NANTES. Nantes defeats Lorient 1-0 after L. Blas scored just 1 goal (66′).
The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. In front of 33,579 spectators. The referee was Mathieu Vernice who had the assistance of Florian Gonçalves de Araujo and Cyril Mugnier. The 4th official was Romain Perpinan. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.7 degrees Celsius or 47.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Nantes was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Lorient that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nantes was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nantes won the match.
Nantes shot 13 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Lorient shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Nantes will have 28 points to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Lorient will stay with 36 points to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away against Paris Saint Germain on the 4th of March with a 24-3 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (2 draws).
Lorient will play away agasint Olympique Lyonnais on the 5th of March with a 13-7 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (9 draws).
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
20'
66'
Nantes adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont , Fabien Centonze , Andrei Girotto , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Jaouen Hadjam , Samuel Moutoussamy , Pedro Chirivella , Ludovic Blas , Florent Mollet , Ignatius Ganago and Andy Delort .
The home team had on the bench: Marcus Coco, Charles Traoré, João Victor , Mostafa Mohamed , Sébastien Corchia, Nicolas Pallois, Evann Guessand , Moussa Sissoko and Rémy Descamps.
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: Jean-Charles Castelletto for João Victor (20′), Ignatius Ganago for Evann Guessand (62′), Andy Delort for Mostafa Mohamed (62′), Florent Mollet for Charles Traoré (86′) and Pedro Chirivella for Moussa Sissoko (86′).
Best player: Fabien Centonze
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Fabien Centonze even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 36 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.
Lorient – Formation
Lorient
Also Lorient adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Régis Le Bris played with: Vito Mannone , Gedeon Kalulu , Bamo Meïté , Montassar Talbi , Darline Yongwa , Enzo Le Fée , Jean-Victor Makengo , Stéphane Diarra , Julien Ponceau , Yoann Cathline and Ibrahima Kone .
These were the players on the bench: Julian Pollersbeck, Ahmadou Bamba Dieng , Vincent Le Goff, Adil Aouchiche, Siriné Doucouré , Maxime Wackers, Igor Silva, Romain Faivre and Ayman Kari.
Substitutions
Lorient made 3 changes: Stéphane Diarra for Romain Faivre (51′), I. Koné for Cheikh Bamba Dieng (67′) and Julien Ponceau for Ckene Doucouré (74′).
Best player: Vito Mannone
The player that probably impressed the most for Lorient was the goalkeeper: Vito Mannone. His rating is 7.50. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Lyonnais – Lens – 2-1
- Angers SCO – Auxerre – 1-1
- Toulouse – Rennes – 3-1
- Reims – Troyes – 4-0
- Montpellier – Brest – 3-0
- Lille – Strasbourg – 2-0
- Nantes – Lorient – 1-0
