Ligue 1: Lorient demolishes Saint-Étienne 6-2 with a superb performance

LORIENT. Lorient demolishes Saint-Étienne 6-2 with goals of

LORIENT. Lorient demolishes Saint-Étienne 6-2 with goals of T. Moffi (42′ pen), I. Kone (45′), E. Le Fee (61′), I. Kone (65′), T. Moffi (87′) and Q. Boisgard (90′). On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne scored with ​ D. Bouanga (4′), A. Nordin (22′). Saint-Étienne lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet with the help of Guillaume Debart and Julien Pacelli. The 4th official was Samir Zolota. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.96 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 82%.​

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  Lorient

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  Saint-Étienne

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  8 Apr 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 56% while Lorient was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Lorient was more aggressive with 30 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 14 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Lorient won the match.

Lorient shot 21 times, 14 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Saint-Étienne shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Lorient received 1 yellow card (E. Le Fee). On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne received 4 yellow cards (E. Mangala, M. Nade, T. Kolodziejczak and Y. Neyou).

Also, Saint-Étienne didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after Y. Neyou (Saint-Étienne) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (69′).

After playing this match, Lorient will have 28 points like Clermont to stay in the 16th place. On the other side, Saint-Étienne will stay with 27 points to stay in the 18th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Lorient will play away against Nice on the 17th of April with a 11-6 head to head stats in favor of Nice (8 draws).

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  Nice

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  Lorient

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  17 Apr 2022 Full time

Saint-Étienne will host Brest on the 16th of April with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Brest (2 draws).

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  Saint-Étienne

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  Brest

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  16 Apr 2022 Full time

Lorient: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Christophe Pélissier chose to play with the following team: Matthieu Dreyer (6.1), Houboulang Mendes (7.4), Julien Laporte (6.8), Leo Petrot (7.0), Vincent Le Goff (6.6), Enzo Le Fée (7.1), Thomas Monconduit (6.4), Laurent Abergel (6.5), Terem Moffi (9.0), Ibrahima Kone (8.8) and Armand Lauriente (7.5).

Substitutes

Lorient made 4 changes: E. Le Fee for Q. Boisgard (73′), A. Lauriente for D. Ouattara (77′), L. Abergel for F. Lemoine (88′) and I. Kone for S. Soumano (88′).

Top player: Terem Moffi

Probably the most impressive player in Lorient was Terem Moffi.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 15 passes (60% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.

Saint-Étienne: Formation and Lineups

Saint-Étienne started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the other side, Pascal Dupraz played with: Paul Bernardoni (6.2), Harold Moukoudi (5.9), Eliaquim Mangala (5.7), Mickael Nade (5.7), Sada Thioub (6.1), Adil Aouchiche (6.4), Lucas Gourna-Douath (6.9), Timothée Kolodziejczak (6.6), Ryad Boudebouz (7.5), Enzo Crivelli and Arnaud Nordin (7.3), Denis Bouanga (7.3).

Substitutes

Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: A. Aouchiche for Y. Neyou (65′), T. Kolodziejczak for M. Trauco (63′), S. Thioub for S. Gabriel (70′), L. Douath for Z. Youssouf (70′) and E. Mangala for B. Sako (70′).

Top player: Ryad Boudebouz

The player who no doubt impressed Saint-Étienne the most was Ryad Boudebouz.

His rating is (7.5) with 60 passes (78% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.