DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Olympique Lyonnais succeeded in turn the table against Troyes. It was Troyes to score first with a goal from X. Chavalerin. However, later Olympique Lyonnais found the way to turn the table scoring 3 consecutive goals with X. Shaqiri (48′), Emerson (72′) and L. Paqueta (87′). Its vastly superior ball possession (69%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart with the assistance of Mikael Berchebru and Mohamed Benkemouche. The 4th official was Romain Delpech.
Olympique Lyonnais started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up. On the other side, Troyes adopted a 3-4-2-1 formation.
Olympique Lyonnais – Formation
Olympique Lyonnais
72'
46'
90'
The manager Peter Bosz decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes , Malo Gusto , Sinaly Diomande , Jason Denayer , Emerson Palmieri , Maxence Caqueret , Bruno Guimarães , Xherdan Shaqiri , Lucas Paquetá , Houssem Aouar and Islam Slimani .
The home team had on the bench: Rayan Cherki, Habib Keita, Karl Toko Ekambi , Damien Da Silva, Julian Pollersbeck, Léo Dubois , Jérôme Boateng, Moussa Dembélé and Thiago Mendes.
Best player: Emerson Palmieri
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was Emerson Palmieri.
His rating is with 1 goal, 82 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.
Troyes – Formation
Troyes
On the opposite side, Laurent Batlles played with: Gauthier Gallon , Karim Azamoum , Jimmy Giraudon , Philippe Sandler , Issa Kabore , Rominigue Kouame , Xavier Chavalerin , Giulian Biancone , Mama Baldé , Gerson Rodrigues and Renaud Ripart .
They had on the bench: Brandon Domingues, Tristan Dingome , Nassim Chadli, Dylan Chambost, Yoann Touzghar , Jessy Moulin, Tanguy Zoukrou, Oualid El Hajjam and Patrick Roberts .
Troyes could not rely on the presence of O. El Hajjam (injured) and Y. Touzghar (injured).
Best player: Xavier Chavalerin
The player that probably impressed the most for Troyes was Xavier Chavalerin.
His rating is with 1 goal, 29 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 3 crosses.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 14 Total 11
- 8 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 136 Attack 64
- 56 Dangerous attack 31
- 108 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Olympique Lyonnais was in firm control of the ball 69% while Troyes was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Olympique Lyonnais was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Lyonnais won the match.
Olympique Lyonnais shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Troyes shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card (L. Paqueta). On the other side, Troyes received 3 yellow cards (K. Azamoum, J. Giraudon and G. Biancone).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Olympique Lyonnais will have 11 points to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, Troyes will stay with 5 points to stay in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will host Lorient on the 25th of September with a 12-5 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (7 draws).
Troyes will host Angers SCO on the 26th of September with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Angers SCO (0 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Olympique Marseille – 0-0
- Lens – Strasbourg – 0-1
- Lille – Reims – 2-1
- Lorient – Nice – 1-0
- Olympique Lyonnais – Troyes – 3-1
- Metz – Paris Saint Germain – 1-2
- Monaco – Saint-Étienne – 3-1
- Montpellier – Bordeaux – 3-3
- Nantes – Brest – 3-1
- Rennes – Clermont – 6-0
