LORIENT. Lorient conquered Clermont to win 2-1. T. Moffi was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Lorient to strike first with a penalty of T. Moffi at the 24′. Then T. Moffi scored again for Lorient in the 41′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Muhammed Cham reduced the distance for Clermont (62′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Clermont lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
N. Borges received a red card (48′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Clermont lost the match.
The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod who was helped by Philippe Jeanne and François Boudikian. The 4th official was Gabriel Henry. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.4 degrees Celsius or 81.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Clermont had a strong ball possession 60% while Lorient was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Clermont had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Lorient was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Lorient shot 21 times, 10 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Clermont shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Lorient received 1 yellow card (G. Kalulu). On the other side, Clermont received 3 yellow cards (N. Borges, M. Gonalons and P. Gastien).
Also, Clermont didn’t end the match with 11 players after N. Borges (Clermont) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (48′).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away against Lens on the 31st of August with a 11-4 head to head statistic in favor of Lorient (7 draws).
Clermont will play away agasint Olympique Marseille on the 31st of August with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (0 draws).
Lorient – Formation
Lorient
15'
73'
24', 41'
Lorient adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Régis Le Bris decided to play with the following team: Yvon Mvogo , Gedeon Kalulu , Julien Laporte , Montassar Talbi , Vincent Le Goff , Laurent Abergel , Enzo Le Fée , Dango Ouattara , Julien Ponceau , Armand Lauriente and Terem Moffi .
The home team had on the bench: Ibrahima Kone , Théo Le Bris , Adrian Grbić, Bonke Innocent , Pablo Pagis, Darline Zidane Yongwa Ngameni, Bamo Meïté, Stéphane Diarra and Paul Nardi.
Substitutions
Lorient made 4 changes: J. Ponceau for T. Le Bris (73′), T. Moffi for I. Kone (73′), E. Le Fee for B. Innocent (82′) and A. Lauriente for S. Diarra (90′).
Best player: Terem Moffi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was Terem Moffi.
His rating is with 2 goals, 13 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4.
Clermont – Formation
Clermont
48'
Also Clermont adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pascal Gastien played with: Mory Diaw , Alidu Seidu , Mateusz Wieteska , Florent Ogier , Neto Borges , Maxime Gonalons , Johan Gastien , Saîf-Eddine Khaoui , Muhammed Cham , Jim Allevinah and Komnen Andrić .
They had on the bench: Ouparine Djoco, Jean Claude Billong , Jodel Dossou, Arial Mendy , Yohann Magnin , Brandon Baiye, Grejohn Kyei , Jérémie Bela and Jason Berthomier.
Substitutions
Clermont made 5 changes: S. Khaoui for A. Mendy (49′), A. Seidu for J. Bela (68′), M. Gonalons for J. Billong (68′), K. Andric for Y. Magnin (68′) and J. Allevinah for G. Kyei (71′).
Best player: Mory Diaw
The most impressive player for Clermont was the goalkeeper: Mory Diaw. His rating is 7.44. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Troyes – Angers SCO – 3-1
- Reims – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-1
- Paris Saint Germain – Monaco – 1-1
- Nice – Olympique Marseille – 0-3
- Brest – Montpellier – 0-7
- Nantes – Toulouse – 3-1
- Lorient – Clermont – 2-1
