Auxerre vs Angers

Match summary

Angers beat Auxerre 3-1 on the road. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Branco van den Boomen put Angers ahead in the 5th minute and Remy Labeau Lascary equalised in the 35th minute, set up by Romain Faivre. In the second half, Djibirin Harouna put Angers back in front in the 70th minute, set up by Amine El Ouazzani and Amine El Ouazzani made it 1-3 from a corner in the 78th minute, set up by Ousmane Camara.

There was little between the sides on chances: Auxerre created 1.77 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots, Angers 1.78 from 15.

Auxerre dominated territory and possession during the Ligue 1 fixture against Angers, controlling sixty percent of the ball and registering twenty shots compared to the visitors fifteen. Despite holding the territorial advantage with fifty-five attacks and seven corners against ten, Auxerre could not turn their dominance into a positive result. Both teams recorded similar expected goals figures, with Auxerre generating 1.77 xG to Angers 1.78 xG, yet Angers proved vastly more clinical with their opportunities. The match saw a high disciplinary count, featuring several yellow cards distributed across both sides as the intensity mounted towards the conclusion of the contest.

The scoring commenced in the fifth minute when Branco van den Boomen struck a right-footed shot to give Angers an early lead. Branco van den Boomen received a yellow card in the twenty-eighth minute for a foul, before Rémy Labeau Lascary equalised for Auxerre with a right-footed shot in the thirty-fifth minute. A VAR review occurred prior to the interval, with the score remaining level at one-all at half-time. In the second half, Djibirin Harouna restored the Angers advantage with a left-footed shot in the seventieth minute. Amine El Ouazzani added a third for Angers with a left-footed strike in the seventy-eighth minute, sealing a one-three victory following a flurry of late yellow cards.