DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Olympique Lyonnais demolishes Angers SCO 5-0 with goals of K. Toko Ekambi (31′), A. Lacazette (38′), K. Toko Ekambi (59′), C. Lukeba (62′) and M. Dembele (88′). Olympique Lyonnais was definitely better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the 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 Thomas Léonard with the collaboration of Cyril Gringore and Guillaume Debart. The 4th official was Robin Chapapria.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Lyonnais had a strong ball possession 64% while Angers SCO was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Lyonnais was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 15 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Lyonnais won the match​.

Olympique Lyonnais shot 23 times, 15 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Angers SCO shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards (M. Gusto and Tete). Regarding the opposition, Angers SCO received 1 yellow card (S. Boufal).

Standings

After this match, Olympique Lyonnais will have 13 points like Lens to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Angers SCO will stay with 2 points to remain in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will host Paris Saint Germain on the 18th of September with a 19-13 head to head in favor of Paris Saint Germain (11 draws).

Angers SCO will play away agasint Nice on the 18th of September with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Nice (5 draws).

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 (7.3), Malo Gusto (7.4), Thiago Mendes (7.2), Castello Lukeba (8.6), Nicolás Tagliafico (7.7), Romain Faivre (7.2), Corentin Tolisso (7.1), Maxence Caqueret (6.3), Tetê (7.0), Alexandre Lacazette (7.3) and Karl Toko Ekambi (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (7.3), Rayan Cherki, Rémy Riou, Bradley Barcola (6.2), Henrique (6.3), Damien Da Silva (6.7), Moussa Dembélé (7.2) and Johann Lepenant.

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 5 changes: A. Lacazette for M. Dembele (65′), Tete for J. Reine-Adelaide (66′), T. Mendes for D. Da Silva (70′), M. Gusto for Henrique (70′) and K. Toko Ekambi for B. Barcola (80′).

Best player: Castello Lukeba​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was Castello Lukeba.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 48 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Angers SCO – Formation

Angers SCO started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

Gérald Baticle played with: Paul Bernardoni (5.8), Abdoulaye Bamba (6.2), Cédric Hountondji (5.9), Batista Mendy (6.1), Nabil Bentaleb (7.1), Yan Valery (6.2), Adrien Hunou (6.8), Azzedine Ounahi (6.5), Souleyman Doumbia (6.2), Sofiane Boufal (6.2) and Loïs Diony (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Amine Salama (6.5), Ilyes Chetti, Abdallah Sima (6.6), Himad Abdelli, Waniss Taibi, Sada Thioub (6.1), Miha Blažič, Pierrick Capelle (6.5) and Yahia Fofana.

Angers SCO could not rely on the presence of S. Thioub (injured).

Substitutions

Angers SCO made 5 changes: S. Boufal for A. Sima (69′), L. Diony for A. Salama (69′), Y. Valery for S. Thioub (77′), A. Ounahi for P. Capelle (78′) and A. Hunou for H. Abdelli (84′).

Best player: Nabil Bentaleb​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Angers SCO was Nabil Bentaleb.

His rating is (7.1) with 44 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Lyonnais – Angers SCO – 5-0
• Nantes – Paris Saint Germain – 0-3
• Auxerre – Olympique Marseille – 0-2