STRASBOURG. Lorient conquers Strasbourg 3-1. Lorient was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Mohamed Bamba (2′), Mohamed Bamba (45′) and Julien Ponceau (49′). Strasbourg reduced the distance with a goal (51′) by Frédéric Guilbert, but there was not much to do for them. Strasbourg was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stade de la Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard with the support of Valentin Evrard and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Faouzi Benchabane. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.8 degrees Celsius or 51.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 18 Total 13
- 4 On Target 6
- 10 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 158 Attack 69
- 83 Dangerous attack 34
- 68 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 4
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Strasbourg had a strong ball possession 62% while Lorient was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Strasbourg had a more offensive attitude with 83 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Lorient was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Strasbourg shot 18 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lorient shot 13 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Strasbourg received 3 yellow cards (Ângelo, Junior Mwanga and Habib Diarra). Talking about the opposition, Lorient received 1 yellow card (Isaak Touré).
(Strasbourg) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Strasbourg stays with 25 points like Olympique Lyonnais to hold in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Lorient will has 22 points like Montpellier and Nantes to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg will host Brest on the 25th of February with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Strasbourg (6 draws).
Lorient will host Nantes on the 25th of February with a 12-8 head to head record in favor of Nantes (6 draws).
Strasbourg – Formation
Strasbourg
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56'
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90'
Strasbourg started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Patrick Vieira decided to play with the following team: Alaa Bellaarouch , Marvin Senaya , Lucas Perrin , Abakar Sylla , Frédéric Guilbert , Dilane Bakwa , Junior Mwanga , Ismael Doukoure , Jessy Deminguet , Habib Diarra and Emanuel Emegha .
The home team had on the bench: Matthieu Dreyer, Thomas Delaine , Andrey Santos , Kévin Gameiro , Saïdou Sow, Ângelo , Steven Baseya, Alexandre Pierre and Rabby Nzingoula .
Substitutions
Strasbourg made 4 changes: Jessy Deminguet for Kévin Gameiro (56′), Ismael Doukoure for Ângelo (56′), Marvin Senaya for Thomas Delaine (56′) and Junior Mwanga for Andrey Santos (80′).
Player of the match: Frédéric Guilbert
The most impressive player for Strasbourg was Frédéric Guilbert.
His rating is with 1 goal, 63 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.
Lorient – Formation
Lorient
Lorient started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Régis Le Bris played with: Imrân Louza, Panos Katseris, Yvon Mvogo , Nathaniel Adjei , Montassar Talbi , Isaak Touré , Gédéon Kalulu , Laurent Abergel , Tiemoué Bakayoko , Théo Le Bris and Ayman Kari , Julien Ponceau , Mohamed Bamba .
They had on the bench: Alfred Gomis, Loris Mouyokolo, Badredine Bouanani, Ahmadou Bamba Dieng, Darlin Yongwa , Julien Laporte , Jean-Victor Makengo, Eli Junior Kroupi and Tosin Aiyegun .
Lorient could not rely on the presence of Julien Laporte (injured).
Substitutions
Lorient made 4 changes: Montassar Talbi for Julien Laporte (45′), Gédéon Kalulu for Darlin Yongwa (62′), Ayman Kari for Tosin Aiyegun (62′) and Mohamed Bamba for Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (90′).
Player of the match: Mohamed Bamba
The player that probably impressed the most for Lorient was Mohamed Bamba.
His rating is with 2 goals, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Brest – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Montpellier – Metz – 3-0
- Reims – Lens – 1-1
- Monaco – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Clermont – 3-1
- Strasbourg – Lorient – 1-3
