DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Olympique Lyonnais was in the end too much to handle for Sparta Praha with the goal of I. Slimani (61′), I. Slimani (63′) and K. Toko Ekambi (90′). Olympique Lyonnais took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Thursday and it started at 5:45 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani who was helped by Daniele Bindoni and Alberto Tegoni. The 4th official was Daniele Chiffi.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 15 Total 15
- 7 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 110 Attack 101
- 50 Dangerous attack 67
- 84 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 5
Fouls
- 7 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Olympique Lyonnais was in firm control of the ball 59% while Sparta Praha was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Olympique Lyonnais succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Olympique Lyonnais shot 15 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Sparta Praha shot 14 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Olympique Lyonnais didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Sparta Praha received 2 yellow cards (L. I. Krejci and A. Vindheim).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Olympique Lyonnais will have 12 points to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Sparta Praha will stay with 4 points like Rangers to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Europa League, Olympique Lyonnais will host Rangers on the 9th of December with a 2-2 head to head record.
Sparta Praha will host Brøndby on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Olympique Lyonnais – Formation
Olympique Lyonnais
69'
61', 63'
Olympique Lyonnais started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Peter Bosz decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes , Sinaly Diomande , Damien Da Silva , Jason Denayer , Henrique , Maxence Caqueret , Thiago Mendes , Rayan Cherki , Xherdan Shaqiri , Houssem Aouar and Islam Slimani .
The home team had on the bench: Kayne Bonnevie, Karl Toko Ekambi , Léo Dubois, Jérôme Boateng, Emerson Palmieri, Lucas Paquetá , Bruno Guimarães , Habib Keita, Malcolm Barcola, Castello Lukeba and Bradley Barcola .
Substitutions
Olympique Lyonnais made 4 changes: M. Caqueret for B. Guimaraes (68′), I. Slimani for L. Paqueta (69′), H. Aouar for K. Toko Ekambi (69′) and R. Cherki for B. Barcola (81′).
Best player: Islam Slimani
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was Islam Slimani.
His rating is with 2 goals, 27 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5.
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
63'
Sparta Praha started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Regarding the opposition, Pavel Vrba played with: Florin Niță , Tomáš Wiesner , Filip Panák , Ondřej Čelůstka, Dávid Hancko , Michal Sáček , David Pavelka , Ladislav Krejčí , Jakub Pešek , Martin Minchev and Lukáš Haraslín .
These were the players on the bench: Dominik Holec, Václav Drchal, Ladislav Krejčí, Adam Hložek, Milan Heča, Andreas Vindheim , Matej Pulkrab , Adam Karabec , Adam Gabriel, Martin Vitík and Bořek Dočkal .
Sparta Praha could not rely on the presence of A. Vindheim (injured).
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 4 changes: O. Celustka for A. Vindheim (7′), M. Sacek for B. Dockal (68′), J. Pesek for M. Pulkrab (68′) and L. Haraslin for A. Karabec (82′).
Best player: Bořek Dočkal
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Praha was Bořek Dočkal.
His rating is with 13 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 5 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 68′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Dinamo Zagreb – Rapid Vienna – 3-1
- Ferencváros – Celtic – 2-3
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Real Betis – 4-0
- Olympique Marseille – Lazio – 2-2
- Crvena Zvezda – Midtjylland – 0-1
- Sporting Braga – Ludogorets – 4-2
- Antwerp – Fenerbahçe – 0-3
- Leicester City – Spartak Moskva – 1-1
- Genk – West Ham United – 2-2
- Galatasaray – Lokomotiv Moskva – 1-1
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-2
- Legia Warszawa – Napoli – 1-4
- Monaco – PSV – 0-0
- Real Sociedad – Sturm Graz – 1-1
- Brøndby – Rangers – 1-1
- Olympique Lyonnais – Sparta Praha – 3-0
