French Ligue 1

FT Friday, August 5, 2022
AC Ajaccio WDWDW 1
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Lyon WWLWD 2
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Groupama Stadium · 48,516 att.

Match Report

Lyon edge Ajaccio in opening game of new French season

Returning striker Alexandre Lacazette scored as Olympique Lyonnais secured a 2-1 home win over promoted AC Ajaccio in the opening game of Ligue1.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
3
32.5
Possession
67.5
8
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
218
Accurate Passes
553
297
Passes
635
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.3
41
Long Balls
54
16
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
11
8
Effective Clearances
11
8
Clearances
11

Head to Head

LYON leads series 3-2

Lineups

LYON · 4-3-3

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 4Castello LukebaCD-L
  3. 23Thiago MendesCD-R
  4. 3Nicolás TagliaficoLB
  5. 27Malo GustoRB
  6. 24Johann LepenantCM
  7. 8Houssem AouarLM
  8. 10Lucas PaquetáRM
  9. 91Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 7Karl Toko EkambiLF
  11. 20Mateus TetêRF

ACA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Benjamin LeroyG
  2. 21Cédric AvinelCD-L
  3. 25Oumar GonzalezCD-R
  4. 3Ismaël DialloLB
  5. 2Mickaël AlphonseRB
  6. 23Thomas ManganiCM-L
  7. 8Vincent MarchettiCM-R
  8. 5Riad NouriLM
  9. 14Cyrille BayalaRM
  10. 17Romain HamoumaCF-L
  11. 7Mounaim El IdrissyCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Lyon 1, Ajaccio 0. Tetê (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
  2. 20' Cédric Avinel (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Goal! Lyon 2, Ajaccio 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 27' Anthony Lopes (Lyon) is shown the red card.
  5. 30' Substitution, Lyon. Rémy Riou replaces Houssem Aouar.
  6. 31' Goal! Lyon 2, Ajaccio 1. Thomas Mangani (Ajaccio) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 33' Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 33' Romain Hamouma (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 34' Mounaim El Idrissy (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 41' Ismaël Diallo (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 45'+4' Second yellow card to Romain Hamouma (Ajaccio) for a bad foul.
  12. 71' Substitution, Ajaccio. Kevin Spadanuda replaces Cyrille Bayala.
  13. 71' Substitution, Ajaccio. Yanis Cimignani replaces Riad Nouri.
  14. 71' Substitution, Ajaccio. Bevic Moussiti-Oko replaces Mounaim El Idrissy.
  15. 75' Substitution, Lyon. Bradley Barcola replaces Karl Toko-Ekambi.
  16. 75' Substitution, Lyon. Corentin Tolisso replaces Lucas Paquetá.
  17. 89' Substitution, Lyon. Rayan Cherki replaces Tetê.
  18. 89' Substitution, Ajaccio. Mathieu Coutadeur replaces Vincent Marchetti.
  19. 89' Substitution, Ajaccio. Qazim Laçi replaces Thomas Mangani.
  20. 90'+3' Kevin Spadanuda (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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