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FC Lorient vs AS Nancy-Lorraine, Ligue 2 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 2 · 2018-19
Fri 5 Oct 2018 · 18:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

FC Lorient vs AS Nancy-Lorraine — Ligue 2 .

Match Details

  • Referee Aurelien Petit
  • Referee Cedric Favre
  • Referee Michel Dolmadjian
  • Referee Samir Zolota
4 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 7.3 goals/game

Head-to-Head

2
1
1
FC Lorient 4 games · Avg 3.8 goals AS Nancy-Lorraine

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Oct AS Nancy-Lorraine H 4–1 W
28 Sep US Orleans Loiret A 0–2 L
21 Sep Clermont Foot 63 H 0–0 D
14 Sep Red Star FC A 3–0 W
03 Sep Grenoble Foot 38 H 1–0 W
24 Aug AC Ajaccio A 0–0 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Oct FC Lorient A 1–4 L
28 Sep FC Sochaux-Montbéliard H 0–0 D
21 Sep GFC Ajaccio A 1–0 W
14 Sep Le Havre AC H 0–1 L
31 Aug La Berrichonne de Chateauroux A 0–1 L
24 Aug Chamois Niortais FC H 0–1 L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
AS Nancy-Lorraine this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

AS Nancy-Lorraine
0-15
1/–
16-30
–/2
31-45
1/1
46-60
2/2
61-75
2/1
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AS Nancy-Lorraine
Pape Ba 2 G 1 A
Nehemiah Fernandez 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! FC Lorient welcome AS Nancy-Lorraine for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 10' AS Nancy-Lorraine fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Lorient and AS Nancy-Lorraine are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 16' AS Nancy-Lorraine make a change. Wilfried Moimbe trudges off to be replaced by Amine Bassi on 16 minutes.
  • 17' A goal from the France international Pierre-Yves Hamel! He fires home on 17 to make it 0-1!
  • 22' FC Lorient currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 27' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 32' Syarhey Chernik, a Belarus , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 37' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 42' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 45' Goal! Pierre-Yves Hamel scores his 53 goal in 436 matches.
  • 45' Sega Coulibaly catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 45.
  • 46' Alexis Busin is replacing Mons Bassouamina for the AS Nancy-Lorraine side.
  • 46' Pierre-Yves Hamel adds to his 0 season tally! FC Lorient Bretagne Sud lead 0-3 — and this changes everything.
  • 48' Pape Sane adds to his 0 season tally! AS Nancy-Lorraine lead 0-4 — and this changes everything.
  • 53' The 31-year-old Yao Serge N'Guessan has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 58' Joris Sainati has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 2 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 63' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 67' Sidy Sarr is ready to make an impact after coming on for Franklin Wadja at the 67 minute mark.
  • 71' The France Alexis Claude Maurice breaks the deadlock on 71 minutes. 0-5!
  • 76' AS Nancy-Lorraine player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 77' A change in the AS Nancy-Lorraine ranks — Christopher Maboulou exits the field as Malaly Dembele enters on 77.
  • 82' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Lorient and AS Nancy-Lorraine are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 84' Goal! Gaetan Courtet scores his 50 goal in 436 matches.
  • 86' The whistle greets Alexis Claude Maurice as he departs to be replaced by Matthieu Saunier.
  • 89' Vincent Marchetti catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 89.
  • 90' Poor challenge from Jimmy Cabot. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 4-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.08 FC Lorient xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.92 AS Nancy-Lorraine xG
I would bet for: FC Lorient to win 62% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Lorient62% Draw22% AS Nancy-Lorraine16%
Actual: FC Lorient win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 3
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

FC Lorient or Draw
84%
Draw or AS Nancy-Lorraine
38%
FC Lorient or AS Nancy-Lorraine
78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Lorient45% Draw42% AS Nancy-Lorraine13%
Actual: FC Lorient win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
10.6%
1 – 1
10.3%
1 – 0
9.8%
2 – 1
9.5%
3 – 0
7.2%
3 – 1
6.6%
0 – 0
6.6%
2 – 2
4.4%
1 – 2
4.2%
0 – 1
3.8%
4 – 0
3.8%
4 – 1
Actual

Asian Handicap — FC Lorient

Handicap FC Lorient covers Push AS Nancy-Lorraine covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 19% 60%
-1.5 40% — 60%
-1 40% 23% 37%
-0.5 63% — 37%
+0.5 85% — 15%
+1 85% 10% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

FC Lorient keeps clean sheet
40% ✓
AS Nancy-Lorraine keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.