French Ligue 1

FT Friday, April 28, 2017
Lyon WLWLL 2
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Angers WLLLW 1
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Match Report

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Mathieu Valbuena, Lyon bounce back with victory at Angers

Mathieu Valbuena and Nabil Fakir scored the goals that lifted Lyon back into fourth place in Ligue 1 despite a stern test at struggling Angers.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
5
8
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
54.9
Possession
45.1
8
SHOTS
23
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
384
Accurate Passes
291
486
Passes
389
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
9
16
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
61
26
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
7
13
Effective Tackles
13
25
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
14
31
Clearances
14

Head to Head

LYON leads series 2-1

Lineups

ANG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Alexandre LetellierG
  2. 24Romain ThomasCD-L
  3. 4Mateo PavlovićCD-R
  4. 29Vincent ManceauLB
  5. 28Issa CissokhoRB
  6. 18Baptiste SantamariaCM
  7. 5Thomas ManganiLM
  8. 17Cheikh N'DoyeRM
  9. 9Famara DiédhiouF
  10. 7Karl Toko EkambiLF
  11. 22Jonathan BambaRF

LYON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 5Mouctar DiakhabyCD-L
  3. 3Nicolas NkoulouCD-R
  4. 15Jérémy MorelLB
  5. 13Christophe JalletRB
  6. 8Corentin TolissoAM
  7. 29Lucas TousartLM
  8. 21Maxime GonalonsRM
  9. 18Nabil FekirF
  10. 28Mathieu ValbuenaAM-L
  11. 27Maxwel CornetAM-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Angers 0, Lyon 1. Mathieu Valbuena (Lyon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 35' Mathieu Valbuena (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Goal! Angers 0, Lyon 2. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 44' Nabil Fekir (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 49' Goal! Angers 1, Lyon 2. Cheikh Ndoye (Angers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Mangani with a cross following a corner.
  7. 51' Romain Thomas (Angers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 57' Substitution, Angers. Nicolas Pepe replaces Famara Diedhiou.
  9. 70' Substitution, Angers. Kévin Berigaud replaces Baptiste Santamaria because of an injury.
  10. 75' Substitution, Angers. Pierrick Capelle replaces Jonathan Bamba.
  11. 75' Substitution, Lyon. Rachid Ghezzal replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
  12. 76' Mateo Pavlovic (Angers) is shown the red card.
  13. 80' Vincent Manceau (Angers) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 82' Substitution, Lyon. Jordan Ferri replaces Corentin Tolisso because of an injury.
  15. 90' Substitution, Lyon. Rafael replaces Maxwel Cornet.

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