- Mateus Tetê - 12'
- Alexandre Lacazette - 22' Pen
- Anthony Lopes - 27'
- Thomas Mangani - 31' Pen
- Romain Hamouma - 45'+4'
Lyon edge Ajaccio in opening game of new French season
Brazilian Tete and returning striker Alexandre Lacazette scored early to set up Olympique Lyonnais for a 2-1 home win over promoted AC Ajaccio as both teams finished the first half with 10 men in the opening game of the Ligue 1 campaign on Friday.
Lyon, hoping for a major improvement after a disappointing eighth-place finish last season, got off to a bright start with a 12th minute goal from Tete, set up by Lacazette who then added a second from the penalty spot 10 minutes later.
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Former Lyon favourite Lacazette was back in Lyon colours after signing from Arsenal.
But the hosts side were down to 10 men before the half-hour mark when goalkeeper Anthony Lopes was dismissed for a dangerous tackle and Thomas Mangani pulled one back for the Corsican club from the resultant spot kick.
However, Ajaccio's one-man advantage lasted only until just before halftime when Romain Hamouma was sent off for a second cautionable offence.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Benoit Bastien
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | +21 | 26 |
Marseille | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +11 | 20 |
AS Monaco | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
Lille | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +7 | 18 |
Nice | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | +10 | 16 |
Lyon | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 15 |
Lens | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | +2 | 14 |
Stade de Reims | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 14 |
Strasbourg | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
AJ Auxerre | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
Brest | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
Toulouse | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
Stade Rennais | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
Nantes | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
Angers | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 10 |
Saint-Etienne | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -14 | 10 |
Le Havre AC | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -12 | 9 |
Montpellier | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -22 | 4 |