DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Olympique Lyonnais beats Strasbourg 3-1. Olympique Lyonnais was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with M. Dembele (8′), J. Denayer (64′) and L. Paqueta (87′). Strasbourg reduced the distance with a penalty (90′ + 6′) by H. Diallo, but there was not much to do for them. Olympique Lyonnais took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet with the help of Guillaume Debart and Erwan Finjean. The 4th official was Olivier Thual.
Olympique Lyonnais started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up. On the other side, Strasbourg adopted a 5-3-2 formation.
Olympique Lyonnais – Formation
Olympique Lyonnais
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Peter Bosz decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes , Malo Gusto , Jason Denayer , Sinaly Diomande , Emerson Palmieri , Bruno Guimarães , Thiago Mendes , Xherdan Shaqiri , Houssem Aouar , Karl Toko Ekambi and Moussa Dembélé .
The home team had on the bench: Habib Keita, Julian Pollersbeck, Lucas Paquetá , Rayan Cherki , Jérôme Boateng , Castello Lukeba, Henrique, Maxence Caqueret and Islam Slimani.
Best player: Bruno Guimarães
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was Bruno Guimarães even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 77 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10.
Strasbourg – Formation
Strasbourg
On the opposite side, Julien Bosz played with: Matz Sels , Frédéric Guilbert , Alexander Djiku , Lucas Perrin , Maxime Le Marchand , Anthony Caci , Adrien Thomasson , Sanjin Prcić , Jean-Ricner Bellegarde , Kévin Gameiro and Ludovic Ajorque .
They had on the bench: Mahamé Siby, Eiji Kawashima, Habib Diarra, Dimitri Liénard , Jean-Eudes Aholou , Habib Diallo , Nordine Kandil, Majeed Waris and Gerzino Nyamsi .
Strasbourg could not rely on the presence of D. Lienard (injured).
Best player: Dimitri Liénard
The player that probably impressed the most for Strasbourg was Dimitri Liénard.
His rating is with 23 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 8 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 45′.
Match report
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 14 Total 13
- 7 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 110 Attack 96
- 51 Dangerous attack 52
- 74 Ball safe 61
- 0 Penalties 1
- 4 Corners 6
Fouls
- 8 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Olympique Lyonnais was in firm control of the ball 59% while Strasbourg was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Strasbourg was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Olympique Lyonnais was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Olympique Lyonnais shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Strasbourg shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards (S. Diomande and J. Boateng). On the opposite side, Strasbourg received 1 yellow card (A. Djiku).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Olympique Lyonnais will have 8 points like Clermont and Lorient to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Strasbourg will stay with 4 points like Monaco, Nantes and Troyes to stay in the 15th place.
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will play away against Paris Saint Germain on the 19th of September with a 14-11 head to head in favor of Paris Saint Germain (7 draws). Strasbourg will host against Metz on the 17th of September with a 3-3 head to head record.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Bordeaux – Lens – 2-3
- Brest – Angers SCO – 1-1
- Olympique Lyonnais – Strasbourg – 3-1
- Metz – Troyes – 0-2
- Montpellier – Saint-Étienne – 2-0
- Nantes – Nice – 0-2
- Rennes – Reims – 0-2
