DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Olympique Lyonnais beat Ajaccio to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Olympique Lyonnais to strike first with a goal of Tete at the 12′. Then A. Lacazette scored again for Olympique Lyonnais in the 21′ minute with a penalty. Eventually, T. Mangani reduced the distance for Ajaccio a penalty (31′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Olympique Lyonnais was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Olympique Lyonnais remained with 10 players after A. Lopes received a red card in the 27′. Nevertheless, Olympique Lyonnais still succeeded in win this encounter competing only with 10 players​. On the other side, also R. Hamouma received a red card (45′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Ajaccio lost the match.

The match was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien assisted by Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Ahmed Taleb.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Lyonnais had a superior ball possession 68% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ajaccio had a more offensive attitude with 36 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Olympique Lyonnais succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Olympique Lyonnais shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Ajaccio shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card (A. Lacazette). On the opposite side, Ajaccio received 5 yellow cards (C. Avinel, R. Hamouma, M. El Idrissy, I. Diallo and K. Spadanuda).

(Olympique Lyonnais) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (27′).

Also, Ajaccio didn’t end the match with 11 players after R. Hamouma (Ajaccio) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (45′).

Standings

After this match, Olympique Lyonnais has 3 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Ajaccio stays with 0 points (20th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will host Troyes on the 19th of August with a 12-1 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (0 draws).

Ajaccio will host Lille on the 26th of August with a 7-0 head to head record in favor of Lille (1 draw).

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

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

The manager Peter Bosz decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes (4.1), Malo Gusto (6.9), Thiago Mendes (7.2), Castello Lukeba (6.5), Nicolás Tagliafico (6.7), Lucas Paquetá (7.1), Johann Lepenant (7.1), Houssem Aouar (6.8), Tetê (7.6), Alexandre Lacazette (7.4) and Karl Toko Ekambi (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Rémy Riou (6.9), Jérôme Boateng, Damien Da Silva, Sinaly Diomandé, Corentin Tolisso (7.1), Rayan Cherki, Mohamed El Arouch, Bradley Barcola (6.3) and Tino Kadewere.

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 4 changes: H. Aouar for R. Riou (30′), K. Toko Ekambi for B. Barcola (75′), Lucas Paqueta for C. Tolisso (75′) and Tete for R. Cherki (89′).

Best player: Tetê​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was Tetê.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 26 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.

Ajaccio – Formation

Ajaccio started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Olivier Pantaloni played with: Benjamin Leroy (7.0), Mickaël Alphonse (6.1), Oumar Gonzalez (6.8), Cedric Avinel (6.1), Ismaël Diallo (6.3), Cyrille Bayala (7.0), Vincent Marchetti (7.5), Thomas Mangani (7.7), Riad Nouri (6.5), Mounaim El Idrissy (6.9) and Romain Hamouma (5.6).

These were the players on the bench: Francois-Joseph Sollacaro, Mohamed Youssouf, Clement Vidal, Mathieu Coutadeur, Qazim Laci, Yanis Cimignani (6.8), Kevin Spadanuda (5.9), Gaëtan Courtet and Bevic Moussiti Oko (6.8).

Substitutions

Ajaccio made 5 changes: C. Bayala for K. Spadanuda (71′), R. Nouri for Y. Cimignani (71′), M. El Idrissy for B. Moussiti-Oko (71′), T. Mangani for Q. Laci (89′) and V. Marchetti for M. Coutadeur (89′).

Best player: Thomas Mangani​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Thomas Mangani.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 53 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Lyonnais – Ajaccio – 2-1