A silver lining for struggling Angers | OneFootball

The first season back in Ligue 1 for Angers SCO has been anything but a memorable one for the club based in Pays de la Loire.

Alexandre Dujeux’s men are still the only side in the French top flight this season without a victory as they prepare to face AS Saint-Étienne on Saturday at Stade Raymond Kopa.

Their history against Les Verts does not suggest that elusive first win will come this weekend, with Les Scoïstes accumulating an 18%-win rate against them across all competitions.

The only side currently in Ligue 1, against whom they have the worst record, is Paris Saint-Germain (9%). This is the fourth time historically that Angers have gone winless after eight top-flight matchdays, with the other occasions being in 1959-60, 1963-64 and 1965-66.

If there is some good news, the current crop of Angers players and their supporters can take away from their tough start to the season; though, it’s the fact that in the previous three occasions that the club were in their current predicament, they were able to avoid relegation.

We have seen some positives from them recently, with Angers managing to claim a point in four of their previous five domestic fixtures.

Not since the 1993-94 campaign have they been relegated in their first season back in the French top-flight.

GFFN | Joel Lefevre