Ajaccio-Angers is a Ligue 1 Week 16 match and is played on Wednesday at 15:00: statistics, likely formations, predictions.
Angers fans may have wondered during the World Cup how it is possible that after fifteen days in the league their team lies in last place in the Ligue 1 table. In the ranks of the Loire club are two of the great protagonists of the World Cup, Moroccans Azzedine Ounahi and Sofiane Boufal.
Both protagonists of the historic ride of Walid Regragui’s Morocco, who achieved a legendary fourth place in Qatar, they are now among the most sought-after players in Europe. Especially the 22-year old midfielder, who is also desired by many Italian clubs. Angers will hardly have the strength to resist the assaults that could materialise as early as the winter football session. Ounahi and Boufal meanwhile should not be available for the salvation clash with Ajaccio, which opens the 16th day of the French top league. Angers’ situation is dramatic: during the break, coach Gerard Baticle was relieved of his duties and for the time being, the coach Abdel Bouhazama is on the bench. The team has only eight points in the league table, is fresh from seven consecutive defeats and has the most beaten defence in the tournament.
Ajaccio have four more points and are also entangled in the fight for relegation, but have shown encouraging signs in the last two days, such as their 4-2 victory over Strasbourg, a direct competitor. After the victory over the Alsatians, the Corsican capital club had snatched a precious draw at home to Nantes (2-2). Olivier Pantaloni’ men paid the price for their poor start: the approach to the category could not have been more complicated, with only one point won in the first seven matches.
The Ajaccio players’ jubilation after a goal
The Prediction
Ajaccio appeared to be on the up in mid-November and seems to have a better chance of taking home at least a point in this delicate salvation clash with Angers, who are without their two best players. The total goals are likely to be at least two.
Ajaccio-Angers matchday squad
- AJACCIO (4-4-2): Leroy; Youssouf, Mangani, Diallo, Alphonse; Nouri, Marchetti, Coutadeur, Belaïli; El Idrissy, Hamouma.
- ANGERS (5-3-2): Bernardoni; El Melali, Blazic, Hountondji, Valery, Doumbia; Bentaleb, Hunou, Mendy; Sima, Salama.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
