In this week 2 match on the 14th of August, Lorient will host Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Lorient sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Rennes. Arthur Theate scored the first goal for Lorient on an own goal in the 65th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rennes couldn’t manage to score, and Lorient took the shutout win. Lorient is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while olympique Lyonnais sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Ajaccio. Mateus Martins scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 12th minute, then Alexandre Lacazette added another in the 21st minute on a penalty kick. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Olympique Lyonnais won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Olympique Lyonnais is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Rayan Cherki and Moussa Dembélé each only have 1 goal in their last five. Laporte and Arthur Theate are the top scorers for Lorient in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Régis Le Bris’s Lorient squad will be without Stéphane Diarra, Julien Ponceau, Julien Laporte and Bartouche, while Olympique Lyonnais will be without Moussa Dembélé, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Maxence Caqueret, Romain Faivre and Sinaly Diomande.