VILLENEUVE D’ASCQ. LOSC Lille overcome Sturm Graz. LOSC Lille was definitely better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d’Ascq on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Georgi Kabakov who was helped by Martin Margaritov and Diyan Valkov. The 4th official was Dragomir Draganov. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.38 degrees Celsius or 45.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

LOSC Lille

3 - 2

Sturm Graz

• ! 67 Ball Possession 33

Shots

• 18 Total 10
• 9 On Target 4
• 8 Off Target 2
• 1 Shots blocked 4

• 153 Attack 69
• 84 Dangerous attack 22
• 69 Ball safe 63

• 1 Penalties 0
• 9 Corners 2

Fouls

• 6 Total 8
• 1 Yellow Cards 1
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

LOSC Lille had a strong ball possession 67% while Sturm Graz was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

LOSC Lille was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why LOSC Lille won the match​.

LOSC Lille shot 18 times, 9 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Sturm Graz shot 10 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

LOSC Lille received 1 yellow card (Mitchel Bakker). On the opposite side, Sturm Graz received 1 yellow card (Tochi Chukwuani).

Standings

After this contest, LOSC Lille has 13 points like Arsenal, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Inter and Brest to hold in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Sturm Graz stays with 3 points like Girona, Crvena Zvezda and Salzburg to remain in the 29th place.

LOSC Lille – Formation

LOSC Lille

G

Lucas Chevalier 30.France

6.7

D

Alexsandro 4.Brazil

7.5

D

Bafodé Diakité 18.France

6.7

D

Thomas Meunier  12.Belgium

7.9

D

Ismaily 31.Brazil

6.9

68'

M

Rémy Cabella  10.France

7.3

68'

M

Benjamin André  21.France

7.3

M

Edon Zhegrova 23.Kosovo

M

Ayyoub Bouaddi 32.France

6.0

56'

M

Osame Sahraoui  11.Norway

7.7

80' 37'

M

Mitchel Bakker 20.Netherlands

8.2

80' 74' 45'

F

Jonathan David 9.Canada

7.0

Substitutes

G

Vito Mannone 1.Italy

G

Marc-Aurèle Caillard 16.France

D

Aïssa Mandi 2.Algeria

D

Gabriel Gudmundsson 5.Sweden

6.8

68'

D

Ousmane Touré 36.France

M

Hákon Arnar Haraldsson  7.Iceland

8.1

80' 81'

M

Ngal'ayel Mukau  17.Belgium

6.7

56'

F

Matias Fernandez-Pardo 19.Belgium

6.9

F

Mohamed Bayo 27.Guinea

6.8

80'

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

The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Edon Zhegrova, Lucas Chevalier (6.7), Thomas Meunier  (7.9), Bafodé Diakité (6.7), Alexsandro (7.5), Ismaily (6.9), Benjamin André  (7.3), Ayyoub Bouaddi (6.0), Mitchel Bakker (8.2), Rémy Cabella  (7.3), Osame Sahraoui  (7.7) and Jonathan David (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Aïssa Mandi, Gabriel Gudmundsson (6.8), Ngal’ayel Mukau  (6.7), Hákon Arnar Haraldsson  (8.1), Vito Mannone, Marc-Aurèle Caillard, Matias Fernandez-Pardo (6.9), Mohamed Bayo (6.8), Ousmane Touré and Isaac Cossier.

LOSC Lille could not rely on the presence of Mohamed Bayo (injured).

Substitutions

LOSC Lille made 4 changes: Ayyoub Bouaddi for Ngal’ayel Mukau  (56′), Ismaily for Gabriel Gudmundsson (68′), Osame Sahraoui  for Mohamed Bayo (80′) and Mitchel Bakker for Hákon Arnar Haraldsson  (80′).

Player of the match: Mitchel Bakker​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for LOSC Lille was Mitchel Bakker.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 40 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Sturm Graz – Formation

Sturm Graz

G

Daniil Khudyakov 53.Russia

7.2

D

Max Johnston 2.Scotland

6.5

87'

D

Gregory Wüthrich 5.Switzerland

6.6

D

Dimitri Lavalée 24.Belgium

6.5

D

Niklas Geyrhofer 35.Austria

6.3

M

Malick Yalcouyé 8.Mali

7.1

M

Otar Kiteishvili 10.Georgia

7.3

45'

M

William Bøving 15.Denmark

7.7

85'

M

Tochi Chukwuani  21.Denmark

7.2

87' 9'

M

Jon Gorenc Stankovic 4.Slovenia

6.6

85'

F

Mika Biereth 18.Denmark

7.3

47'

Substitutes

G

Matteo Bignetti 40.Austria

G

Christoph Wiener Pucher 45.Austria

D

Emanuel Aiwu 47.Austria

D

Emir Karic 17.Austria

D

Arjan Malic 23.Slovenia

6.5

87'

M

Lovro Zvonarek 14.Croatia

M

Tomi Horvat 19.Slovenia

6.6

85'

M

Stefan Hierländer  25.Austria

6.6

85'

M

Jacob Hödl 43.Austria

F

Seedy Jatta 20.Norway

6.6

87'

F

Erencan Yardımcı 9.Turkey

F

Amady Camara 36.Mali

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

Christian Ilzer played with: Daniil Khudyakov (7.2), Max Johnston (6.5), Niklas Geyrhofer (6.3), Gregory Wüthrich (6.6), Dimitri Lavalėe (6.5), Tochi Chukwuani (7.2), Jon Gorenc Stankovic  (6.6), Malick Yalcouyé (7.1), O. Kiteishvili (7.3), William Bøving (7.7), Mika Biereth (7.3).

They had on the bench: Seedy Jatta (6.6), Emanuel Aiwu, Erencan Yardımcı, Lovro Zvonarek, Emir Karić, Tomi Horvat (6.6), Arjan Malić (6.5), Stefan Hierländer (6.6), Amady Camara, Matteo Bignetti, Jacob Hödl and Christoph Wiener Pucher.

Substitutions

Sturm Graz made 4 changes: Tochi Chukwuani for Seedy Jatta (87′), Jon Gorenc Stankovic  for Stefan Hierländer (85′), William Bøving for Tomi Horvat (85′) and Max Johnston for Arjan Malić (87′).

Player of the match: William Bøving​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sturm Graz was William Bøving.

His rating is 7.7 with 17 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League.​

• Atlético Madrid – Slovan Bratislava – 3-1
• LOSC Lille – Sturm Graz – 3-2
• Benfica – Bologna – 0-0
• Borussia Dortmund – FC Barcelona – 2-3
• Feyenoord – Sparta Praha – 4-2
• Juventus – Manchester City – 2-0
• Milan – Crvena Zvezda – 2-1
• VfB Stuttgart – Young Boys – 5-1
• Arsenal – Monaco – 3-0