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FC Lorient vs Grenoble Foot 38, Ligue 2 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 2 · 2018-19
Mon 3 Sep 2018 · 18:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

FC Lorient vs Grenoble Foot 38Ligue 2 .

Match Details

  • Referee Faouzi Benchabane
  • Referee Fredji Harchay
  • Referee Ludovic Reyes
  • Referee Gaetan Martin

Head-to-Head

5
FC Lorient 5 games · Avg 2.0 goals Grenoble Foot 38

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Sep Grenoble Foot 38 H 1–0 W
24 Aug AC Ajaccio A 0–0 D
17 Aug Valenciennes FC H 3–1 W
10 Aug GFC Ajaccio A 3–1 W
06 Aug La Berrichonne de Chateauroux A 2–1 W
28 Jul Le Havre AC H 0–0 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Sep FC Lorient A 0–1 L
24 Aug La Berrichonne de Chateauroux H 0–0 D
17 Aug GFC Ajaccio A 0–2 L
10 Aug Chamois Niortais FC H 1–0 W
03 Aug Le Havre AC A 1–1 D
27 Jul FC Sochaux-Montbeliard H 1–0 W

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! FC Lorient vs Grenoble Foot 38 — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Houboulang Mendes suffering a number of foals already.
  • 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Malek Chergui, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 19' Fabien Lemoine catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 19.
  • 22' Malek Chergui picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 27' Felipe Saad has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 27.
  • 32' With 0 assists to his name this season, Franklin Wadja is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Grenoble Foot 38.
  • 34' FC Lorient Bretagne Sud is taking the lead after the goal scored by Alexis Claude Maurice on 34.
  • 34' Harouna Abou Demba picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 39' The referee shows FC Lorient Bretagne Sud player a Yellow card on 39.
  • 44' It looks surprising Grenoble Foot 38 does not make any changes. Eddy Maanane has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 49' Grenoble Foot 38 is showing some good football. However, Grenoble Foot 38 are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 54' The travelling Grenoble Foot 38 supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 59' Arsene Elogo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jaba Jighauri at the 59 minute mark.
  • 64' Grenoble Foot 38 is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 65' It’s a booking for Grenoble Foot 38 player. Eric Vandenabeele gets a Yellow card.
  • 69' FC Lorient Bretagne Sud make a change. Gaetan Courtet trudges off to be replaced by Yoane Wissa on 69 minutes.
  • 74' Nicolas Belvito has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 433 appearances.
  • 78' Nicolas Belvito gets the nod from Grenoble Foot 38. He replaces Malek Chergui and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 83' The FC Lorient Bretagne Sud manager makes a substitution. Alexis Claude Maurice departs to be replaced by Matthieu Saunier.
  • 87' Grenoble Foot 38 receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 87.
  • 89' Julien Ponceau gets the nod from FC Lorient Bretagne Sud. He replaces Jimmy Cabot and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 1-0 the final result. Grenoble Foot 38 will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.29 FC Lorient xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.62 Grenoble Foot 38 xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 70% + Under — clean sheet likely 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Lorient54% Draw29% Grenoble Foot 3817%
Actual: FC Lorient win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes35% 0% No65%
Avg goals/match: 1.91
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 83%
17%
± 1.5 57%
43%
± 2.5 30%
70%
± 3.5 13%
87%
± 4.5 5%
95%

Double Chance

FC Lorient or Draw
83%
Draw or Grenoble Foot 38
46%
FC Lorient or Grenoble Foot 38
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Lorient33% Draw55% Grenoble Foot 3812%
Actual: FC Lorient win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
17.1%
1 – 1
12.6%
2 – 0
11.8%
0 – 1
7.8%
2 – 1
7.5%
3 – 0
5%
1 – 2
3.5%
3 – 1
3.4%
0 – 2
2.6%
2 – 2
2.4%
4 – 0
1.6%

Asian Handicap — FC Lorient

Handicap FC Lorient covers Push Grenoble Foot 38 covers
-2.5 9% 91%
-2 9% 16% 75%
-1.5 25% 75%
-1 25% 27% 49%
-0.5 51% 49%
+0.5 84% 16%
+1 84% 12% 4%
+1.5 96% 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% 1%

Clean Sheet

FC Lorient keeps clean sheet
54%
Grenoble Foot 38 keeps clean sheet
28%

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