Olympique Lyonnais vs Lorient preview: Visitors will have a back-breaking job at Parc Olympique Lyonnais

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

Lorient have restored their energy following their 0-3-game vs Montpellier and are ready to meet Olympique Lyonnais. Get all the info!

Insights:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest scored goals (3) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have the most conceded goals (15) in Ligue 1

9 - 9 - 20 with 44-74. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Lorient when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Lorient play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

It's quite the trip for Lorient when visiting Olympique Lyonnais as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Three Ligue 1 home games done for Olympique Lyonnais, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 286 minutes without scoring a league goal. Tolisso was the last player to find the net.

Lyon lost their last game at Reims (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Diomandé, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Diomandé hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Brest.

Olympique Lyonnais have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Olympique Lyonnais having conceded 8 goals here at Parc Lyon so far.

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Lorient form and stats

The Ligue 1 season is young and Lorient have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Home advantage was not enough for Lorient in their previous game as they lost hosting Montpellier, 0-3.

Prior to that match, the Lorient manager Bris faced defeat when travelling to Nantes and losing 3-5.

Will there be lots of goals? This club have played 5 consecutive league games all having three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).

Lorient are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Olympique Lyonnais won three, Lorient were winners in three and we saw four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LorientR. Faivre
R. Faivre
3 goals
LorientT. Aiyegun
T. Aiyegun
2 goals
Olympique LyonnaisA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
1 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Lorient missing players

Olympique Lyonnais Lorient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 0 Lost L 1 2 3
3 2 0 Scored S 3 3 10
13 8 0 Conceded C 5 8 15
71% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 86%
57% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 86%
43% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 71%
29% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 43%
29% 67% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 29%
43% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 57%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
57% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 43%
 
4.4 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.7 4.1
3.4 1.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6 6.3
2.4 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 16.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.7 9.3
5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3 3.3
9% 11% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 43%
 
15.3 14.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 19 18.7 18.4
5.1 5.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 6.3 7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Lorient have scored more than double the goals of Olympique Lyonnais.
  • Lorient have the most conceded goals (15) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lorient have yet to win a game away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest scored goals (3) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have yet to win a game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 7 4 2 1 18 10 4 3 0 1 9 3 3 1 2 0 9 7 8 14
2 Brest 7 4 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 14
3 Reims 7 4 1 2 13 8 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 13
4 Nice 7 3 4 0 8 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 13
5 PSG 7 3 3 1 14 6 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 1 2 0 5 2 8 12
6 Rennes 7 2 5 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 12 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 6 11
7 Lille 7 3 2 2 10 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 6 7 1 11
8 Strasbourg 7 3 1 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 1 5 -2 10
9 Montpellier 7 2 3 2 12 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 9
10 Le Havre 7 2 3 2 10 9 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 9
11 Toulouse 7 2 3 2 9 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 1 9
12 Olympique Marseille 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 0 2 2 5 10 -2 9
13 Nantes 7 2 2 3 12 14 4 1 2 1 10 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
14 Metz 7 2 2 3 7 13 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 2 0 2 3 8 -6 8
15 Lens 7 2 1 4 7 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 4 9 -5 7
16 Lorient 7 1 3 3 10 15 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 6
17 Clermont 7 0 2 5 5 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 2
18 Olympique Lyonnais 7 0 2 5 3 13 3 0 1 2 2 8 4 0 1 3 1 5 -10 2

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.