LORIENT. Lorient manages to recover against Monaco with a goal on the B. Embolo 61′ and a goal on the W. Ben 90′. Monaco was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the help of Alexis Auger and François Boudikian. The 4th official was Benjamin Lepaysant. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.1 degrees Celsius or 53.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Monaco had a strong ball possession 58% while Lorient was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Monaco was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Monaco to win the match​.

Lorient shot 10 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Monaco shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Lorient received 1 yellow card (Bonke Innocent). On the opposite side, Monaco received 1 yellow card (Caio Henrique).

Standings

After playing this match, Lorient will have 32 points to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Monaco will have 34 points like Rennes to sit in the 5th 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).

Monaco will play away agasint Olympique Marseille on the 28th of January with a 15-12 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (7 draws).

Lorient – Formation

Lorient started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Régis Le Bris decided to play with the following team: Vito Mannone (6.8), Gedeon Kalulu (6.7), Bamo Meïté (6.9), Montassar Talbi (6.5), Vincent Le Goff (6.8), Laurent Abergel (7.1), Bonke Innocent (6.5), Dango Ouattara (7.9), Enzo Le Fée (6.9), Yoann Cathline (7.1) and Terem Moffi (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Adil Aouchiche, Teddy Bartouche, Quentin Boisgard, Julien Ponceau (6.6), Darline Yongwa, Ibrahima Kone, Igor Silva, Siriné Doucouré and Stéphane Diarra (6.3).

Substitutions

Lorient made 3 changes: Bonke Innocent for Julien Ponceau (63′), Dango Ouattara for Stéphane Diarra (85′) and Terem Moffi for I. Koné (85′).

Best player: Dango Ouattara​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was Dango Ouattara.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 24 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 4 crosses.

Monaco – Formation

Monaco started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Philippe Clement played with: Alexander Nübel (6.5), Vanderson (6.7), Axel Disasi (6.4), Guillermo Maripán (7.1), Caio Henrique (6.4), Youssouf Fofana (6.6), Mohamed Camara (7.5), Krépin Diatta (6.8), Aleksandr Golovin (7.1), Eliesse Ben Seghir (6.5) and Breel Embolo (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Maghnes Akliouche, Myron Boadu, Eliot Matazo, Wissam Ben Yedder (6.6), Malang Sarr, Thomas Didillon, Gelson Martins (6.9), Takumi Minamino and Ismail Jakobs.

Substitutions

Monaco made 4 changes: Krépin Diatta for Gelson Martins (62′), Breel Embolo for Wissam Ben Yedder (62′), Eliesse Ben Seghir for Ismail Jakobs (83′) and Aleksandr Golovin for Myron Boadu (83′).

Best player: Mohamed Camara​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Monaco was Mohamed Camara.

His rating is (7.5) with 55 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He hit the woodwork once times.

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