French Ligue 1

Nantes vs Lorient, 2023-24 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Nantes
  • 42': Matthis Abline
  • 46': Eray Cömert
  • 55': Mostafa Mohamed
  • 83': Florent Mollet
  • 90'+9': Moses Simon (P)
FT
5 - 3
Lorient
  • 6': Eli Junior Kroupi
  • 75': Romain Faivre
  • 85': Tosin Aiyegun

About

Nantes are hosting Lorient at La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, Nantes, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Julien Ponceau (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 2': Delay in match because of an injury Isaak Touré (Lorient).
  • 2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 4': Attempt saved. Julien Ponceau (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vincent Le Goff.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jean-Kévin Duverne with a cross.
  • 6': Goal! Nantes 0, Lorient 1. Eli Kroupi (Lorient) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vincent Le Goff with a cross.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Florent Mollet (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mostafa Mohamed.
  • 8': Foul by Isaak Touré (Lorient).
  • 8': Jean-Kévin Duverne (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Florent Mollet (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthis Abline with a cross.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aiyegun Tosin.
  • 13': Foul by Julien Laporte (Lorient).
  • 13': Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Douglas Augusto (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Quentin Merlin.
  • 15': Foul by Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes).
  • 15': Laurent Abergel (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Isaak Touré (Lorient) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julien Ponceau.
  • 19': Foul by Quentin Merlin (Nantes).
  • 19': Romain Faivre (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Moses Simon (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Matthis Abline (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 28': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Gédéon Kalulu.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pedro Chirivella with a cross.
  • 34': Foul by Julien Laporte (Lorient).
  • 34': Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 34': Foul by Quentin Merlin (Nantes).
  • 34': Romain Faivre (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient).
  • 35': Moses Simon (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 36': Foul by Moses Simon (Nantes).
  • 36': Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Laurent Abergel (Lorient).
  • 37': Pedro Chirivella (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Douglas Augusto (Nantes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matthis Abline.
  • 39': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Yvon Mvogo.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Eray Cömert (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Quentin Merlin with a cross following a corner.
  • 40': Foul by Aiyegun Tosin (Lorient).
  • 40': Jean-Kévin Duverne (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Lorient).
  • 40': Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 42': Goal! Nantes 1, Lorient 1. Matthis Abline (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Moses Simon.
  • 45': Foul by Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes).
  • 45': Montassar Talbi (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Lorient).
  • 45'+2': Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Nantes 1, Lorient 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Nantes 1, Lorient 1.
  • 46': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Julien Laporte.
  • 46': Goal! Nantes 2, Lorient 1. Eray Cömert (Nantes) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florent Mollet with a cross following a corner.
  • 49': Foul by Julien Ponceau (Lorient).
  • 49': Pedro Chirivella (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Matthis Abline (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mostafa Mohamed.
  • 52': Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Jean-Kévin Duverne.
  • 53': Florent Mollet (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Foul by Laurent Abergel (Lorient).
  • 53': Laurent Abergel (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Goal! Nantes 3, Lorient 1. Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 60': Foul by Douglas Augusto (Nantes).
  • 60': Julien Ponceau (Lorient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 60': Substitution, Nantes. Abdoul Kader Bamba replaces Matthis Abline.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Moses Simon (Nantes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Chirivella.
  • 61': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Isaak Touré.
  • 62': Delay in match because of an injury Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes).
  • 62': Delay in match because of an injury Julien Laporte (Lorient).
  • 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 63': Substitution, Lorient. Siriné Doucouré replaces Eli Kroupi.
  • 63': Substitution, Lorient. Igor Silva replaces Gédéon Kalulu.
  • 63': Substitution, Lorient. Benjamin Mendy replaces Vincent Le Goff.
  • 64': Foul by Pedro Chirivella (Nantes).
  • 64': Julien Ponceau (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Foul by Isaak Touré (Lorient).
  • 67': Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Foul by Igor Silva (Lorient).
  • 73': Foul by Benjamin Mendy (Lorient).
  • 73': Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 74': Substitution, Lorient. Jean-Victor Makengo replaces Julien Ponceau.
  • 75': Goal! Nantes 3, Lorient 2. Romain Faivre (Lorient) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Siriné Doucouré.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Moses Simon.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Douglas Augusto (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 80': Substitution, Nantes. Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel replaces Jean-Kévin Duverne.
  • 80': Substitution, Nantes. Marquinhos replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
  • 81': Douglas Augusto (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Foul by Isaak Touré (Lorient).
  • 81': Rémy Descamps (Nantes) is shown the yellow card.
  • 83': Goal! Nantes 4, Lorient 2. Florent Mollet (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Moses Simon.
  • 85': Goal! Nantes 4, Lorient 3. Aiyegun Tosin (Lorient) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Romain Faivre.
  • 86': Douglas Augusto (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Jean-Victor Makengo (Lorient).
  • 89': Hand ball by Benjamin Mendy (Lorient).
  • 89': Substitution, Nantes. Samuel Moutoussamy replaces Florent Mollet.
  • 90'+1': Romain Faivre (Lorient) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Marquinhos (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Quentin Merlin.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Siriné Doucouré (Lorient) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Romain Faivre (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes).
  • 90'+5': Jean-Victor Makengo (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Quentin Merlin.
  • 90'+7': Attempt saved. Isaak Touré (Lorient) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy with a cross.
  • 90'+7': Penalty Nantes. Marquinhos draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+7': Penalty conceded by Igor Silva (Lorient) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+7': Igor Silva (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+9': Goal! Nantes 5, Lorient 3. Moses Simon (Nantes) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+10': Second Half ends, Nantes 5, Lorient 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Nantes 5, Lorient 3.

Statistics

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17 Fouls 8
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 4
55.7 Possession 44.3
10 SHOTS 19
7 ON GOAL 9
0.7 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
531 Accurate Passes 405
604 Passes 475
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
7 Accurate Crosses 7
19 Crosses 19
0.4 Cross % 0.4
56 Long Balls 70
27 Accurate Long Balls 35
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 4
5 Effective Tackles 12
14 Tackles 20
0.4 Tackle % 0.6
10 Interceptions 8
9 Effective Clearances 13
9 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau
Location: Nantes, France
Attendance: 30,704

Ligue 1 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 3 +5 9
2 Lyon 3 +5 9
3 Lille 3 +7 7
4 AS Monaco 3 +2 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

NAN Nantes (4-4-2)

No. Name
16 Rémy Descamps (GK) Yellow Card
21 Jean-Charles Castelletto
24 Eray Cömert
29 Quentin Merlin
2 Jean-Kévin Duverne
6 Douglas
5 Pedro Chirivella
27 Moses Simon
25 Florent Mollet
31 Mostafa Mohamed
39 Matthis Abline
Nantes Substitutes:
Jaouen Hadjam, Ronael Pierre-Gabriel, Marcus Coco, Moussa Sissoko, Samuel Moutoussamy, Nicolas Pallois, Marquinhos, Kader Bamba, Alban Lafont.

LOR Lorient (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
38 Yvon Mvogo (GK)
15 Julien Laporte
95 Isaak Touré
3 Montassar Talbi
21 Julien Ponceau
19 Laurent Abergel Yellow Card
25 Vincent Le Goff
24 Gedeon Kalulu
22 Eli Junior Kroupi
27 Tosin Aiyegun
10 Romain Faivre
Lorient Substitutes:
Alfred Gomis, Benjamin Mendy, Jean-Victor Makengo, Pablo Pagis, Théo Le Bris, Ckene Doucouré, Joel Mugisha, Darlin Yongwa, Igor Silva.

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