Lorient vs Ajaccio

19 February 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Ahmadou Bamba Dieng 6’ (pen)
  • Romain Faivre 43’
  • Julien Ponceau 58’

Match summary

Lorient won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Ajaccio. Lorient led 2-0 at half-time.

Ahmadou Bamba Dieng put Lorient ahead from the penalty spot in the 6th minute, Romain Faivre made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute, set up by Enzo Le Fée, and Julien Ponceau made it 3-0 in the 58th minute.

The chances backed that up: Lorient created 2.44 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Ajaccio's 0.59 from 12.

Match stats

Lorient Ajaccio
10 Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.44 xG 0.59
1.68 Non-penalty xG 0.59
7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Lorient Ajaccio
Kick-off
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng
Penalty1-0 (Lorient)
6’
Romain Faivre
Assist: Enzo Le Fée2-0 (Lorient)
43’
Half-time2-0
Julien Ponceau3-0 (Lorient)
58’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Ajaccio
  • Mohamed Youssouf
  • Clement Vidal

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.44 0.59 6’ Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (Lorient), 1-0 6’ 43’ Romain Faivre (Lorient), 2-0 43’ 58’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), 3-0 58’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.44 0.59 6’ Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (Lorient), 1-0 Dieng 6’ 43’ Romain Faivre (Lorient), 2-0 Faivre 43’ 58’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), 3-0 Ponceau 58’
Lorient 2.44 xGAjaccio 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Ajaccio attacking Lorient attacking 
6’ Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (Lorient), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 58’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 43’ Romain Faivre (Lorient), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 51’ Moussa Soumano (Ajaccio), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 90’ Siriné Doucouré (Lorient), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 43’ Enzo Le Fée (Lorient), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 84’ Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 75’ Adil Aouchiche (Lorient), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 64’ Moussa Djitté (Ajaccio), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Vincent Le Goff (Lorient), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 81’ Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 84’ Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 24’ Vincent Le Goff (Lorient), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Ruan (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Michael Barreto (Ajaccio), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 6’ Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (Lorient), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 58’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 43’ Romain Faivre (Lorient), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 51’ Moussa Soumano (Ajaccio), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 90’ Siriné Doucouré (Lorient), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 43’ Enzo Le Fée (Lorient), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 84’ Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 75’ Adil Aouchiche (Lorient), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 64’ Moussa Djitté (Ajaccio), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Vincent Le Goff (Lorient), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 81’ Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 84’ Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 24’ Vincent Le Goff (Lorient), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 81’ Ruan (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 37’ Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Michael Barreto (Ajaccio), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vito Mannone GK900 0.000.000
Gédéon Kalulu DEF902 0.160.071
Montassar Talbi DEF900 0.000.000
Bamo Meïté DEF900 0.000.000
Vincent Le Goff DEF902 0.120.000
Jean-Victor Makengo MID900 0.000.111
Enzo Le Fée MID6711 0.120.441
Romain Faivre MID7611 0.440.000
Julien Ponceau MID7611 0.620.051
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng MID6711 0.760.000
Ibrahima Koné FWD870 0.000.121
Laurent Abergel Sub230 0.000.000
Théo Le Bris Sub230 0.000.141
Adil Aouchiche Sub141 0.080.000
Stéphane Diarra Sub140 0.000.081
Siriné Doucouré Sub31 0.140.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lorient win 46% Avg odds 2.06
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.24
Ajaccio win 24% Avg odds 3.98

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

Form going into the game

Lorient LWLDL
Ajaccio LLWLL

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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.