2026/2027 season

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Angers SCO
Head coach: Stéphane Gilli · 4-2-3-1
Rank
13th
Pts
7
P
6
Form
🟡 Average

The essentials at a glance

The summary of this page: estimated level of play, form trend and qualitative verdict. For the details, head to the other tabs.

Editors' ratings
3/10
Attack
4/10
Defence
5/10
Form
5/10
Confidence / mood
Current risk:High

13th with 7 pts from 6 matches: 2 wins, 1 draw, 3 defeats.

7 goals scored, 10 conceded.

This Sunday, we are entitled to a poster between Angers and the OM on behalf of the 7th day of Ligue 1. In front of his audience, Angers articulates in a 4-3-3 diagram. Anthony Lopes is in the (...)

Foot Mercato · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Good afternoon and welcome to the live narrative of the Ligue 1 football game facing the Angers against Marseilles for Day 7. From the Sports World, we offer you all the coverage minute to minute, the previous, the alignations, the best games and goals of the encounter and the result with all the reactions to the post match.

Mundo Deportivo · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

14th of Ligue 1, the OM is facing its downside neighbour, the SCO of Angers (13th) this Sunday. This is what Bruno Genesio and Stéphane Gilli should book for this meeting.Tomeur de (...)

Foot Mercato · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Bruno Genesio unveiled this morning the group selected for the trip to Angers, this Sunday at 15:00. A group always (...)

Foot Mercato · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

How the team has played recently

Match-by-match results, record and rhythm of the current season.

Latest matches
Lvs Stade Brestois 29 (A) · 1-5
Wvs ES Troyes AC (H) · 2-0
Dvs Le Havre AC (A) · 0-0
Lvs Stade Rennais FC 1901 (H) · 1-2
Wvs AJ Auxerre (A) · 3-1
WWDLLL
7 scored / 10 conceded over 6 matches played
Rest: 8 days since the last match · 1 match played in the last 15 days
Home form
1W - 0D - 2L
Away form
1W - 1D - 1L
Statistics

Computed from this season's scores, every time the page is shown.

Goals scored per match
1.4
Goals conceded per match
1.6
At home
3 scored · 2 conceded in 2 matches
Away
4 scored · 6 conceded in 3 matches
Over 2.5 goals
3 of 5
Both teams score
3 of 5
Clean sheets
2 of 5
Failed to score
1 of 5
Cumulative points vs league average

Not enough matchdays recorded yet for this curve — history builds up with every standings refresh.

How Angers SCO play

System, playing identity, and what sets the team apart at both ends of the pitch.

Playing identity
Preferred system
4-2-3-1
Philosophy
A survival mission for the 3rd consecutive season, Gilli succeeds Dujeux, who has left for Lorient.
Attacking strengths
No goals scored in the 1st match.
Defensive solidity
2 goals conceded against an in-form Lille side.
Pressing
Not precisely documented.
Transitions
Not precisely documented.
StrengthAmine Sbaï identified as a strong attacking point (man of the match according to the specialist press ratings).
WeaknessOverall lack of attacking efficiency.

The mood around the club, and who is missing

Internal climate, relationship with the supporters, and known absences before the next match.

Mood
Squad confidence
The comeback win at Auxerre (3-1) got Angers's season going and vindicated Stéphane Gilli's early decisions, his substitutions having been decisive. SCO are back in front of their own crowd on Sunday for what would be their first home win of the campaign, against a Stade Rennais side still finding its feet. Training resumed as early as Tuesday afternoon, the club stating that objective openly. The context is a summer of heavy sales, with a transfer balance of close to €24m, which forces the staff to do a great deal through the collective.
Coach / players / board relationship
Stéphane Gilli, who arrived after Alexandre Dujeux left for Lorient, immediately got a benchmark result away from home. The board left him a squad reshaped and weakened by the sales of Sidiki Chérif and Jacques Ekomié, while adding Joseph Kalulu late in the window. In parallel the club continues to back its academy, with midfielder Jules Bouffandeau's professional contract until 2030. No public disagreement between staff and executives has been reported.
Mood with the supporters
SCO have launched “Season-ticket holder of the month”, a loyalty scheme that each month rewards a season-ticket holder drawn at random with prizes and a visit to the Baumette training centre; the first recipient, ten-year-old Gaspard, received his gifts from Haris Belkebla. Tickets for Rennes's visit went on general sale with a package deal including Troyes's visit, from 17 euros for children. The club is highlighting the aim of a first home win to fill the Raymond-Kopa. The mood remains wait-and-see but healthy, carried by a better start to the season than feared.
Pressure on the head coach
It is low. Gilli won his first league match away from home and has not yet been judged on a home game. The club publicly embraces an objective of survival for a third consecutive season, which frames expectations. A setback against Rennes on Sunday would not change the picture at this stage of the season.
Club objectives
Survival for a third year running, with a business model built on selling: close to €24m of positive balance this summer, nine departures for seven arrivals. The academy remains the indispensable complement, as Jules Bouffandeau's first professional contract and the good results of the U19s and U17s at the end of August show. The club has also structured its relationship with season-ticket holders through a new monthly event. The immediate fixture is Rennes's visit, then a busy October with Brest, Marseille and Lorient.
Recent internal tensions
No tension reported. The point to watch remains squad depth after a window heavy on sales, in a league where SCO will again have to rely on their young players.
Absences
DoubtfulNon documenté précisément pour ce match — No reliable list of injured/suspended players could be confirmed for matchday 1.

Before kick-off

What to know before the next match: statistical form, qualitative analysis, and a computed estimate of the 1/X/2 probabilities.

Next match

Angers SCO — Olympique de Marseille

At homeSunday 18 October at 15:00Matchday 7
It's today. Kick-off time confirmed by the league. Paris time · football-data.org fixtures.

Prediction, odds and form of both teams →

What the press says
  • DIRECT. Angers-OM: suivez le match de la 7e journée de Ligue 1 en liveThree days after a new disillusionment against Olympiacos in the Europa League (0-1), Olympique de Marseille will try to bounce back this Sunday on Angers' lawn in Ligue 1 (15h). A second-game duel between the 13th and 14th of the championship.RMC Sport · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated
  • Angers - OM : les compositions officiellesThis Sunday, we are entitled to a poster between Angers and the OM on behalf of the 7th day of Ligue 1. In front of his audience, Angers articulates in a 4-3-3 diagram. Anthony Lopes is in the (...)Foot Mercato · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated
  • Angers - OM : les compositions probables14th of Ligue 1, the OM is facing its downside neighbour, the SCO of Angers (13th) this Sunday. This is what Bruno Genesio and Stéphane Gilli should book for this meeting.Tomeur de (...)Foot Mercato · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated
  • OM : le groupe face à Angers toujours sans HøjbjergL-OM wants to capitalize on its success against Troyes last weekend (0-2). Bruno Genesio unveiled this morning the group selected for the trip to Angers, this Sunday at 15:00. A group always (...)Foot Mercato · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated
Prediction
EstimateAngers SCO — Olympique de Marseille
32 %
1 · Angers SCO
24 %
X · draw
44 %
2 · Olympique de Marseille
In-house calculation, from this page's standings data alone: 6 matches played by Angers SCO, 6 matches by Olympique de Marseille. Confidence: medium
The formula, in plain words — with this match's figures
  1. League average. 170 goals scored over 116 team-matches played (18 teams taken into account), i.e. μ = 1.47 goal scored per team per match. This is the reference point: everything that follows is expressed relative to it.
  2. Attacking and defensive strengths. Goals scored (or conceded) per match, divided by μ. 1.00 = exactly average; in defence, above 1.00 means “concedes more than average”.
    TeamGoalsRawKept
    Angers SCO — attack7 in 6 matches0.800.90
    Angers SCO — defence10 in 6 matches1.141.07
    Olympique de Marseille — attack9 in 6 matches1.021.01
    Olympique de Marseille — defence8 in 6 matches0.910.95
    The “Kept” column is the result of shrinkage towards the mean: weight = P / (P + 6), i.e. 0.50 for Angers SCO and 0.50 for Olympique de Marseille. The rest of the weight goes to the league average. This is what stops a lone 5-0 from producing an attack at 3.3 times the average — and hence a 95% probability.
  3. Home advantage (γ). Measured on the league itself: 1.61 goal scored on average by the host against 1.30 by the visitor, over the 46 fixtures present in each team's last 5 matches. Raw ratio 1.24; shrunk towards 1 (weight 0.42, on the log of the ratio) then capped at 1.25 → γ = 1.10. Shrinkage goes towards 1, i.e. no advantage at all: while the sample is small, the model does not assert a home advantage it cannot measure.
  4. Venue correction, specific to each team. Drawn from the home/away split: points per match at the venue concerned are compared to points per match over all fixtures, with stronger shrinkage (weight = P / (P + 8)) and a bound of ±12%.
    Angers SCO at home: 1.00 pts/match versus 1.17 overall over 3 matches → ×0.961
    Olympique de Marseille away: 1.00 pts/match versus 1.00 overall over 3 matches → ×1.000
  5. Expected goals. One side's attack is set against the other's defence. γ applies to the host only: applying it the other way round too would count the home advantage twice.
    λAngers SCO = 1.47 × 0.90 × 0.95 × 1.10 × 0.961 = 1.32
    λOlympique de Marseille = 1.47 × 1.01 × 1.07 × 1.000 = 1.58
  6. Poisson grid. Probability of every exact score from 0-0 to 8-8, assuming the two goal totals are independent, then adding up the cells: home win 31.9%, draw 24.5%, away win 43.5% — displayed rounded to whole numbers so that they add up to exactly 100. Most likely exact score in the grid: 1-1 (only 11.4%, which says enough about how unpredictable an exact score is).
Limits of this model — they are not anecdotal.
  • It only knows goals and a venue. Neither absences, suspensions, line-ups, fatigue, stakes, weather nor club context enter the calculation — while the other tabs of this page show that they matter.
  • The assumption that the two goal totals are independent is false in reality: it slightly underestimates tight scores, hence the draw.
  • γ is measured over a rolling window (each team's last 5 matches), not over the whole season.
  • The shrinkage constants (6, 60, 8) and the bounds are choices, not measurements. They were tuned to be cautious early in the season; they were not calibrated on a results history, as none is available here.
  • No after-the-fact evaluation has been made: at this stage, nobody knows whether this model is better or worse calibrated than another.
What other sources say
No external source has been collected for this match. That is the normal state: readings are taken by hand, and an empty box is better than an unverified figure.
This block shows probability estimates, not predictions, and carries no advisory value. The in-house estimate is the result of a formula applied to a small sample; the figures from external sources are reproduced as they were collected, without their method having been verified.

The full squad

The professional squad by position, captain marked with an armband.

Goalkeepers
  • Anthony Lopes
  • Oumar Pona
  • Melvin Zinga
Defenders
  • Carlens Arcus
  • Emmanuel Biumla
  • Ousmane Camara
  • Joseph Kalulu
  • Maël Gernigon
  • Jordan Lefort
  • Marius Louër
  • Lilian Raolisoa
Midfielders
  • Haris BelkeblaC
  • Yassin Belkhdim
  • Jules Bouffandeau
  • Bané Diatta
  • Louis Mouton
  • Branco van den Boomen
Forwards
  • Jim Allevinah
  • Anthony Bermont
  • Mamadou Diallo
  • Amine El Ouazzani
  • Djibirin Harouna
  • Prosper Peter
  • Amine Sbaï
  • Usman Simbakoli
25 of the 31 officially listed players could be classified by position; 6 additional players (youngsters in the professional squad or long-term injured) could not be extracted.
Squad last verified on 30 Aug 2026 — source: angers-sco.fr (official website); captain confirmed by angers-sco.fr.

What has been said recently

Chronological feed of verified information about the club.

rss18 Oct 2026
Angers - OM: official compositions
Source: Foot Mercato
rss18 Oct 2026
Angers - Marseille, live - 124; Ligue 1
Source: Mundo Deportivo
rss18 Oct 2026
DIRECT. Angers-OM: Follow the 7th day game of Ligue 1 live
Source: RMC Sport
rss18 Oct 2026
Angers - OM : likely compositions
Source: Foot Mercato
rss18 Oct 2026
OM: the group against Angers always without Højbjerg
Source: Foot Mercato
rss18 Oct 2026
What time and on what channel see Angers-OM in Ligue 1?
Source: L'Équipe
Institutional1 Sep 2026
The schedule for matchdays 6, 7 and 8 has been announced: Angers will travel to Brest on Saturday 10 October at 20:45, host Olympique de Marseille on Sunday 18 October at 15:00 and then FC Lorient on Sunday 25 October at 17:15 at the Stade Raymond-Kopa.
Source: Site officiel d'Angers SCO
Club1 Sep 2026
At the close of the window, SCO show a clearly positive transfer balance of around €23.9m, with nine departures for seven arrivals and notable sales such as Sidiki Chérif to Fenerbahçe and Jacques Ekomié to Wrexham.
Source: Foot Mercato
Supporters31 Aug 2026
The club has launched “Season-ticket holder of the month”, a monthly event rewarding a season-ticket holder drawn at random; the first, ten-year-old Gaspard, received an official shirt and a back-to-school kit and was welcomed to the Baumette training centre, where Haris Belkebla handed over his prizes.
Source: Site officiel d'Angers SCO
Club31 Aug 2026
A positive weekend for the academy: the U19s comfortably beat Stade Poitevin 3-0 with a Grumiaux brace and a Jlidi goal, while the U17s shared the points in the derby against FC Nantes (1-1, Sanbati).
Source: Site officiel d'Angers SCO
Club31 Aug 2026
The squad returned to training on Tuesday afternoon, with the club stating the objective of a first home win of the season against Stade Rennais.
Source: Site officiel d'Angers SCO
Result29 Aug 2026
Angers turned the match around at AJ Auxerre's Abbé-Deschamps (3-1) to take their first win of the season, with goals from Branco van den Boomen, Harouna Djibirin and Amine El Ouazzani.
Source: Angers Info
Institutional27 Aug 2026
Tickets for Angers SCO v Stade Rennais, on Sunday 6 September at 17:15 at the Stade Raymond-Kopa, have gone on general sale, with a “2-Match Pack” offer also covering ESTAC's visit, from 17 euros for children and 37 euros for adults in the Coubertin stand.
Source: Site officiel d'Angers SCO
Transfers27 Aug 2026
Gabonese international defender Jacques Ekomié (55 matches for Angers since 2024) has been transferred permanently to Wrexham (English Championship) for more than €8m.
Source: Site officiel d'Angers SCO
Contract26 Aug 2026
Midfielder Jules Bouffandeau, captain of the U17s who were national championship runners-up last season and called up several times to the France U16 Avenir squad, has signed his first professional contract until 2030: “Very proud to sign professional terms at Angers SCO,” he said.
Source: Site officiel d'Angers SCO
Transfers24 Aug 2026
The club confirmed the arrival of Joseph Kalulu in the final days of the transfer window.
Source: Site officiel d'Angers SCO
News last verified on 18 Oct 2026. Sources: sports press (L'Équipe, Le Parisien, Foot Mercato, regional press…) and official club websites — see the link on each item.
Editorial content (playing style, mood, absences, external prediction sources) last verified on 3 Sep 2026. The standings/form data above are refreshed automatically — as is the 1/X/2 estimate, recomputed on every view.