DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Rangers and Olympique Lyonnais draw 1-1. S. Wright scored the first goal (42′) for Rangers. C. Bassey settled the score (49′) with an own goal.

The match was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Radu Petrescu with the assistance of Adrian Radu Ghinguleac and Mihai Marius Marica. The 4th official was Marcel Bîrsan.

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Olympique Lyonnais was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Rangers that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Lyonnais was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Olympique Lyonnais to win the match​.

Olympique Lyonnais shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Rangers shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Olympique Lyonnais didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Rangers received 1 yellow card (N. Patterson).

Standings

After this match, Olympique Lyonnais will have 16 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Rangers will have 8 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

Olympique Lyonnais adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Peter Bosz decided to play with the following team: Julian Pollersbeck (6.4), Hugo Vogel (6.4), Damien Da Silva (7.1), Castello Lukeba (6.5), Henrique (6.6), Habib Keita (6.1), Maxence Caqueret (6.7), Rayan Cherki (7.6), Xherdan Shaqiri (7.0), Karl Toko Ekambi (7.1) and Moussa Dembélé (5.9).

The home team had on the bench: Anthony Lopes, Houssem Aouar (6.6), Bradley Barcola, Islam Slimani (7.1), Emerson Palmieri, Léo Dubois (6.9), Tino Kadewere (6.6), Malo Gusto, Thiago Mendes, Bruno Guimarães (6.9), Jérôme Boateng and Kayne Bonnevie.

Olympique Lyonnais could not rely on the presence of T. Kadewere (injured).

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 5 changes: K. Toko Ekambi for T. Kadewere (44′), H. Vogel for L. Dubois (62′), X. Shaqiri for H. Aouar (62′), M. Caqueret for B. Guimaraes (76′) and M. Dembele for I. Slimani (76′).

Best player: Rayan Cherki​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was Rayan Cherki.

His rating is (7.6) with 37 passes (89% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 18. He performed 8 crosses.

Rangers – Formation

Also Rangers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Giovanni van Bronckhorst played with: Jon McLaughlin (6.8), Nathan Patterson (6.6), Connor Goldson (6.8), Calvin Bassey (6.2), Borna Barišić (7.0), John Lundstram (7.2), Glen Kamara (7.2), Scott Wright (7.1), Ianis Hagi (6.9), Ryan Kent (6.5) and Kemar Roofe (6.7).

They had on the bench: Robby McCrorie, Joe Aribo (6.6), Steven Davis (6.8), Allan McGregor, Scott Arfield (6.6), Juninho Bacuna (6.1), Stephen Kelly and James Tavernier.

Substitutions

Rangers made 4 changes: G. Kamara for S. Davis (46′), S. Wright for S. Arfield (61′), I. Hagi for J. Bacuna (61′) and K. Roofe for J. Aribo (73′).

Best player: John Lundstram​

The most impressive player for Rangers was John Lundstram.

His rating is (7.2) with 66 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa League.​

• West Ham United – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-1
• Genk – Rapid Vienna – 0-1
• Ferencváros – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-0
• Celtic – Real Betis – 3-2
• Olympique Marseille – Lokomotiv Moskva – 1-0
• Lazio – Galatasaray – 0-0
• Sporting Braga – Crvena Zvezda – 1-1
• Ludogorets – Midtjylland – 0-0
• Fenerbahçe – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-1
• Antwerp – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-0
• Napoli – Leicester City – 3-2
• Legia Warszawa – Spartak Moskva – 0-1
• Sturm Graz – Monaco – 1-1
• Real Sociedad – PSV – 3-0
• Olympique Lyonnais – Rangers – 1-1
• Sparta Praha – Brøndby – 2-0