Nantes vs Lorient

23 September 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Florent Batta

Full time 5 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Matthis Abline 42’
Eray Cömert 46’
Mostafa Mohamed 55’
Florent Mollet 83’
Moses Simon 90+9’ (pen)

Eli Junior Kroupi 6’
Romain Faivre 75’
Aiyegun Tosin 85’

Match summary

Nantes came from behind to win 5-3 at home to Lorient. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Eli Junior Kroupi put Lorient ahead with a header in the 6th minute, set up by Vincent Le Goff and Matthis Abline equalised in the 42nd minute, set up by Moses Simon. In the second half, Eray Cömert put Nantes in front with a header in the 46th minute, set up by Florent Mollet, Mostafa Mohamed made it 3-1 with a direct free kick in the 55th minute, Romain Faivre pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 75th minute, set up by Siriné Doucouré, Florent Mollet made it 4-2 in the 83rd minute, set up by Moses Simon, Aiyegun Tosin made it 4-3 in the 85th minute, set up by Romain Faivre, and Moses Simon made it 5-3 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Nantes created 2.53 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Lorient's 1.60 from 10.

Match stats

19 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 7

4 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.53 xG 1.60

1.77 Non-penalty xG 1.60

9 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Nantes Lorient

Kick-off

6’

Eli Junior Kroupi
Assist: Vincent Le Goff

0-1

Matthis Abline
Assist: Moses Simon

1-1

42’

Half-time1-1

Eray Cömert
Assist: Florent Mollet

2-1

46’

Mostafa Mohamed

3-1

55’

75’

Romain Faivre
Assist: Siriné Doucouré

3-2

Florent Mollet
Assist: Moses Simon

4-2

83’

85’

Aiyegun Tosin
Assist: Romain Faivre

4-3

Moses Simon
Penalty

5-3

90+9’

Full-time5-3

Bookings

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

Nantes

Remy Descamps

Lorient

Laurent Abergel
Romain Faivre
Igor Silva

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.

Nantes 2.53 xGLorient 1.60 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lorient attacking Nantes 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
Remy Descamps	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Kevin Duverne	DEF	82			0	0.00	0.06	1
Jean-Charles Castelletto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eray Cömert	DEF	90	1		2	0.19	0.00	0
Quentin Merlin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.14	3
Florent Mollet	MID	90	1	1	3	0.70	0.13	1
Douglas Augusto	MID	90			3	0.16	0.00	0
Pedro Chirivella	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Moses Simon	MID	90	1	2	3	0.89	0.90	3
Mostafa Mohamed	FWD	82	1		4	0.29	0.11	2
Matthis Abline	FWD	62	1		3	0.27	0.12	2
Abdoul Kader Bamba	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marquinhos	Sub	8			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ronael Pierre Gabriel	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Moutoussamy	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yvon Mvogo	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julien Laporte	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Montassar Talbi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Souleymane Isaak Touré	DEF	90			2	0.33	0.00	0
Gédéon Kalulu	MID	65			1	0.02	0.00	0
Vincent Le Goff	MID	65		1	0	0.00	0.67	2
Laurent Abergel	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julien Ponceau	MID	76			2	0.04	0.07	1
Romain Faivre	MID	90	1	1	2	0.10	0.42	1
Aiyegun Tosin	MID	90	1		1	0.42	0.02	1
Eli Junior Kroupi	FWD	65	1		1	0.65	0.00	0
Igor Silva	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Mendy	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.03	1
Siriné Doucouré	Sub	25		1	1	0.03	0.07	1
Jean-Victor Makengo	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.27	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 41% Avg odds 2.31

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.31

Lorient win 30% Avg odds 3.18

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

Form going into the game

Nantes L L D D W

Lorient D D W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nantes 1-0 Lorient, 12 Feb 23 Next meeting: Lorient 0-1 Nantes, 24 Feb 24 All Nantes vs Lorient 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.