NANTES. Nantes and Olympique Lyonnais didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday. Olympique Lyonnais was much superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier who was helped by Alexandre Viala and Bastien Courbet. The 4th official was Samir Zolota. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.9 degrees Celsius or 51.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 12 Total 11
- 4 On Target 6
- 8 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 106 Attack 121
- 46 Dangerous attack 50
- 83 Ball safe 95
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Olympique Lyonnais was in firm control of the ball 61% while Nantes was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Lyonnais was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Olympique Lyonnais to win the match.
Nantes shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Nantes received 2 yellow cards (C. Traoré and Sébastien Corchia). Regarding the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards (Tetê, C. Lukeba and S. Kumbedi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Nantes will have 18 points like Troyes to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Olympique Lyonnais will have 25 points like Clermont to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will host Olympique Marseille on the 1st of February with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Olympique Marseille (7 draws).
Olympique Lyonnais will host Brest on the 1st of February with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (7 draws).
Nantes – Formation
Nantes started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont , Fabien Centonze , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Andrei Girotto , Quentin Merlin , Evann Guessand , Moussa Sissoko , Pedro Chirivella , Moses Simon , Mostafa Mohamed and Ludovic Blas .
The home team had on the bench: Rémy Descamps, Marcus Coco , Charles Traoré , Sébastien Corchia, Abdoul Kader Bamba, Lohann Doucet, Ignatius Ganago , Nathan Zeze and Michel Diaz.
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: Q. Merlin for C. Traoré (50′), E. Guessand for Marcus Coco (68′), Mostafa Mohamed for Ignatius Ganago (68′), Pedro Chirivella for Sébastien Corchia (83′) and Pedro Chirivella for L. Doucet (83′).
Best player: Alban Lafont
The most impressive player for Nantes was the goalkeeper: Alban Lafont. His rating is 8.04. He performed 6 saves.
Olympique Lyonnais – Formation
Olympique Lyonnais started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Laurent Blanc played with: Anthony Lopes , Sael Kumbedi , Dejan Lovren , Castello Lukeba , Nicolás Tagliafico , Maxence Caqueret , Thiago Mendes , Johann Lepenant , Tetê , Alexandre Lacazette and Karl Toko Ekambi .
These were the players on the bench: Malo Gusto, Bradley Barcola, Rayan Cherki , Sinaly Diomandé, Corentin Tolisso , Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Romain Faivre, Moussa Dembélé and Rémy Riou.
Substitutions
Olympique Lyonnais made 3 changes: Tetê for R. Cherki (69′), J. Lepenant for Corentin Tolisso (69′) and M. Caqueret for Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (85′).
Best player: Anthony Lopes
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was the goalkeeper: Anthony Lopes. His rating is 8.01. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Troyes – Olympique Marseille – 0-2
- Paris Saint Germain – Angers SCO – 2-0
- Nantes – Olympique Lyonnais – 0-0
- Brest – Lille – 0-0
- Strasbourg – Lens – 2-2
- Nice – Montpellier – 6-1
- Lorient – Monaco – 2-2
- Clermont – Rennes – 2-1
- Auxerre – Toulouse – 0-5
- Ajaccio – Reims – 0-1