STRASBOURG. Strasbourg demolishes Lorient 4-0 with goals of L. Ajorque (28′), H. Diallo (39′), H. Diallo (45′) and A. Thomasson (64′).

The match was played at the Stade de la Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Florent Batta who was helped by Frédéric Haquette and Valentin Evrard. The 4th official was Ahmed Taleb. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.6 degrees Celsius or 63.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Strasbourg was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Lorient that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Strasbourg was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Strasbourg won the match​.

Strasbourg shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Lorient shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Strasbourg received 1 yellow card (I. Sissoko). Talking about the opposition, Lorient didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Strasbourg will have 17 points like Angers SCO, Nantes and Monaco to stay in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Lorient will stay with 15 points like Lille to stay in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg will play away with Nantes on the 7th of November with a 7-5 head to head in favor of Nantes (0 draws).

Lorient will host Brest on the 7th of November with a 10-7 head to head statistic in favor of Lorient (5 draws).

Strasbourg – Formation

Strasbourg started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Julien Stéphan decided to play with the following team: Matz Sels (7.0), Frédéric Guilbert (7.6), Lucas Perrin (7.6), Gerzino Nyamsi (6.8), Alexander Djiku (7.4), Anthony Caci (7.1), Ibrahima Sissoko (7.4), Sanjin Prcić (7.5), Adrien Thomasson (7.0), Habib Diallo (8.9) and Ludovic Ajorque (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Dimitri Liénard (6.2), Nordine Kandil, Dion Moise Sahi, Habib Diarra, Marvin Elimbi Gilbert, Majeed Waris, Jean-Eudes Aholou (6.4), Eiji Kawashima and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (6.3).

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 5 changes: I. Sissoko for J. Bellegarde (66′), S. Prcic for J. Aholou (73′), A. Thomasson for D. Lienard (73′), L. Ajorque for M. S. Dion (84′) and H. Diallo for W. Majeed (84′).

Best player: Habib Diallo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Strasbourg was Habib Diallo.

His rating is (8.9) with 2 goals, 20 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Lorient – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Christophe Pélissier played with: Paul Nardi (5.8), Houboulang Mendes (6.3), Julien Laporte (6.4), Moritz Jenz (6.1), Igor Silva (6.4), Fabien Lemoine (6.1), Laurent Abergel (6.7), Vincent Le Goff (6.3), Quentin Boisgard (6.8), Terem Moffi (6.3) and Stéphane Diarra (6.4).

They had on the bench: Sambou Soumano (6.4), Baptiste Mouazan (6.6), Enzo Le Fée (6.3), Thomas Fontaine, Matthieu Dreyer, Adrian Grbić (6.5), Jérôme Hergault, Samuel Loric and Jérémy Morel (6.8).

Lorient could not rely on the presence of A. Grbic (injured) and B. Mouazan (injured).

Substitutions

Lorient made 5 changes: S. Diarra for A. Grbic (35′), Q. Boisgard for E. Le Fee (46′), J. Laporte for J. Morel (46′), M. Jenz for B. Mouazan (77′) and T. Moffi for S. Soumano (83′).

Best player: Quentin Boisgard​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was Quentin Boisgard.

His rating is (6.8) with 12 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Angers SCO – Nice – 1-2
• Bordeaux – Reims – 3-2
• Brest – Monaco – 2-0
• Clermont – Olympique Marseille – 0-1
• Montpellier – Nantes – 2-0
• Strasbourg – Lorient – 4-0
• Troyes – Rennes – 2-2