Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Porto: prevails over 1-0 with a goal scored by L. Paqueta
PORTO. Olympique Lyonnais prevails over Porto 1-0 after L. Paqueta scored just 1 goal (60').
PORTO. Olympique Lyonnais tops Porto 1-0 after L. Paqueta scored just 1 goal (60′).
The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Wednesday and it started at 5:45 pm local time. The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez who was helped by Raúl Cabañero Martínez and Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín. The 4th official was César Soto Grado. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.88 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 94%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Porto was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Olympique Lyonnais that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Olympique Lyonnais was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Olympique Lyonnais won the encounter.
Porto shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Olympique Lyonnais shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Porto received 2 yellow cards (Otavio and F. Conceicao). On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card (L. Dubois).
After this match, Porto stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the table. while Olympique Lyonnais has 16 points (1st).
Match Events
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46'46'
R. Semedo
Pepe
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60'60'
L. Paqueta
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65'65'
L. Dubois
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72'72'
T. Martinez
Evanilson
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74'74'
Otavio
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80'80'
F. Vieira
M. Taremi
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80'80'
Galeno
Joao Mario
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80'80'
H. Aouar
R. Faivre
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83'83'
M. Gusto
L. Dubois
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88'88'
F. Conceicao
Otavio
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90'90'
C. Mbemba Mangulu (Goal Disallowed)
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90'90'
F. Conceicao
Next match
In the upcoming Europa League match, Porto will play away against Olympique Lyonnais on the 17th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (0 draws).
Olympique Lyonnais will host Porto on the 17th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (0 draws).
Porto and Olympique Lyonnais will play the return match on the at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Porto: Formation and Lineups
Porto started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição chose to play with the following team: Diogo Costa , João Mário , Chancel Mbemba , Pepe , Zaidu Sanusi , Otávio , Vitinha , Mateus Uribe , Pepê , Evanilson and Mehdi Taremi .
Porto could not rely on the presence of R. Semedo (injured).
Substitutes
Porto made 5 changes: Pepe for R. Semedo (46′), Evanilson for T. Martinez (72′), M. Taremi for F. Vieira (80′), Joao Mario for Galeno (80′) and Otavio for F. Conceicao (88′).
Top player: Mateus Uribe
The player who no doubt impressed Porto the most was Mateus Uribe.
His rating is with 41 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 16.
Olympique Lyonnais: Formation and Lineups
Olympique Lyonnais started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Peter Bosz played with: Anthony Lopes , Léo Dubois , Thiago Mendes , Castello Lukeba , Emerson Palmieri , Maxence Caqueret , Tanguy Ndombélé , Romain Faivre , Lucas Paquetá , Karl Toko Ekambi and Moussa Dembélé .
Substitutes
Olympique Lyonnais made 2 changes: R. Faivre for H. Aouar (80′) and L. Dubois for M. Gusto (83′).
Top player: Thiago Mendes
The player who no doubt impressed Olympique Lyonnais the most was Thiago Mendes even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 45 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League
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