LORIENT. Nantes overcomes Lorient 1-0 after J. Castelletto scored just 1 goal (49′). Lorient was truly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

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 Willy Delajod with the assistance of Ludovic Reyes and Brice Parinet Le Tellier. The 4th official was Tifenn LeProdhomme. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.56 degrees Celsius or 49.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lorient had a superior ball possession 64% while Nantes was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lorient was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Nantes was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Lorient shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Nantes shot 7 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Lorient didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Nantes received 2 yellow cards (Nicolas Pallois and Douglas Augusto).

Standings

After this match, Lorient stays with 22 points like Montpellier to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Nantes will has 25 points like Strasbourg to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away against Rennes on the 3rd of March with a 19-8 head to head statistic in favor of Rennes (9 draws).

Nantes will host Metz on the 3rd of March with a 4-4 head to head stats.

Lorient – Formation

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 (7.9), Nathaniel Adjei (6.7), Julien Laporte (7.0), Isaak Touré (7.0), Panos Katseris (6.7), Laurent Abergel (7.3), Imrân Louza (7.0), Théo Le Bris (6.8), Ayman Kari (6.8), Julien Ponceau (7.3) and Mohamed Bamba (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Alfred Gomis, Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (6.4), Darlin Yongwa (6.8), Formose Mendy, Jean-Victor Makengo, Eli Junior Kroupi (6.8), Tosin Aiyegun (6.4), Gédéon Kalulu (7.0) and Tiemoué Bakayoko.

Substitutions

Lorient made 5 changes: Théo Le Bris for Darlin Yongwa (64′), Mohamed Bamba for Eli Junior Kroupi (77′), Imrân Louza for Tosin Aiyegun (64′), Ayman Kari for Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (63′) and Panos Katseris for Gédéon Kalulu (83′).

Player of the match: Yvon Mvogo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was the goalkeeper: Yvon Mvogo. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.

Nantes – Formation

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

Jocelyn Gourvennec played with: Alban Lafont (7.0), Jean-Charles Castelletto (7.9), Eray Cömert (7.3), Nicolas Pallois (7.5), Nathan Zeze (7.5), Nicolas Cozza (7.3), Moussa Sissoko (7.0), Douglas Augusto (7.0), Pedro Chirivella (7.0), Mostafa Mohamed (6.7) and Moses Simon (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tino Kadewere (7.1), Rémy Descamps, Jean-Kevin Duverne (6.4), Samuel Moutoussamy (6.8), Florent Mollet, Matthis Abline, Hugo Boutsingkham, Marcus Coco (6.8) and Bénie Traoré (6.6).

Substitutions

Nantes made 5 changes: Mostafa Mohamed for Tino Kadewere (46′), Jean-Charles Castelletto for Marcus Coco (68′), Moses Simon for Bénie Traoré (68′), Nicolas Cozza for Jean-Kevin Duverne (83′) and Douglas Augusto for Samuel Moutoussamy (74′).

Player of the match: Jean-Charles Castelletto​

The most impressive player for Nantes was Jean-Charles Castelletto.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Lorient – Nantes – 0-1
• Strasbourg – Brest – 0-3