LE HAVRE. LOSC Lille defeats Le Havre with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Zhegrova (40′) and an own goal from Y. Salmier (52′). LOSC Lille was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy with the help of Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Julien Haulbert. The 4th official was Gabriel Henry. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.05 degrees Celsius or 69.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 5 Total 16
- 0 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 72 Attack 128
- 25 Dangerous attack 55
- 71 Ball safe 78
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
- 6 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 18 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
LOSC Lille was in firm control of the ball 62% while Le Havre was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
LOSC Lille had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why LOSC Lille won the match.
Le Havre shot 5 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, LOSC Lille shot 16 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Le Havre will stay with 9 points like Montpellier, Toulouse and Olympique Marseille to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, LOSC Lille will have 11 points like Rennes to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Le Havre will host Olympique Marseille on the 18th of May with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (1 draw).
LOSC Lille will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 4th of May with a 15-9 head to head statistic in favor of LOSC Lille (16 draws).
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre
61'
Le Havre started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Bayo, Arouna Sangante, Arthur Desmas , Yoann Salmier , Étienne Youté Kinkoué , Gautier Lloris , Christopher Operi , Josué Casimir , Daler Kuzyaev , Abdoulaye Touré , Rassoul Ndiaye , Issa Soumaré and Nabil Alioui .
The home team had on the bench: Yassine Kechta , Mathieu Gorgelin, Loïc Nego , Emmanuel Sabbi , Oualid El Hajjam, Nolan Mbemba, Andy Logbo , Samuel Grandsir and Aliou Thiare.
Substitutions
Le Havre made 5 changes: Josué Casimir for Emmanuel Sabbi (70′), Rassoul Ndiaye for Yassine Kechta (71′), Nabil Alioui for Samuel Grandsir (61′), Issa Soumaré for Andy Logbo (61′) and Abdoulaye Touré for Loïc Nego (84′).
Best player: Arthur Desmas
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Le Havre was the goalkeeper: Arthur Desmas. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.
LOSC Lille – Formation
LOSC Lille
40'
LOSC Lille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca played with: Lucas Chevalier , Bafodé Diakité , Leny Yoro , Alexsandro Ribeiro , Ismaily , Benjamin André , Angel Gomes , Edon Zhegrova , Rémy Cabella , Ivan Cavaleiro , Jonathan David .
These were the players on the bench: Hakon Arnar Haraldsson , Tiago Santos, Vito Mannone, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Akim Zedadka, Ignacio Miramón, Alan Virginius , Aaron Malouda and Amine Messoussa.
Substitutions
LOSC Lille made 4 changes: Angel Gomes for Ignacio Miramón (90′), Edon Zhegrova for Aaron Malouda (90′), Rémy Cabella for Hakon Arnar Haraldsson (77′) and Ivan Cavaleiro for Alan Virginius (86′).
Best player: Edon Zhegrova
The player that probably impressed the most for LOSC Lille was Edon Zhegrova.
His rating is with 1 goal, 50 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 10 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Reims – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-0
- Le Havre – LOSC Lille – 0-2
- Nice – Brest – 0-0
- Lorient – Montpellier – 0-3
- Toulouse – Metz – 3-0
- Rennes – Nantes – 3-1
