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Angers host Nice at Stade Raymond Kopa on Sunday evening, and few fixtures in this Ligue 1 round carry a wider form gap. The hosts sit 15th with eight points from nine matches, winless in four and fresh off a 2-0 defeat at Lyon. Nice arrive eighth on 14 points, riding a 5-2 demolition of second-placed Rennes, and they have won three of the last four league meetings between these sides, including a 2-0 win at this very ground last season.
Elye Wahi is the man the home defence must stop. The Nice striker has five goals and two assists from his last four appearances, with Jonathan Clauss chipping in two goals from wing-back. For Angers, Amine Sbaï carries the main threat, leading the squad with nine shots and most of the set-piece duty. The hot stat belongs to the visitors: Nice have scored 10 goals in their last four league matches, while Angers have conceded 12 in their last four.
| 🏆 Tournament: | Ligue 1 2026/27, Regular Season |
| 🏟 Venue: | Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers |
| 🗓️ Date: | 08.11.2026 |
| ⏰ Time: | 18:15 CEST |
Angers vs Nice prediction
We predict a Nice win, and the away moneyline is our main play. The reasoning is blunt. Angers have lost three of their last four, conceded five goals in two of those defeats and scored just three times across that stretch. Nice have won four of their last five, beating Lille, Strasbourg, Brest and Rennes along the way. Bookmakers give Nice a 47 percent chance on average, and to be honest we think that undersells the gap in current form. We expect the visitors to control territory, win the corner count and break Angers down, perhaps by a 1-3 scoreline.
Style profiles point the same way. Nice attempted 1,832 passes in their last five matches at 85 percent accuracy and won 22 corners, evidence of sustained pressure. Angers managed 1,674 passes and 16 corners, so Stéphane Gilli’s men will likely sit in a mid-block and counter through Sbaï and Prosper Peter. Discipline is the visitors’ main flaw, 14 yellow cards in five games with Niels Nkounkou alone committing nine fouls. Angers committed 41 fouls of their own, and a stop-start, whistle-heavy contest would suit the hosts far more than an open exchange. Nice have also strayed offside 14 times in that run, a by-product of eager runs in behind.
| 🔥Hot Tip: | Nice to win & over 2.5 goals |
| ⚽Total Goals: | Over 2.5 |
| 💥Both Teams To Score: | Yes |
| 🎯Total Corners: | Over 8.5 |
Team Analysis
Angers’ month makes grim reading. A 2-0 home win over Troyes, their only victory in this run, was followed by a 1-5 hammering at Brest, a 2-5 home collapse against Marseille, a goalless draw with Lorient and last weekend’s 2-0 defeat at Lyon where they barely threatened. Anthony Lopes kept the scoreline respectable, yet the pattern repeated itself: deep defending, few shots, no goals. In our preview of Lyon vs Angers we called a comfortable Lyon win, and the 2-0 result delivered exactly that. Scoring remains the core problem for Gilli, with Rao-Lisoa, Peter and El Ouazzani providing the only goals in this stretch.
Nice’s form reads like a different sport. Wins over Lille and Strasbourg bookended a narrow 1-2 loss to Lyon, then came the statement result, a 5-2 win against a Rennes side sitting second. In our preview of Nice vs Rennes we backed Rennes to edge a high-scoring contest, and the 5-2 result went against us, a rare miss we accept given how sharp Nice looked going forward. Olivier Pantaloni has the attack humming, with Clauss and Diop supplying Wahi and Amoura. The caveat sits at the back: Nice have conceded in every one of those five matches, so clean sheets are not their currency.
Most recent Head-to-Head Matches
The recent head-to-head record leans towards Nice. They have won three of the last four league meetings, including a 2-0 win at Raymond Kopa in April, while Angers’ lone success in that span was a 1-0 home victory in December. The four matches produced eight Nice goals and only three for Angers. The aggregate numbers below cover each side’s last five league matches.
| Statistic | Angers | Nice |
|---|---|---|
| Total shots | 36 | 49 |
| Free kicks | 37 | 36 |
| Corner kicks | 16 | 22 |
| Total fouls | 41 | 40 |
| Pass accuracy (%) | 85 | 85 |
| Interceptions | 35 | 35 |
| Offsides | 5 | 14 |
🚨Check out our dedicated Angers vs Nice stats page for more info.
Pre-game odds and win probability: Nice the favourite
- Moneyline Angers 3.45 | Nice 2.06
- Draw 3.70
The market prices Nice at roughly 48 percent once you strip the bookmaker margin, almost exactly the 47 percent average expectation across books. Angers at 3.45 implies about 29 percent, which looks generous for a side that has lost three of four and conceded 12 goals in that run. The draw at 3.70 holds little appeal given how few low-scoring scripts Angers produce, with their matches regularly clearing three goals. We see the value on the away moneyline, and even more on Nice combined with goals.
Possible Starting Lineups
Angers possible starting eleven
- GK: Anthony Lopes
- DF: Carlens Arcus, Joseph Kalulu, Ousmane Camara, Jordan Lefort
- MF: Branco Van den Boomen, Yassine Belkdim, Prosper Peter, Amine Sbaï, Lillian Rao-Lisoa
- FW: Amine El Ouazzani
Lopes starts in goal after ten saves in four matches. Kalulu anchors the back four and leads the squad with eight interceptions, while Arcus brings pace from right-back. Van den Boomen is the metronome with 213 passes in four games, and Belkdim does the screening work. Sbaï operates between Peter and Rao-Lisoa in Gilli’s 4-2-3-1, with El Ouazzani leading the line after his goal against Troyes. Watch Sbaï, whose nine shots and set-piece delivery make him the likeliest home scorer.
Nice possible starting eleven
- GK: Yehvann Diouf
- DF: Mohamed Abdelmoneim, Xavier Mandza, Axel Witsel
- MF: Jonathan Clauss, Youssouf Ndayishimiye, Hicham Boudaoui, Niels Nkounkou
- FW: Sofiane Diop, Mohamed Amoura, Elye Wahi
Diouf keeps goal with 17 saves in four matches, one of the league’s busier keepers. Abdelmoneim, Mandza and Witsel form the back three in Pantaloni’s 3-4-2-1, with Clauss and Nkounkou as attacking wing-backs. Clauss has two goals and an assist, remarkable output for a defender. Ndayishimiye and Boudaoui control the middle, Diop and Amoura support Wahi, whose five goals in four games make him the division’s in-form striker. Watch Clauss’s overlapping runs, they create the second-wave chances that break deep blocks.
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Nice. Source: Official Facebook. Edited photo
The Verdict
We predict Nice to win 1-3 at Stade Raymond Kopa. Everything in the numbers points that way: a bookmaker probability we consider conservative, ten goals in four matches for the visitors against three in four for the hosts, and an Angers defence that has shipped five goals twice inside a month. The value stack is Nice moneyline, over 2.5 goals and both teams to score, since the hosts did find the net against Marseille and Brest in recent home games and Nice concede regularly. Wahi to score anytime is the player angle for those who prefer singles. Angers need a response, but nothing in their last four performances suggests they can produce one against a side this confident in front of goal.
