With their relegation fate already decided, Angers have nothing to lose, but in spite of this, Le SCO do not look likely to end their losing run versus a Monaco side that have beaten them in six successive top-flight encounters, with Les Scoistes going goalless in 10 of their previous 12 league fixtures against Les Monegasques.
Monaco are at an all-time low right now, but they are still positioned to play in Europe next season, so we expect that to provide them with enough motivation to play more determined and intelligently against the worst team in Ligue 1.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Monaco win with a probability of 65.13%. A draw had a probability of 19.3% and a win for Angers had a probability of 15.56%.
The most likely scoreline for a Monaco win was 0-2 with a probability of 10.13%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.87%) and 0-1 (9.24%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.99%), while for an Angers win it was 2-1 (4.38%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Monaco would win this match.