French Ligue 1

Nantes vs Montpellier, 2014/2015 French Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Nantes
  • 78': Serge Gakpé
FT
1 - 0
Montpellier

    Gakpe strike enough for Nantes

    Gakpe strike enough for Nantes

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Anthony Mounier (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 1': Foul by Kian Hansen (Nantes).
    • 1': Delay in match Anthony Mounier (Montpellier) because of an injury.
    • 2': Kian Hansen (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 4': Hand ball by Lucas Barrios (Montpellier).
    • 6': Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes).
    • 8': Attempt saved. Itay Shechter (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vincent Bessat with a through ball.
    • 8': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Geoffrey Jourdren.
    • 8': Attempt missed. Olivier Veigneau (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Vincent Bessat (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya with a headed pass.
    • 13': Foul by Yacine Bammou (Nantes).
    • 13': Mathieu Deplagne (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Foul by Lucas Barrios (Montpellier).
    • 13': Papy Djilobodji (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Itay Shechter (Nantes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
    • 16': Foul by Vincent Bessat (Nantes).
    • 16': Paul Lasne (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 18': Foul by Anthony Mounier (Montpellier).
    • 18': Papy Djilobodji (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes).
    • 19': Foul by Itay Shechter (Nantes).
    • 19': Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 20': Foul by Jamel Saihi (Montpellier).
    • 20': Jordan Veretout (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Attempt saved. Yacine Bammou (Nantes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Itay Shechter.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Vincent Bessat (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 25': Foul by Yacine Bammou (Nantes).
    • 25': Hilton (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Foul by Lucas Barrios (Montpellier).
    • 25': Papy Djilobodji (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Kian Hansen.
    • 31': Attempt saved. Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vincent Bessat.
    • 31': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Geoffrey Jourdren.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Mounier.
    • 33': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Abdelhamid El Kaoutari.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Jamel Saihi (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Yacine Bammou (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Vincent Bessat with a cross.
    • 40': Anthony Mounier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Nantes).
    • 42': Attempt missed. Lucas Barrios (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Itay Shechter (Nantes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya with a cross.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Vincent Bessat (Nantes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Oswaldo Vizcarrondo.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Nantes 0, Montpellier 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Nantes 1, Montpellier 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Nantes 0, Montpellier 0.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Paul Lasne (Montpellier) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Morgan Sanson.
    • 47': Foul by Jamel Saihi (Montpellier).
    • 47': Vincent Bessat (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Papy Djilobodji (Nantes) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Anthony Mounier (Montpellier) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.
    • 50': Offside, Nantes. Papy Djilobodji tries a through ball, but Yacine Bammou is caught offside.
    • 53': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Oswaldo Vizcarrondo.
    • 54': Hand ball by Itay Shechter (Nantes).
    • 57': Foul by Lucas Barrios (Montpellier).
    • 57': Itay Shechter (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Papy Djilobodji (Nantes) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. Assisted by Jordan Veretout following a set piece situation.
    • 58': Foul by Itay Shechter (Nantes).
    • 58': Hilton (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Itay Shechter (Nantes) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya.
    • 59': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Geoffrey Jourdren.
    • 60': Hand ball by Olivier Veigneau (Nantes).
    • 60': Foul by Olivier Veigneau (Nantes).
    • 60': Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 61': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Maxime Dupé.
    • 63': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Mathieu Deplagne.
    • 63': Offside, Nantes. Chaker Alhadhur tries a through ball, but Itay Shechter is caught offside.
    • 64': Hand ball by Morgan Sanson (Montpellier).
    • 65': Substitution, Nantes. Ismael Bangoura replaces Vincent Bessat.
    • 65': Substitution, Montpellier. Daniel Congré replaces Jamel Saihi.
    • 66': Foul by Ismael Bangoura (Nantes).
    • 66': Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 69': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Papy Djilobodji.
    • 70': Hand ball by Itay Shechter (Nantes).
    • 71': Substitution, Nantes. Serge Gakpe replaces Itay Shechter.
    • 71': Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Foul by Yacine Bammou (Nantes).
    • 72': Attempt missed. Lucas Barrios (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Mounier.
    • 72': Hand ball by Serge Gakpe (Nantes).
    • 73': Offside, Montpellier. Lucas Barrios tries a through ball, but Anthony Mounier is caught offside.
    • 76': Substitution, Montpellier. Kévin Berigaud replaces Siaka Tiéné.
    • 77': Foul by Serge Gakpe (Nantes).
    • 77': Mathieu Deplagne (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Serge Gakpe (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 78': Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Kévin Berigaud (Montpellier).
    • 78': Goal! Nantes 1, Montpellier 0. Serge Gakpe (Nantes) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yacine Bammou with a cross.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Anthony Mounier (Montpellier) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hilton.
    • 81': Hand ball by Yacine Bammou (Nantes).
    • 82': Substitution, Nantes. Lucas Deaux replaces Alejandro Bedoya.
    • 82': Substitution, Montpellier. Souleymane Camara replaces Anthony Mounier.
    • 82': Foul by Souleymane Camara (Montpellier).
    • 82': Papy Djilobodji (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Yacine Bammou (Nantes).
    • 89': Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Abdelhamid El Kaoutari.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Hilton.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Nantes 1, Montpellier 0.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Nantes 1, Montpellier 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 19
    0 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 7
    4 Saves 0
    47.7 Possession 52.3
    7 SHOTS 14
    0 ON GOAL 5
    0.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    291 Accurate Passes 310
    394 Passes 429
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.7
    2 Accurate Crosses 4
    19 Crosses 16
    0.1 Cross % 0.3
    75 Long Balls 76
    30 Accurate Long Balls 33
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    0 Blocked Shots 2
    12 Effective Tackles 16
    15 Tackles 22
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    0 Interceptions 0
    46 Effective Clearances 45
    46 Clearances 45

    Game Information

    Competition: French Ligue 1

    Venue: La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau
    Location: Nantes, France
    Attendance: 21,559

    Ligue 1 Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
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    2 Lille 6 +5 13
    3 Lyon 6 +7 11
    4 Paris FC 6 +4 11
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NAN Nantes (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    30 Maxime Dupé (GK)
    3 Papy Djilobodji
    4 Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
    5 Olivier Veigneau
    24 Chaker Alhadhur
    25 Jordan Veretout
    2 Kian Hansen Yellow Card
    8 Vincent Bessat
    7 Alejandro Bedoya
    23 Yacine Bammou
    9 Etey Shechter
    Nantes Substitutes:
    Ismaël Bangoura, Georges-Kévin N'Koudou, Nassim Badri, Issa Cissokho, Fernando Aristeguieta, Lucas Déaux, Serge Gakpé.

    MON Montpellier (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    16 Geoffrey Jourdren (GK)
    21 Abdelhamid El Kaoutari
    4 Hilton
    5 Siaka Tiéné
    25 Mathieu Deplange
    23 Jamel Saihi
    8 Jonas Martin
    20 Morgan Sanson
    10 Lucas Barrios
    7 Anthony Mounier
    17 Paul Lasne
    Montpellier Substitutes:
    Anthony Ribelin, Daniel Congré, Ellyes Skhiri, Souleymane Camara, Kévin Berigaud, Victor Montaño, Jonathan Ligali.

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