LORIENT. Lorient and Lens didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Lens was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy who had the assistance of Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Julien Haulbert. The 4th official was Jordane Lomi. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 12.67 degrees Celsius or 54.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens was in firm control of the ball 57% while Lorient was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Lens to win the match​.

Lorient shot 7 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Lens shot 14 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Lorient received 3 yellow cards (Isaak Touré, Formose Mendy and Joel Mugisha Mvuka). Talking about the opposition, Lens received 3 yellow cards (Angelo Fulgini, Brice Samba and Kevin Danso).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Lorient will have 11 points like Montpellier and Toulouse to sit in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Lens will have 13 points like Olympique Marseille to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away with Olympique Marseille on the 11th of May with a 15-6 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (7 draws).

Lens will play away agasint Olympique Marseille on the 28th of April with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Lens (5 draws).

Lorient – Formation

Lorient started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Régis Le Bris decided to play with the following team: Tosin Aiyegun, Yvon Mvogo (9.1), Formose Mendy (7.5), Montassar Talbi (7.1), Isaak Touré (6.7), Joel Mugisha Mvuka (6.7), Laurent Abergel (7.3), Tiemoué Bakayoko (7.0), Darline Zidane Yongwa Ngameni (7.5), Julien Ponceau (7.3), Romain Faivre (7.0) and Siriné Doucouré (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Eli Junior Kroupi (6.4), Théo Le Bris (6.4), Alfred Gomis, Bonke Innocent, Julien Laporte, Jean-Victor Makengo (6.7), Gedeon Kalulu, Vincent Le Goff and Bassirou M’Backé N’Diayé (6.6).

Lorient could not rely on the presence of Eli Junior Kroupi (injured).

Substitutions

Lorient made 3 changes: Tiemoué Bakayoko for Jean-Victor Makengo (55′), Joel Mugisha Mvuka for Théo Le Bris (56′) and Siriné Doucouré for Eli Junior Kroupi (56′).

Best player: Yvon Mvogo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was the goalkeeper: Yvon Mvogo. His rating is 9.08. He performed 7 saves.

Lens – Formation

Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba (7.7), Jonathan Gradit (7.7), Kevin Danso (7.1), Facundo Medina (7.5), Przemysław Frankowski (7.0), Nampalys Mendy (7.3), Andy Diouf (7.0), Massadio Haïdara (7.0), Florian Sotoca (7.5), Angelo Fulgini (7.1), Morgan Guilavogui (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Ruben Aguilar, Deiver Machado (6.8), Salis Abdul Samed (6.4), Elye Wahi (7.0), Adrien Thomasson (7.0), Jean-Louis Leca, Neil El Aynaoui, Abdukodir Khusanov and Ayanda Sishuba (6.8).

Lens could not rely on the presence of Salis Abdul Samed (injured).

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: Massadio Haïdara for Deiver Machado (75′), Morgan Guilavogui for Ayanda Sishuba (75′), Andy Diouf for Elye Wahi (64′), Nampalys Mendy for Salis Abdul Samed (64′) and Angelo Fulgini for Adrien Thomasson (64′).

Best player: Jonathan Gradit​

The most impressive player for Lens was Jonathan Gradit.

His rating is (7.7) with 59 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – LOSC Lille – 0-0
• Lorient – Lens – 0-0