French Ligue 1

FT Friday, November 27, 2015
Montpellier WLDWW 4
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Lyon WLWLL 2
1st2ndT
MON224
LYON112
Stade de Gerland · 30,826 att.

Match Report

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Casimir Ninga nets brace as Montpellier stun second-placed Lyon

Lyon's faint hopes of mounting a title challenge were effectively ended after they went down 4-2 at home to lowly Montpellier.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
6
34.9
Possession
65.1
15
SHOTS
13
9
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
247
Accurate Passes
517
330
Passes
618
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
10
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.4
68
Long Balls
65
32
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
18
20
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
11
18
Clearances
13

Head to Head

LYON leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LYON · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 21Maxime GonalonsCD-L
  3. 5Milan BisevacCD-R
  4. 8Corentin TolissoDM
  5. 15Jérémy MorelLB
  6. 20RafaelRB
  7. 19Mathieu ValbuenaAM
  8. 14Sergi DarderLM
  9. 12Jordan FerriRM
  10. 9Claudio BeauvueCF-L
  11. 10Alexandre LacazetteCF-R

MON · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Laurent PionnierG
  2. 3Daniel CongréCD-L
  3. 4HiltonCD-R
  4. 15Ramy BensebainiLB
  5. 25Mathieu DeplangeRB
  6. 8Jonas MartinCM-L
  7. 21William RémyCM-R
  8. 24Jérôme RoussillonLM
  9. 14Bryan DaboRM
  10. 29Casimir NingaF
  11. 10Ryad BoudebouzRCF

Timeline

  1. 8' Own Goal by Maxime Gonalons, Lyon. Lyon 0, Montpellier 1.
  2. 11' Goal! Lyon 0, Montpellier 2. Casimir Ninga (Montpellier) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by William Remy with a through ball.
  3. 12' Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 14' Goal! Lyon 1, Montpellier 2. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  5. 20' Ramy Bensebaini (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 41' Rafael (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' William Remy (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 48' Goal! Lyon 1, Montpellier 3. Casimir Ninga (Montpellier) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérôme Roussillon.
  9. 50' Bryan Dabo (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 50' Substitution, Lyon. Clément Grenier replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
  11. 57' Hilton (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 61' Substitution, Lyon. Maxwell Cornet replaces Claudio Beauvue.
  13. 65' Substitution, Montpellier. Souleymane Camara replaces Jérôme Roussillon.
  14. 68' Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 69' Substitution, Lyon. Rachid Ghezzal replaces Sergi Darder.
  16. 74' Substitution, Montpellier. Mustapha Yatabaré replaces Casimir Ninga.
  17. 80' Goal! Lyon 1, Montpellier 4. Souleymane Camara (Montpellier) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  18. 80' Substitution, Montpellier. Morgan Sanson replaces Ryad Boudebouz.
  19. 84' Goal! Lyon 2, Montpellier 4. Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.

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