Match report
Lille sink Angers with early double at Stade Raymond-Kopa
Lille began their Ligue 1 campaign with a 2-0 win away to Angers in the opening round of the season, scoring twice inside the first half hour at Stade Raymond-Kopa. Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 11th minute, converting an assist from Nabil Bentaleb, before Tiago Santos doubled the lead in the 31st minute. The score stood at 2-0 at half-time and remained that way to the final whistle.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Angers held more of the ball, with 55 percent possession to Lille's 45, and edged the shot count 12 to 9, yet could not convert that territorial edge into goals. Lille were the more clinical side in front of the target, landing six shots on target compared to Angers' two, underlining how efficiently the visitors made their chances count. The result lifted Lille to third in the table with three points from their opening match, while Angers sit 11th having taken none.
Tiago Santos scored Lille's second goal of the match and earned a rating of 7.9, matching goalkeeper Berke Özer and Angers' Amine Sbaï as the joint-highest rated performers on the pitch.
Despite facing fewer shots overall, Lille were far more accurate, putting six of their nine attempts on target against Angers' two from twelve.
Lille won 2–0 away against Angers (half-time 0–2).
Angers met Lille in the Ligue 1 (Regular Season - 1). Kick-off was Sunday, 23 August 2026, 13:00 UTC at Stade Raymond Kopa. Referee: Jeremy Stinat.
Key moments
- 11' Goal: Olivier Giroud (assist: Nabil Bentaleb) — 0–1 · Watch Olivier Giroud's goal video (11')
- 31' Goal: Tiago Santos — 0–2 · Watch Tiago Santos's goal video (31')
Starting line-ups
Angers (4-2-3-1)
Lille (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Angers 19%, the draw 27%, Lille 54%. It finished Angers 0–2 Lille.
Lille's rating gap, but the draw is in play — Lille are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and the early-season home fade on top gives Lille the lean. The draw at 27% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why Lille at 54%?
Lille sit 276 points higher on our strength rating — 1602 to 1878. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge on the road won 52.0% of 6,034 such games. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Angers's column. Across 10,693 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.1 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 21–22–57.
Why only 54%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 54% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 27% and Angers at 19%.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Angers win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 22.3%. These teams' recent games average 2.3 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 18,117. The goals environment adds 2.9 points to the draw. Early-season fixtures add 2.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Lille average 15 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 276 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Last 6 between them: Angers 1 win, 0 draws, Lille 5 wins. Most recently Angers 0–1 Lille, 6 months ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 28.1% of 5589 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Angers vs Lille final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Ligue 1 fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Angers 0–2 Lille. Explore more on the Angers and Lille team pages or the Ligue 1 page.
Quick answers
›What was the final score of Angers vs Lille?
Lille won 2–0 away against Angers (half-time 0–2).
›Who scored in Angers vs Lille?
Olivier Giroud (11') for Lille; Tiago Santos (31') for Lille.
›Where can I watch Angers vs Lille highlights?
Goal highlights and video clips from Angers 0–2 Lille are on this page — open the videos tab to watch every goal.
›What is the head-to-head record between Angers and Lille?
Angers and Lille have met 10 times — 2 wins for Angers, 6 wins for Lille and 2 draws.