Lorient vs Nantes

11 September 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Johan Hamel

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Dango Ouattara 19’
Yoann Cathline 60’
Ibrahima Koné 74’

Ignatius Ganago 13’
Moses Simon 85’

Match summary

Lorient came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Nantes. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ignatius Ganago put Nantes ahead with a header in the 13th minute, set up by Quentin Merlin and Dango Ouattara equalised with a direct free kick in the 19th minute. In the second half, Yoann Cathline put Lorient in front in the 60th minute, set up by Gédéon Kalulu, Ibrahima Koné made it 3-1 in the 74th minute, set up by Dango Ouattara, and Moses Simon pulled one back to make it 3-2 from a corner in the 85th minute, set up by Ignatius Ganago.

The chances backed that up: Lorient created 1.31 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Nantes's 0.59 from 9.

Match stats

13 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 4

2 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.30 xG 0.59

1.30 Non-penalty xG 0.59

9 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Lorient Nantes

Kick-off

13’

Ignatius Ganago
Assist: Quentin Merlin

0-1

Dango Ouattara

1-1

19’

Half-time1-1

Yoann Cathline
Assist: Gédéon Kalulu

2-1

60’

Ibrahima Koné
Assist: Dango Ouattara

3-1

74’

85’

Moses Simon
Assist: Ignatius Ganago

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Lorient

Julien Laporte
Ibrahima Koné

Nantes

Dennis Appiah
Pedro Chirivella
Moses Simon

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.

Lorient 1.31 xGNantes 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nantes attacking Lorient attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yvon Mvogo	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gédéon Kalulu	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.15	2
Julien Laporte	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Montassar Talbi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vincent Le Goff	DEF	90			1	0.31	0.08	2
Laurent Abergel	MID	73			1	0.08	0.33	2
Bonke Innocent	MID	58			1	0.08	0.00	0
Stéphane Diarra	MID	58			1	0.02	0.00	0
Enzo Le Fée	MID	90			3	0.19	0.03	1
Dango Ouattara	MID	90	1	1	2	0.11	0.45	2
Terem Igobor Moffi	FWD	74			1	0.06	0.00	0
Julien Ponceau	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yoann Cathline	Sub	32	1		1	0.06	0.04	1
Adil Aouchiche	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Koné	Sub	16	1		1	0.36	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alban Lafont	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dennis Appiah	DEF	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Charles Castelletto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Pallois	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Quentin Merlin	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.30	1
Andrei Girotto	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90			1	0.05	0.12	2
Pedro Chirivella	MID	62			1	0.07	0.00	0
Evann Guessand	FWD	62			1	0.05	0.00	0
Ignatius Ganago	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.32	0.02	1
Moses Simon	FWD	90	1		1	0.02	0.05	1
Sébastien Corchia	Sub	28			1	0.01	0.00	0
Mostafa Mohamed	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ludovic Blas	Sub	27			1	0.05	0.02	1
Lohann Doucet	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Abdoul Kader Bamba	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lorient win 39% Avg odds 2.42

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.20

Nantes win 31% Avg odds 3.10

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

Form going into the game

Lorient D W L W W

Nantes D L W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nantes 4-2 Lorient, 23 Jan 22 Next meeting: Nantes 1-0 Lorient, 12 Feb 23 All Lorient vs Nantes 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.