In the 22nd round of the French championship, Lorient will host Angers. The match promises to be interesting because two of the season's main surprise teams will face each other. Both teams were predicted to fight to avoid relegation, given their modest resources and budgets. However they have performed very decently in the middle of the season and have cemented their status as mid-table sides. Right now Angers occupy tenth place, one point ahead of Lorient. Moreover, Angers trail Toulouse by one point, and Strasbourg and Monaco by two points. That means that with a win they could even move up to seventh place, which would be sensational for such a modest club. Lorient could also reach that position with a victory. But they have worse tiebreakers on equal points. Moreover Lorient trails Brest by one point, while the other pursuers have already fallen quite far. Angers' last matches have been very convincing. They beat Toulouse (1:0) and Metz (1:0), drew with Paris (0:0), although before that they lost to Marseille (2:5). Lorient in the previous round lost to Brest (0:2), but before that they had an incredible 12-match unbeaten run, five of which were wins in a row. From the Coupe de France they knocked out Paris (2:0). Before that they defeated Nantes (2:1), Rennes (2:0), Monaco (3:1). In the first leg of the current season, Angers beat Lorient 2:0. It seems Angers are on a roll as well, but Lorient looked much more convincing up to the last round. So the clash will be as intriguing as possible.