UEFA Champions League

Here are the player ratings from Lyon vs Bayern from the big German and French newspapers following their Champions League semi-final on 19 August, 2020. Bayern won 3-0, thus advancing to a final against Paris Saint-Germain.

Lyon had some good chances according to the xG map, but both Memphis Depay and Karl Toko Ekambi couldn’t make the most of it.

L’Equipe paper player ratings OL FCB

French newspaper L’Equpe gave the trio of Houssem Aouar, Lopes and Leo Dubois a 6/10- every other starter for Olympique Lyonnais got a 3 or 4. The highest rated player on either side was two-goal hero Serge Gnabry, with a 8/10 player rating.

Bild newspaper ratings Lyon vs Bayern Munchen 0-3

Despite his twin misses, Bild actually had Toko Ekambi as the best Lyon player on the pitch. Their highest player ratings (in the German system, 1 is the best), were reserved for Gnabry, Robert Lewandowski and Jerome Boateng.

And in comparison to L’Equipe, who liked Lopes and Aouar’s performances, Bild felt the duo were poor on the day.

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Here is a look at the xG stats from the Bayern Munich vs Lyon Champions League semi-final on 19 August, 2020. Bayern won the game 3-0, but it was a far closer affair, as shown by these xG stats. Lyon had at least three big chances- two squandered by Toko-Ekambi and one by Memphis Depay.

xG Bayern Munich 3.58-1.74 Olympique Lyon (Actual score FC Bayern 3-0 OL)

xG of individual Bayern goals vs Lyon

1-0 Serge Gnabry 18′ goal xG (0.06)
2-0 Serge Gnabry 33′ goal xG (0.74)
3-0 Lewandowski 88′ goal xG (0.10)

xG of missed Lyon chances vs Bayern Munchen CL semi-final

xG of Memphis Depay miss vs Bayern 4′ (0.41)
xG of Toko-Ekambi miss (17th minute xG 0.56; 58th minute xG 0.43)

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