Angers vs Lyon

25 February 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Florent Batta

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Abdallah Sima 87’
  • Thiago Mendes 38’
  • Amin Sarr 80’
  • Bradley Barcola 90’

Match summary

Lyon won 3-1 away at Angers. Lyon led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Thiago Mendes put Lyon ahead with a direct free kick in the 38th minute. In the second half, Amin Sarr made it 0-2 in the 80th minute, set up by Maxence Caqueret, Abdallah Sima pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 87th minute, and Bradley Barcola made it 1-3 in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Angers's 1.14 from 11.

Match stats

Angers Lyon
11 Shots 7
2 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.14 xG 1.82
1.14 Non-penalty xG 1.82
1 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Angers Lyon
Kick-off
38’
Thiago Mendes0-1 (Lyon)
Half-time0-1
80’
Amin Sarr
Assist: Maxence Caqueret0-2 (Lyon)
Abdallah Sima1-2 (Angers)
87’
90’
Bradley Barcola1-3 (Lyon)
Full-time1-3

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 1.82 38’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), 0-1 38’ 80’ Amin Sarr (Lyon), 0-2 80’ 87’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), 1-2 87’ 90’ Bradley Barcola (Lyon), 1-3 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 1.82 38’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), 0-1 Mendes 38’ 80’ Amin Sarr (Lyon), 0-2 Sarr 80’ 87’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), 1-2 Sima 87’ 90’ Bradley Barcola (Lyon), 1-3 Barcola 90’
Angers 1.14 xGLyon 1.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Angers attacking 
80’ Amin Sarr (Lyon), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 87’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 53’ Castello Lukeba (Lyon), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 90’ Bradley Barcola (Lyon), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 90+3’ Amin Sarr (Lyon), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 32’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 46’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 11’ Amine Salama (Angers), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 1’ Ibrahima Niane (Angers), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 51’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, goal 71’ Amine Salama (Angers), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 7’ Ibrahima Niane (Angers), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 31’ Himad Abdelli (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Farid El Melali (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Batista Mendy (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Nabil Bentaleb (Angers), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 80’ Amin Sarr (Lyon), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 87’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 53’ Castello Lukeba (Lyon), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 90’ Bradley Barcola (Lyon), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 90+3’ Amin Sarr (Lyon), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 32’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 46’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 11’ Amine Salama (Angers), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 1’ Ibrahima Niane (Angers), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 51’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 7’ Ibrahima Niane (Angers), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 38’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, goal 71’ Amine Salama (Angers), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 31’ Himad Abdelli (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Farid El Melali (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Batista Mendy (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Nabil Bentaleb (Angers), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Paul Bernardoni GK900 0.000.000
Yan Valery DEF900 0.000.352
Cédric Hountondji DEF900 0.000.000
Ousmane Camara DEF900 0.000.000
Faouzi Ghoulam DEF700 0.000.041
Himad Abdelli MID901 0.020.021
Batista Mendy MID901 0.020.143
Nabil Bentaleb MID851 0.010.000
Abdallah Sima FWD9013 0.850.011
Ibrahima Niane FWD662 0.090.000
Amine Salama FWD852 0.120.000
Adrien Hunou Sub240 0.000.021
Halid Sabanovic Sub200 0.000.000
Farid El Melali Sub51 0.020.000
Jean Négoce Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Angers win 21% Avg odds 4.53
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.72
Lyon win 53% Avg odds 1.80

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Angers LLDDL
Lyon WDWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lyon 5-0 Angers, 03 Sep 22 Next meeting: Angers 0-3 Lyon, 07 Dec 24  All Angers vs Lyon meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.