Angers vs Marseille Prediction & Preview - Ligue 1
Angers have seven points from their last six matches and Olympique de Marseille have three, which is not the way round this Ligue 1 fixture usually reads. Neither side is in any sort of order. Angers were taken apart 1-5 away at Stade Brestois eight days before this one, and Marseille have lost five of their last six in all competitions.
So the gap in the form is real, but it is a gap between bad and worse.
What time is kick-off for Angers vs Marseille?
Angers v Olympique de Marseille kicks off at 14:00 BST on Sunday, 18 October 2026 at the Stade Raymond Kopa in Angers, France. It is a Ligue 1 match, and you can make a free call on it on the Angers v Olympique de Marseille match page.
- Fixture: Angers v Olympique de Marseille
- Competition: Ligue 1
- Date: Sunday, 18 October 2026
- Kick-off: 14:00 BST
- Venue: Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers, France
Angers form: two wins in six and a hammering at Brest
Angers have won two, drawn one and lost three of their last six matches, taking seven points, scoring seven and conceding ten. The 1-5 defeat away to Stade Brestois eight days before this match accounts for half of those goals conceded.
Before Brest there was something to work with. A 2-0 home win over Troyes 29 days before kick-off, a 0-0 draw away at Le Havre 36 days before, and a 3-1 win away at Auxerre 50 days before. Two clean sheets in six is the better half of the record.
The worse half: they have failed to score in two of those six, lost 1-2 at home to Stade Rennais and 0-2 at home to Lille, and won only one of three at home.
Marseille have one win in six
Olympique de Marseille have won one, drawn none and lost five of their last six matches across Ligue 1 and the UEFA Europa League, picking up three points while conceding eleven goals.
The one win was the good one. Marseille went to Troyes and won 2-0 seven days before this match, their only away win in three.
Everything around it has gone wrong. A 0-1 home defeat to Olympiacos FC in the UEFA Europa League three days before kick-off, a 1-2 home loss to Paris Saint-Germain 28 days before, a 1-4 beating away at Beşiktaş JK, a 0-1 loss at Stade Rennais and a 2-3 home defeat to Paris FC. Three home matches in that run, no wins.
Team news
Angers are without Jordan Lefort, suspended after his red card against Brest, while Ousmane Camara and Usman Simbakoli are both doubts for Stéphane Gilli, who took over after Alexandre Dujeux left for Lorient, according to The Stats Zone. Bruno Genesio is missing Derek Cornelius, whose hip injury picked up with Canada is not expected to clear up before the end of 2026, and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who went off ten minutes into Denmark's match against Wales with a thigh problem and was reported by L'Equipe to be out for this fixture as well as Troyes, Olympiacos and Sturm Graz, per Yahoo Sports.
Where Angers vs Olympique de Marseille gets decided
Both of these teams have beaten Troyes 2-0 in the last month or so, and both have been pulled apart by better sides either side of it.
Goals are the question. Angers have scored two or more in only two of their last six, Marseille in two of six. Each side has seen both teams score in three of six and three or more goals in the game in three of six. It is an even split, which tells you neither attack can be relied on to settle anything on its own.
If Marseille's defence holds, they have enough to win here. It has not held once in five of their last six.
Angers vs Olympique de Marseille prediction
Our prediction is a 1-1 draw between Angers and Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1 at the Stade Raymond Kopa on Sunday, 18 October 2026. Marseille's three points from six matches and eleven goals conceded make them hard to trust, and their only win in that run came away from home. Angers have scored in four of their last six and kept two clean sheets, but one win in three at home is not a platform either.
Our prediction: Angers 1-1 Olympique de Marseille
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