ANGERS. Olympique Lyonnais overcomes Angers SCO 3-1. Olympique Lyonnais got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Thiago Mendes (38′) and A. Sarr (80′). Angers SCO tried to recover with a goal from Abdallah Sima (87′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by B. Barcola for Olympique Lyonnais. Olympique Lyonnais took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stade Raymond Kopa stadium in Angers on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Florent Batta who was helped by Alexandre Viala and Bastien Courbet. The 4th official was Anthony Ustaritz. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.7 degrees Celsius or 45.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Lyonnais had a superior ball possession 58% while Angers SCO was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Angers SCO was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Olympique Lyonnais was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Angers SCO shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Angers SCO will stay with 10 points to hold in the 20th place. On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais will have 38 points to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Angers SCO will play away against Montpellier on the 5th of March with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Montpellier (6 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais will host Lorient on the 5th of March with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (9 draws).

Angers SCO – Formation

Angers SCO adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Abdelaziz Bouhazama decided to play with the following team: Paul Bernardoni (6.0), Yan Valery (6.4), Cédric Hountondji (7.2), Ousmane Camara (6.2), Faouzi Ghoulam (6.8), Batista Mendy (7.3), Nabil Bentaleb (7.4), Himad Abdelli (7.2), Abdallah Sima (6.8), Ibrahima Niane (6.5) and Amine Salama (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Theo Borne, Halid Šabanović (6.4), Ilyes Chetti, Abdoulaye Bamba, Ibrahim Amadou, Sada Thioub, Farid El Melali (6.4), Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (6.6) and Adrien Hunou (6.3).

Angers SCO could not rely on the presence of H. Šabanović (injured).

Substitutions

Angers SCO made 4 changes: I. Niane for Adrien Hunou (66′), Faouzi Ghoulam for Halid Šabanović (70′), Nabil Bentaleb for Farid El Melali (84′) and Amine Salama for Jean Matteo Bahoya (85′).

Best player: Nabil Bentaleb​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Angers SCO was Nabil Bentaleb.

His rating is (7.4) with 67 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

Also Olympique Lyonnais adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Laurent Blanc played with: Anthony Lopes (6.4), Sinaly Diomandé (7.3), Dejan Lovren (6.4), Castello Lukeba (7.0), Nicolás Tagliafico (6.8), Johann Lepenant (6.8), Thiago Mendes (7.4), Maxence Caqueret (6.4), Bradley Barcola (7.6), Moussa Dembélé (6.4) and Rayan Cherki (6.5).

They had on the bench: Rémy Riou, Sael Kumbedi, Mamadou Sarr, Henrique, Jeffinho (6.2), Mohamed El Arouch, Amin Sarr (7.6) and Sekou Lega.

Olympique Lyonnais could not rely on the presence of M. El Arouch (injured).

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 4 changes: R. Cherki for J. Pereira dos Santos (67′), Moussa Dembélé for A. Sarr (67′), Nicolás Tagliafico for Henrique (90′) and Thiago Mendes for M. El Arouch (90′).

Best player: Bradley Barcola​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was Bradley Barcola.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 38 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Angers SCO – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-3
• Montpellier – Lens – 1-1