Angers’ one-point edge meets Marseille’s away scoring question
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Angers hold the narrow provisional table advantage, but both teams have identical home and away records in the supplied season splits. Marseille’s attack will be closely linked to A. Gouiri, while several absences and doubts could shape the contest.
Before kickoff
The table edge meets a blunt form contrast
Angers enter Sunday’s Ligue 1 meeting ranked #13 with 7 points from 6 games, one point ahead of Marseille, who are ranked #14 with 6 points from 6 games. The provisional standings also place Monaco first with 14 points; Angers trail the leader by 7 points and Marseille by 8.
The recent six-match samples offer different contexts. Angers’ sequence, listed most recent first, is Loss, Win, Loss, Draw, Win, Loss. Marseille’s is Win, Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss, Win. Neither sequence alone settles the contest, but Marseille’s listed scorer gives their attack a clear focal point: A. Gouiri has 4 goals and 1 assist in 6 league appearances.
Home and away numbers frame the question
Angers have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 2 of their 3 home league games, scoring 3 goals and conceding 4. Marseille’s away record is also 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses across 3 league games, with 2 goals scored and 3 conceded. Each side has kept 1 clean sheet in that respective season split. Angers’ home scoring average is 1.00, while Marseille average 0.70 goals away.
Team news to monitor
J. Lefort is missing for Angers through a red-card status. O. Camara and J. Kalulu are questionable with thigh and groin injuries. Marseille list D. Cornelius as missing with a hip injury, while K. Abdallah and P. Hojbjerg are questionable through injury and a muscle injury respectively.
Can Gouiri’s 4-goal contribution help Marseille improve an away attack that has scored 2 goals in 3 league games?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Monaco | DWDWW | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | |
| 2 | Lille | WLWWD | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| 3 | Rennes | WLWWW | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 13 | |
| 4 | Lyon | LWDWD | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | |
| 5 | Paris FC | LWDWW | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | |
| 6 | Paris Saint Germain | WWWLD | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | |
| 7 | Toulouse | WDWDL | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | |
| 8 | Stade Brestois 29 | WLLWD | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | |
| 9 | Lorient | WLDWL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
| 10 | Nice | WWLDL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |
| 11 | Lens | WLDLL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | |
| 12 | Strasbourg | LLDWW | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | |
| 13 | Angers | LWDLW | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | |
| 14 | Marseille | WLLLL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | |
| 15 | Le Mans | LLWDD | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | |
| 16 | Auxerre | LWWLL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | |
| 17 | Estac Troyes | LLLLW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | |
| 18 | Le Havre | LLDLD | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |