Angers vs Paris FC

Angers have won their fourth Ligue 1 season opener in the last six seasons, having already done so in 2019-20 (3-1 v Bordeaux), 2020-21 (1-0 v Dijon) and 2021-22 (2-0 v Strasbourg) – as many as in their previous 14.

Angers have won three of their last four Ligue 1 matches (D1), as many as in their previous 14 (D2 L9).

Paris FC have won only one of their last four league season openers (Ligue 1 + Ligue 2 – D1 L2), against Caen (2-0) on the first day of the 2024-25 Ligue 2 season.

Angers are one of seven current Ligue 1 clubs that also competed in each of Paris FC's previous three seasons in the top-flight (1972-73, 1973-74, 1978-79). The record between these two teams in the top-flight is perfectly balanced with one win each and four draws.

Angers have only taken 17 points from the second half of Ligue 1 2024-25 (W5 D2 L10), the lowest tally among the teams not relegated. Only Montpellier (7) and Reims (10) had scored fewer goals than SCO (13).

Paris FC will play their first Ligue 1 match since 1 June 1979 in Valenciennes, a gap of 46 years and 77 days, which is a new record between two matches of the same team in the history of the championship.

Angers have only won their first home game of the season in Ligue 1 in the 21st century twice (D3 L4), it was against Bordeaux in 2019 (3-1) and Lyon in 2021 (3-0).

In Ligue 1 + Ligue 2 last season, no team conceded fewer goals and kept more clean sheets away from home than Paris FC (17 goals against, 7 clean sheets).