SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne was capable to snatch a draw against Olympique Lyonnais with a late goal from W. Khazri scored in the (90′) after Olympique Lyonnais got a lead with a goal from H. Aouar (42′).

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was François Letexier who was helped by Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Florent Batta.

Match Statistics​

Olympique Lyonnais was in firm control of the ball 55% while Saint-Étienne was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Saint-Étienne was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Saint-Étienne to win the match​.

Saint-Étienne shot 19 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (A. Nordin and M. Camara). On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards (L. Dubois, K. Ekambi and J. Denayer).

Also, Olympique Lyonnais didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after A. Lopes (Olympique Lyonnais) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (74′).

Standings

After this contest, Saint-Étienne will have 4 points like Brest to stay in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Olympique Lyonnais will have 13 points like Nantes to stay in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne will play away with Strasbourg on the 17th of October with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Saint-Étienne (2 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais will host Monaco on the 16th of October with a 14-7 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (6 draws).

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Claude Puel decided to play with the following team: Etienne Green (7.4), Mahdi Camara (7.7), Harold Moukoudi (7.4), Timothée Kolodziejczak (6.2), Miguel Trauco (7.4), Zaydou Youssouf (7.5), Yvan Neyou (6.9), Arnaud Nordin (7.1), Ryad Boudebouz (7.4), Denis Bouanga (6.2) and Wahbi Khazri (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Assane Dioussé, Juan Ignacio Ramírez, Jean-Philippe Krasso (6.6), Saïdou Sow, Adil Aouchiche (6.8), Lucas Gourna-Douath (7.0), Mickael Nade, Stefan Bajić and Romain Hamouma (6.3).

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: Y. Neyou for R. Hamouma (65′), A. Nordin for L. Douath (65′), R. Boudebouz for A. Aouchiche (78′) and D. Bouanga for J. Krasso (89′).

Best player: Mahdi Camara​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Mahdi Camara.

His rating is (7.7) with 31 passes (74% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

Also Olympique Lyonnais adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Peter Bosz played with: Anthony Lopes (6.2), Léo Dubois (6.6), Jérôme Boateng (7.1), Sinaly Diomande (7.4), Henrique (6.5), Maxence Caqueret (7.3), Bruno Guimarães (7.3), Xherdan Shaqiri (6.4), Houssem Aouar (6.2), Karl Toko Ekambi (7.2) and Lucas Paquetá (7.4).

They had on the bench: Damien Da Silva, Rayan Cherki, Tino Kadewere, Julian Pollersbeck (6.3), Habib Keita, Jason Denayer (5.4), Malo Gusto (6.4), Thiago Mendes (6.4) and Castello Lukeba.

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 4 changes: J. Boateng for J. Denayer (68′), X. Shaqiri for J. Pollersbeck (76′), H. Aouar for M. Gusto (88′) and B. Guimaraes for T. Mendes (88′).

Best player: Sinaly Diomande​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was Sinaly Diomande.

His rating is (7.4) with 53 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Angers SCO – Metz – 3-2
• Lille – Olympique Marseille – 2-0
• Lorient – Clermont – 1-1
• Monaco – Bordeaux – 3-0
• Nantes – Troyes – 2-0
• Rennes – Paris Saint Germain – 2-0
• Saint-Étienne – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-1