LORIENT. Lorient overcomes Reims with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Bamba (70′) and a goal from T. Bakayoko (87′). Reims lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
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 Marc Bollengier with the support of Thomas Luczynski and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Thierry Bouille. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 11.25 degrees Celsius or 52.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Reims had a strong ball possession 60% while Lorient was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Reims had a more offensive attitude with 81 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Lorient was able to find the solution to win this match.
Lorient shot 17 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Reims shot 23 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Lorient received 1 yellow card (Laurent Abergel). On the other side, Reims received 1 yellow card (Benjamin Stambouli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lorient has 19 points like Montpellier to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Reims will stays with 30 points like Olympique Marseille to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away with Strasbourg on the 18th of February with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Lorient (4 draws).
Reims will host Lens on the 18th of February with a 10-4 head to head statistic in favor of Lens (7 draws).
Lorient – Formation
Lorient
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Lorient started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Régis Le Bris decided to play with the following team: Yvon Mvogo , Nathaniel Adjei , Montassar Talbi , Isaak Touré , Panos Katseris , Laurent Abergel , Imrân Louza , Théo Le Bris , Ayman Kari , Julien Ponceau and Mohamed Bamba .
The home team had on the bench: Alfred Gomis, Badredine Bouanani , Ahmadou Bamba Dieng , Darlin Yongwa , Formose Mendy , Tiemoué Bakayoko , Julien Laporte, Eli Junior Kroupi and Tosin Aiyegun.
Lorient could not rely on the presence of Formose Mendy (injured).
Substitutions
Lorient made 5 changes: Panos Katseris for Formose Mendy (79′), Laurent Abergel for Tiemoué Bakayoko (72′), Ayman Kari for Badredine Bouanani (71′), Théo Le Bris for Darlin Yongwa (85′) and Mohamed Bamba for Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (71′).
Player of the match: Montassar Talbi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was Montassar Talbi even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 30 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 10.
Reims – Formation
Reims
Reims started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
William Still played with: Yehvann Diouf , Thomas Foket , Joseph Okumu , Yunis Abdelhamid , Sergio Akieme , Marshall Munetsi , Benjamin Stambouli , Teddy Teuma , Junya Ito , Mohamed Daramy and Keito Nakamura .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Reda Khadra , Emmanuel Agbadou , Thibault De Smet, Amir Richardson , Adama Bojang , Ibrahim Diakité, Therence Koudou, Yaya Fofana and Alexandre Olliero.
Substitutions
Reims made 5 changes: Keito Nakamura for Reda Khadra (71′), Joseph Okumu for Emmanuel Agbadou (73′), Benjamin Stambouli for Amir Richardson (72′), Mohamed Daramy for Adama Bojang (82′) and Sergio Akieme for Yaya Fofana (82′).
Player of the match: Teddy Teuma
The most impressive player for Reims was Teddy Teuma.
His rating is with 77 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 10 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Montpellier – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-2
- Le Havre – Rennes – 0-1
- Clermont – Brest – 1-1
- Nice – Monaco – 2-3
- Lorient – Reims – 2-0
- Toulouse – Nantes – 1-2
