Nantes vs Lyon

7 April 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–0

Matthis Abline 16’

Alexandre Lacazette 75’
Malick Fofana 77’
Gift Orban 90+7’

Match summary

Lyon came from behind to win 3-1 away at Nantes. Nantes led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Matthis Abline put Nantes ahead with a header in the 16th minute, set up by Florent Mollet. In the second half, Alexandre Lacazette equalised in the 75th minute, Malick Fofana put Lyon in front in the 77th minute, set up by Ainsley Maitland-Niles, and Gift Orban made it 1-3 in stoppage time, set up by Mama Baldé.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 2.92 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Nantes's 1.10 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 19

6 Shots on Target 10

5 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.10 xG 2.91

1.10 Non-penalty xG 2.91

6 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Nantes Lyon

Kick-off

Matthis Abline
Assist: Florent Mollet

1-0

16’

Half-time1-0

75’

Alexandre Lacazette

1-1

77’

Malick Fofana
Assist: Ainsley Maitland-Niles

1-2

90+7’

Gift Orban
Assist: Mama Baldé

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Nantes

Eray Cömert
Mostafa Mohamed

Lyon

Ernest Nuamah
Alexandre Lacazette

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 1.10 xGLyon 2.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lyon 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
Alban Lafont	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kelvin Adou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Jean-Charles Castelletto	DEF	90			2	0.10	0.00	0
Eray Cömert	DEF	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Cozza	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Pedro Chirivella	MID	90			0	0.00	0.21	2
Douglas Augusto	MID	89			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florent Mollet	MID	79		1	2	0.07	0.11	3
Moussa Sissoko	MID	89			0	0.00	0.06	1
Matthis Abline	MID	90	1		6	0.58	0.00	0
Mostafa Mohamed	FWD	79			3	0.30	0.34	2
Nathan Zeze	Sub	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Coco	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.06	1
Abdoul Kader Bamba	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.05	1
Samuel Moutoussamy	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bénie Traoré	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Anthony Lopes	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.12	2
Duje Caleta-Car	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jake O'Brien	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Tagliafico	DEF	90			2	0.10	0.01	1
Maxence Caqueret	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Corentin Tolisso	MID	63			1	0.06	0.00	0
Ernest Nuamah	FWD	78			1	0.10	0.05	1
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	89	1		5	1.14	0.09	2
Said Benrahma	FWD	89			4	0.16	0.78	5
Mathis Cherki	Sub	27			3	0.41	0.00	0
Malick Fofana	Sub	12	1		2	0.39	0.00	0
Mama Baldé	Sub	1		1	0	0.00	0.56	1
Gift Orban	Sub	1	1		1	0.56	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 28% Avg odds 3.45

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.32

Lyon win 43% Avg odds 2.19

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

Form going into the game

Nantes W L L L W

Lyon W L W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Lyon 1-0 Nantes, 20 Dec 23 Next meeting: Lyon 2-0 Nantes, 06 Oct 24 All Nantes 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.