TOULOUSE. Olympique Lyonnais found a way to turn the tables against Toulouse.

The match was played at the Stadium de Toulouse stadium in Toulouse on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jeremy Stinat with the help of Julien Aube and Julien Pacelli. The 4th official was Pierre Legat. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 17 degrees Celsius or 62.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Toulouse was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Olympique Lyonnais that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Toulouse was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Olympique Lyonnais managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Toulouse shot 13 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Olympique Lyonnais shot 18 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Toulouse received 2 yellow cards (Stijn Spierings and Aron Dønnum). On the opposite side, Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards (Corentin Tolisso and Clinton Mata).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Toulouse stays with 29 points like Strasbourg to remain in the 11th place. On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais will has 34 points to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Toulouse will play away against Clermont on the 31st of March with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Clermont (2 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais will host Reims on the 31st of March with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (6 draws).

Toulouse – Formation

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

The manager Carles Martínez Novell decided to play with the following team: Guillaume Restes (6.3), Logan Costa (6.7), Rasmus Nicolaisen (7.5), Christian Mawissa (7.0), Warren Kamanzi (6.7), Stijn Spierings (7.1), Vincent Sierro (7.5), Gabriel Suazo (7.0), Aron Dønnum (6.8), Yann Gboho (7.3) and Thijs Dallinga (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mikkel Desler (6.8), Zakaria Aboukhlal, César Gelabert, Frank Magri (6.4), Naatan Skyttä, Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes (6.6), Alex Domínguez, Shavy Babicka and Kévin Keben Biakolo.

Substitutions

Toulouse made 5 changes: Stijn Spierings for Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes (69′), Aron Dønnum for Frank Magri (69′), Yann Gboho for Zakaria Aboukhlal (89′), Vincent Sierro for Shavy Babicka (89′) and Warren Kamanzi for Mikkel Desler (78′).

Player of the match: Thijs Dallinga​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Toulouse was Thijs Dallinga.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 17 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

Olympique Lyonnais started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Pierre Sage played with: Anthony Lopes (7.0), Clinton Mata (7.3), Jake O’Brien (7.7), Duje Caleta-Car (6.4), Nicolás Tagliafico (6.8), Maxence Caqueret (7.5), Nemanja Matić (7.3), Corentin Tolisso (7.5), Ernest Nuamah (6.3), Alexandre Lacazette (7.7) and Ainsley Maitland-Niles (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Malick Fofana (6.7), Mama Baldé (7.3), Adryelson, Henrique Silva, Lucas Perri, Johann Lepenant, Mahamadou Diawara, Rayan Cherki (9.5) and Gift Emmanuel Orban (6.4).

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 4 changes: Corentin Tolisso for Mama Baldé (73′), Ernest Nuamah for Malick Fofana (73′), Ainsley Maitland-Niles for Rayan Cherki (66′) and Alexandre Lacazette for Gift Emmanuel Orban (46′).

Player of the match: Rayan Cherki​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was Rayan Cherki.

His rating is 9.5 with 1 goal, 18 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 66′.

Results of the day

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

• Toulouse – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-3