LORIENT. Nantes tops Lorient 1-0 after W. Cyprien scored just 1 goal (83′).

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 Ruddy Buquet with the help of Guillaume Debart and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Mehdi Mokhtari. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10 degrees Celsius or 49.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Lorient was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Nantes that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lorient was was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Nantes succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Lorient shot 16 times, 2 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Nantes shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Lorient received 1 yellow card (D. Ouattara). On the opposite side, Nantes received 3 yellow cards (K. Coulibaly, S. Moutoussamy and A. Girotto).

Standings

After playing this match, Lorient will stay with 15 points to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Nantes will have 22 points to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away with Metz on the 12th of December with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Lorient (2 draws).

Nantes will host Lens on the 10th of December with a 5-5 head to head record.

Lorient – Formation

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

The manager Christophe Pélissier decided to play with the following team: Paul Nardi (6.1), Houboulang Mendes (7.5), Julien Laporte (7.1), Leo Petrot (7.0), Igor Silva (7.4), Stéphane Diarra (7.1), Laurent Abergel (7.3), Enzo Le Fée (6.9), Vincent Le Goff (7.0), Dango Ouattara (6.9) and Terem Moffi (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Quentin Boisgard, Armand Lauriente (6.7), Jérôme Hergault, Thomas Monconduit, Adrian Grbić (6.6), Théo Le Bris, Samuel Loric, Matthieu Dreyer and Thomas Fontaine.

Substitutions

Lorient made 3 changes: S. Diarra for A. Lauriente (67′), T. Moffi for A. Grbic (83′) and L. Petrot for Q. Boisgard (88′).

Best player: Houboulang Mendes​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was Houboulang Mendes.

His rating is (7.5) with 47 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Nantes – Formation

Nantes started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont (7.7), Dennis Appiah (7.3), Jean-Charles Castelletto (7.5), Andrei Girotto (8.0), Quentin Merlin (6.8), Randal Kolo Muani (6.1), Samuel Moutoussamy (7.1), Pedro Chirivella (6.5), Moses Simon (6.3), Ludovic Blas (6.7) and Kalifa Coulibaly (7.1).

They had on the bench: Osman Bukari (6.8), Abdoulaye Sylla, Yannis M’Bemba, Wylan Cyprien (7.1), Willem Geubbels, Charles Traoré, Fábio (6.6) and Denis Petrić.

Substitutions

Nantes made 4 changes: K. Coulibaly for W. Cyprien (64′), L. Blas for Fabio (81′), M. Simon for O. Bukari (81′) and Q. Merlin for C. Traore (90′).

Best player: Andrei Girotto​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Andrei Girotto even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 52 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Bordeaux – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-2
• Lorient – Nantes – 0-1
• Monaco – Metz – 4-0
• Montpellier – Clermont – 1-0
• Nice – Strasbourg – 0-3
• Reims – Angers SCO – 1-2
• Saint-Étienne – Rennes – 0-5