MARTIGUES. Lorient defeats Martigues 1-0 after B. Dieng scored just 1 goal (61′). Lorient was much superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Francis Turcan stadium in Martigues on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Olivier Thual who was helped by Youssef El Hamzaoui and Jean-Paul Neves Gouveia. The 4th official was Azzedine Souifi. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.38 degrees Celsius or 79.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lorient was in firm control of the ball 66% while Martigues was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lorient was putting more pressure with 93 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lorient won the match.
Martigues shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lorient shot 16 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Martigues stays with 0 points to occupy the 13th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Lorient has 3 points (6th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Martigues will play away with Annecy on the 24th of August with a 0-0 head to head record.
Lorient will host Grenoble Foot 38 on the 24th of August with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Lorient (2 draws).
Martigues – Formation
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Martigues started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Thierry Laurey decided to play with the following team: Jérémy Aymes
, Akim Djaha , Nathanaël Saintini , Leandro Morante , Simon Falette , Ayoub Amraoui , Milan Robin , Mohamed Bamba , Mahame Siby , Oucasse Mendy and Patrick Ouotro .The home team had on the bench: Luan Gautier, Alain Ipiele
, Abdoul Diawara , Samir Belloumou , Mouya Ipiélé , Yannick Etile, M Bonalair and L Gautier.Substitutions
Martigues made 2 changes: Oucasse Mendy for Abdoul Diawara (77′) and Mahame Siby for Samir Belloumou (77′).
Player of the match: Jérémy Aymes
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Martigues was the goalkeeper: Jérémy Aymes. His rating is 7.45. He performed 4 saves.
Lorient – Formation
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Lorient started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Olivier Pantaloni played with: Benjamin Mendy, Yvon Mvogo
, Igor Silva , Formose Mendy , Montassar Talbi , Darlin Yongwa , Julien Ponceau , Laurent Abergel , Joel Mvuka , Aiyegun Tosin and Pablo Pagis , Bamba Dieng .These were the players on the bench: Benjamin Leroy, Eli Kroupi
, Gédéon Kalulu, Sambou Soumano , Théo Le Bris, I. James, Arthur Ebong Avon and Isaac James.Substitutions
Lorient made 4 changes: Aiyegun Tosin for Eli Kroupi (67′), Bamba Dieng for Sambou Soumano (67′), Pablo Pagis for Arthur Ebong Avon (67′) and Julien Ponceau for Théo Le Bris (82′).
Player of the match: Igor Silva
The most impressive player for Lorient was Igor Silva even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 91 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.