against Nice in the 21st century (D3 L3), it was on 16 February 2019 (3-0).
3. Angers have lost 22 of their first 28 Ligue 1 2022-23 games (W2 D4), the highest tally ever at this stage of the competition. They have failed to win their last 20 top-flight encounters (D2 L18), only two teams have had a longer winless run in a single L1 campaign in the 21st century: Arles-Avignon (23 in 2010-11) and Troyes (21 in 2015-16).
4. Nice are unbeaten in their last 11 Ligue 1 games (W6 D5), losing for the last time on 2 January at Rennes (1-2). However, OGCN have won just seven points in their last five L1 encounters, after picking up 16 points from their first six under Didier Digard.
5. Winless in their last 10 Ligue 1 home games (D1 L9), Angers could go 11 successive home matches without a top-flight win for the first time (also 10 between December 1993-May 1994).
6. Nice have picked up 11 points in five Ligue 1 away games under Didier Digard (W3 D2), only one fewer than in their nine under Lucien Favre this season (W3 D3 L3).
7. Angers have conceded 63 goals after 28 Ligue 1 games this season, only Bordeaux in 2021-22 (68) have conceded more at this stage of the competition in the 21st century.
8. Nice have conceded 11 goals in the second half in Ligue 1 this season, fewer than any other team, while Angers have scored just 13 goals after half time in the top-flight in 2022-23, only Ajaccio have scored fewer in the second 45 (12).
9. Over the last 75 seasons, two players have played 20+ Ligue 1 games without winning any of them and they both playing for Angers: Amine Salama (25 – D4 L21) and Himad Abdelli (20 – D2 L18).
10. Billal Brahimi is the player with the most shots attempted as a substitute in Ligue 1 in 2023 (13). No player has more shots on target (4) and goals scored (3) after being subbed on than the Nice winger in the top-flight this year.