LORIENT. Montpellier overcomes Lorient with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Savanier (3′) and a goal from E. Wahi (22′).

The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Thursday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod who was helped by Philippe Jeanne and Guillaume Debart. The 4th official was Mehdi Mokhtari. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Lorient was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Montpellier that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lorient was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Montpellier succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Lorient shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Montpellier shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Lorient received 3 yellow cards (Enzo Le Fée, Gédéon Kalulu and Bonke Innocent). On the opposite side, Montpellier received 4 yellow cards (Léo Leroy, Falaye Sacko, Jonas Omlin and Téji Savanier).

Standings

After playing this match, Lorient will stay with 28 points to sit in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Montpellier will have 17 points to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away with Olympique Marseille on the 14th of January with a 14-6 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (6 draws).

Montpellier will host Olympique Marseille on the 2nd of January with a 16-7 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (6 draws).

Lorient – Formation

Lorient adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Régis Le Bris decided to play with the following team: Vito Mannone (7.0), Gedeon Kalulu (7.0), Julien Laporte (6.7), Montassar Talbi (6.7), Vincent Le Goff (6.6), Laurent Abergel (6.4), Enzo Le Fée (6.2), Stéphane Diarra (6.8), Julien Ponceau (6.4), Dango Ouattara (7.4) and Terem Moffi (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Teddy Bartouche, Quentin Boisgard, Bonke Innocent (7.0), Darline Zidane Yongwa Ngameni, Ibrahima Kone (7.0), Chrislain Matsima, Siriné Doucouré, Adil Aouchiche and Yoann Cathline (6.3).

Lorient could not rely on the presence of Chrislain Matsima (injured).

Substitutions

Lorient made 5 changes: Stéphane Diarra for Bonke Innocent (37′), Julien Ponceau for Ibrahima Koné (37′), Enzo Le Fée for Yoann Cathline (66′), Laurent Abergel for Adil Aouchiche (81′) and Julien Laporte for Chrislain Matsima (81′).

Best player: Dango Ouattara​

The most impressive player for Lorient was Dango Ouattara.

His rating is (7.4) with 24 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 22. He performed 3 crosses.

Montpellier – Formation

Also Montpellier adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Romain Pitau played with: Jonas Omlin (7.2), Falaye Sacko (6.2), Christopher Jullien (6.5), Maxime Estève (6.4), Faitout Maouassa (6.6), Jordan Ferri (6.4), Leo Leroy (7.0), Arnaud Nordin (7.3), Teji Savanier (7.4), Stephy Mavididi (7.3) and Sepe Elye Wahi (7.3).

They had on the bench: Bingourou Kamara, Arnaud Souquet (6.2), Béni Makouana (6.2), Thibault Tamas, Joris Chotard (6.4), Khalil Fayad, Enzo Tchato Mbiayi, Mamadou Sakho and Valère Germain (6.7).

Substitutions

Montpellier made 4 changes: Léo Leroy for Joris Chotard (65′), Arnaud Nordin for Béni Makouana (72′), Elye Wahi for Valère Germain (72′) and Stephy Mavididi for Arnaud Souquet (87′).

Best player: Teji Savanier​

The player that probably impressed the most for Montpellier was Teji Savanier.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 59 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Olympique Marseille – Toulouse – 6-1
• Nice – Lens – 0-0
• Reims – Rennes – 3-1
• Lorient – Montpellier – 0-2