NANTES. Nantes beats Lorient 4-2.

The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Gaillouste with the help of Nicolas Danos and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Romain Delpech. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.9 degrees Celsius or 39.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Nantes was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Lorient that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nantes was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nantes won the match​.

Nantes shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lorient shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Nantes received 3 yellow cards (S. Moutoussamy, Fabio and D. Appiah). On the other side, Lorient didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Nantes will have 32 points like Lille to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Lorient will stay with 17 points to remain in the 19th place.

Next matches

Nantes – Formation

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

The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont (7.0), Fábio (6.8), Dennis Appiah (6.8), Andrei Girotto (7.8), Nicolas Pallois (6.8), Quentin Merlin (6.8), Samuel Moutoussamy (6.9), Pedro Chirivella (6.5), Osman Bukari (7.0), Randal Kolo Muani (7.8) and Ludovic Blas (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Willem Geubbels (7.1), M. Coco, G. Manvelyan, Roli Pereira de Sa (6.6), Jean-Kévin Augustin, Sébastien Corchia (6.7), Y. M’Bemba, M. Achi and D. Petrić.

Substitutions

Nantes made 5 changes: O. Bukari for W. Geubbels (70′), S. Moutoussamy for R. Perreira de Sa (70′), Fabio for S. Corchia (85′), L. Blas for J. Augustin (85′) and R. Kolo Muani for Y. M’Bemba (90′).

Best player: Randal Kolo Muani​

The most impressive player for Nantes was Randal Kolo Muani.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 28 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Lorient – Formation

Lorient started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Christophe Pélissier played with: Paul Nardi (6.4), Houboulang Mendes (5.4), Julien Laporte (6.1), Moritz Jenz (6.2), Jérôme Hergault (6.1), Thomas Monconduit (7.8), Armand Lauriente (6.2), Enzo Le Fée (6.6), Laurent Abergel (6.8), Quentin Boisgard (6.8) and Terem Moffi (7.6).

They had on the bench: Stéphane Diarra (6.4), Igor Silva (5.9), Fabien Lemoine (6.6), B. Mouazan, Sambou Soumano (7.6), L. Pétrot, B. Innocent, P. Pagis and M. Dreyer.

Lorient could not rely on the presence of F. Lemoine (injured).

Substitutions

Lorient made 4 changes: L. Abergel for F. Lemoine (60′), E. Le Fee for S. Diarra (68′), J. Hergault for Igor Silva (84′) and T. Moffi for S. Soumano (84′).

Best player: Thomas Monconduit​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lorient was Thomas Monconduit.

His rating is (7.8) with 59 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Angers SCO – Troyes – 2-1
• Bordeaux – Strasbourg – 4-3
• Clermont – Rennes – 2-1
• Metz – Nice – 0-2
• Montpellier – Monaco – 3-2
• Nantes – Lorient – 4-2
• Paris Saint Germain – Reims – 4-0