DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Olympique Lyonnais conquers Monaco with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored byK. Ekambi (74′) and a goal from J. Denayer (90′). Its vastly superior ball possession (62%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Amaury Delerue with the assistance of Alexandre Viala and Frédéric Haquette. The 4th official was Romain Lissorgue.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Lyonnais had a superior ball possession 62% while Monaco was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Lyonnais was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Lyonnais won the match​.

Olympique Lyonnais shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Monaco shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card (M. Caqueret). On the opposite side, Monaco received 2 yellow cards (A. Disasi and Jean Lucas).

Standings

After this encounter, Olympique Lyonnais will have 16 points like Nice and Angers SCO to stay in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Monaco will stay with 14 points like Olympique Marseille, Lorient and Lille to stay in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will play away against Nice on the 24th of October with a 17-10 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (9 draws).

Monaco will host Montpellier on the 24th of October with a 11-2 head to head in favor of Monaco (8 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

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

The manager Peter Bosz decided to play with the following team: Julian Pollersbeck (7.6), Léo Dubois (7.9), Jérôme Boateng (7.4), Jason Denayer (8.3), Emerson Palmieri (7.7), Maxence Caqueret (6.8), Bruno Guimarães (7.4), Xherdan Shaqiri (7.1), Houssem Aouar (6.3), Karl Toko Ekambi (7.4) and Rayan Cherki (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Tino Kadewere (6.5), Henrique, Lucas Paquetá (6.7), K. Bonnevie, Thiago Mendes, M. Gusto, H. Keita, D. Da Silva and S. Diomandé.

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 2 changes: R. Cherki for L. Paqueta (67′) and X. Shaqiri for T. Kadewere (67′).

Best player: Jason Denayer​

The most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was Jason Denayer.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 81 passes (97% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

Monaco – Formation

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

On the other side, Niko Kovač played with: Alexander Nübel (7.1), Ruben Aguilar (6.2), Axel Disasi (6.2), Benoît Badiashile (6.6), Caio Henrique (5.9), Gelson Martins (6.6), Youssouf Fofana (7.2), Jean Lucas (7.5), Eliot Matazo (6.6), Kevin Volland (6.4) and Wissam Ben Yedder (6.8).

They had on the bench: Myron Boadu (6.7), S. Pavlović, Felix Lemarechal (6.2), M. Akliouche, G. Maripán, Ismail Jakobs (6.4), C. Matsima, W. Isidor and R. Majecki.

Substitutions

Monaco made 4 changes: K. Volland for M. Boadu (71′), Jean Lucas for I. Jakobs (82′), E. Matazo for F. Lemarechal (82′) and G. Martins for M. Akliouche (90′).

Best player: Jean Lucas​

The player that probably impressed the most for Monaco was Jean Lucas.

His rating is (7.5) with 39 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Clermont – Lille – 1-0
• Olympique Lyonnais – Monaco – 2-0