LORIENT. Toulouse overcomes Lorient 1-0 after Z. Aboukhlal scored just 1 goal (68′).
The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier who was helped by Cédric Favre and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Soulaimane Chamel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Lorient was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Toulouse that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Lorient was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Toulouse was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Lorient shot 11 times, 1 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Toulouse shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Lorient received 3 yellow cards (Laurent Abergel, Bamo Meïté and Gédéon Kalulu). Regarding the opposition, Toulouse received 2 yellow cards (Vincent Sierro and Stijn Spierings).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Lorient will stay with 45 points like Nice to hold in the 11th place. On the other side, Toulouse will have 41 points to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away with Paris Saint Germain on the 30th of April with a 20-6 head to head record in favor of Paris Saint Germain (5 draws).
Toulouse will host Lens on the 2nd of May with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Lens (4 draws).
Lorient – Formation
Lorient
78'
66'
Lorient started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Régis Le Bris decided to play with the following team: Yvon Mvogo , Bamo Meïté , Montassar Talbi , Vincent Le Goff , Igor Silva , Julien Ponceau , Laurent Abergel , Darline Yongwa , Romain Faivre , Enzo Le Fée and Ibrahima Kone .
The home team had on the bench: Maxime Wackers, Yoann Cathline , Vito Mannone, Ahmadou Bamba Dieng , Siriné Doucouré, Stéphane Diarra, Ayman Kari, Gedeon Kalulu and Bonke Innocent.
Substitutions
Lorient made 5 changes: I. Koné for Cheikh Bamba Dieng (66′), Igor Silva for Yoann Cathline (66′), Darlin Yongwa for Gedeon Kalulu Kyatengwa (66′), Julien Ponceau for Bonke Innocent (79′) and E. Le Fée for Ckene Doucouré (80′).
Best player: Vincent Le Goff
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was Vincent Le Goff.
His rating is with 47 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse
68'
Toulouse started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Philippe Montanier played with: Maxime Dupé , Mikkel Desler , Anthony Rouault , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Gabriel Suazo , Stijn Spierings , Vincent Sierro , Denis Genreau , Ado Onaiwu , Zakaria Aboukhlal and Thijs Dallinga .
These were the players on the bench: Veljko Birmančević, Farès Chaïbi , Kjetil Haug, Said Hamulic, Logan Costa, Moussa Diarra, Theocharis Tsingaras, Waren Kamanzi and Rafael Ratão .
Substitutions
Toulouse made 4 changes: Vincent Sierro for Fares Chaïbi (64′), Ado Onaiwu for Rafael Ratão (64′), Zakaria Aboukhlal for Moussa Diarra (79′) and Denis Genreau for W. Kamanzi (83′).
Best player: Farès Chaïbi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Toulouse was Farès Chaïbi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 12 passes (58% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 64′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Lyonnais – Olympique Marseille – 1-2
- Reims – Strasbourg – 0-2
- Nice – Clermont – 1-2
- Ajaccio – Brest – 0-0
- Montpellier – Rennes – 1-0
- Nantes – Troyes – 2-2
- Lorient – Toulouse – 0-1
