Lille vs Lyon, 2017-18 French Ligue 1, Regular Season

· French Ligue 1

Lille

65': Nicolas Pépé
81': Luiz Araújo

FT
2 - 2

Lyon

21': Bertrand Traoré
44': Bertrand Traoré

About

Lille are hosting Lyon at Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Mouctar Diakhaby.
4': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Edgar Ié.
5': Offside, Lyon. Memphis Depay tries a through ball, but Bertrand Traoré is caught offside.
7': Foul by Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon).
7': Lebo Mothiba (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8': Attempt missed. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
11': Foul by Edgar Ié (Lille).
11': Marçal (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
14': Attempt saved. Memphis Depay (Lyon) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré.
14': Foul by Rafael (Lyon).
14': Thiago Maia (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Mouctar Diakhaby.
16': Foul by Jordan Ferri (Lyon).
16': Nicolas Pepe (Lille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Attempt missed. Anwar El Ghazi (Lille) right footed shot from long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick.
18': Attempt missed. Bertrand Traoré (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rafael.
19': Attempt missed. Thiago Mendes (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lebo Mothiba.
20': Delay in match Anwar El Ghazi (Lille) because of an injury.
21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
21': Goal! Lille 0, Lyon 1. Bertrand Traoré (Lyon) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
23': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Thiago Maia.
24': Foul by Thiago Maia (Lille).
24': Tanguy NDombele (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
25': Foul by Jordan Ferri (Lyon).
25': Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Rafael (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
28': Delay in match Anwar El Ghazi (Lille) because of an injury.
30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
30': Substitution, Lille. Luiz Araujo replaces Anwar El Ghazi because of an injury.
30': Foul by Thiago Mendes (Lille).
30': Memphis Depay (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Luiz Araujo (Lille).
31': Rafael (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Thiago Maia.
38': Attempt saved. Luiz Araujo (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolas Pepe.
39': Foul by Nicolas Pepe (Lille).
39': Marçal (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
39': Attempt missed. Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marçal with a cross following a set piece situation.
44': Goal! Lille 0, Lyon 2. Bertrand Traoré (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marçal.
45'+1': Foul by Thiago Mendes (Lille).
45'+1': Memphis Depay (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Bertrand Traoré (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Memphis Depay.
45'+3': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Edgar Ié.
45'+4': First Half ends, Lille 0, Lyon 2.
45': Second Half begins Lille 0, Lyon 2.
46': Foul by Thiago Maia (Lille).
46': Jordan Ferri (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
46': Foul by Edgar Ié (Lille).
46': Memphis Depay (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Offside, Lille. Adama Soumaoro tries a through ball, but Nicolas Pepe is caught offside.
49': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Marçal.
53': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Tanguy NDombele.
55': Attempt saved. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thiago Mendes.
57': Foul by Lebo Mothiba (Lille).
57': Rafael (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Attempt blocked. Luiz Araujo (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Thiago Mendes.
59': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Mouctar Diakhaby.
59': Attempt missed. Adama Soumaoro (Lille) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thiago Mendes with a cross following a corner.
60': Foul by Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon).
60': Lebo Mothiba (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60': Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Foul by Lucas Tousart (Lyon).
63': Thiago Mendes (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Bertrand Traoré (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Fode Ballo-Toure (Lille).
65': Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Lyon) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marçal.
65': Goal! Lille 1, Lyon 2. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luiz Araujo.
66': Adama Soumaoro (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Foul by Memphis Depay (Lyon).
68': Attempt saved. Memphis Depay (Lyon) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tanguy NDombele.
69': Mariano (Lyon) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Rafael.
70': Attempt missed. Rafael (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
71': Attempt missed. Luiz Araujo (Lille) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lebo Mothiba.
72': Attempt missed. Mariano (Lyon) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
73': Substitution, Lyon. Ferland Mendy replaces Rafael.
73': Substitution, Lille. Boubakary Soumare replaces Thiago Maia.
79': Substitution, Lyon. Houssem Aouar replaces Jordan Ferri.
79': Substitution, Lille. Ezequiel Ponce replaces Adama Soumaoro.
80': Boubakary Soumare (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Marçal (Lyon).
80': Attempt saved. Luiz Araujo (Lille) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
80': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Anthony Lopes.
81': Attempt blocked. Junior Alonso (Lille) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thiago Mendes with a cross.
81': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Jérémy Morel.
81': Goal! Lille 2, Lyon 2. Luiz Araujo (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thiago Mendes following a corner.
84': Foul by Boubakary Soumare (Lille).
84': Houssem Aouar (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Substitution, Lyon. Nabil Fekir replaces Tanguy NDombele.
87': Fode Ballo-Toure (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Nabil Fekir (Lyon).
87': Nabil Fekir (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Mariano (Lyon) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Memphis Depay with a cross.
88': Attempt saved. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
88': Foul by Ezequiel Ponce (Lille).
88': Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Offside, Lyon. Nabil Fekir tries a through ball, but Houssem Aouar is caught offside.
90'+1': Houssem Aouar (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Luiz Araujo (Lille) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Boubakary Soumare.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Lille 2, Lyon 2.
90'+4': Match ends, Lille 2, Lyon 2.

Statistics

LYON		LILL
9	Fouls	12
4	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	7
3	Saves	3
54.6	Possession	45.4
13	SHOTS	14
5	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
485	Accurate Passes	386
554	Passes	457
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	4
16	Crosses	17
0.3	Cross %	0.2
48	Long Balls	57
27	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
0	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	7
19	Tackles	16
0.5	Tackle %	0.4
0	Interceptions	0
16	Effective Clearances	9
16	Clearances	9

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Location: Lille, France
Attendance: 39,523

Line-Ups

Lille (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
3	Júnior Alonso
5	Adama Soumaoro
25	Fodé Ballo-Touré
15	Edgar Ié
6	Ibrahim Amadou
20	Thiago Maia
23	Thiago Mendes
18	Lebo Mothiba
7	Anwar El Ghazi
19	Nicolas Pépé

Lille Substitutes:

Hervé Koffi, Luiz Araújo, Ezequiel Ponce, Hamza Mendyl, Kouadio Dabila, Yassine Benzia, Boubakary Soumaré.

Lyon (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Anthony Lopes (GK)
15	Jérémy Morel
5	Mouctar Diakhaby
20	Fernando Marçal
4	Rafael
29	Lucas Tousart
28	Tanguy Ndombele
12	Jordan Ferri
9	Mariano Díaz
11	Memphis Depay
10	Bertrand Traoré

Lyon Substitutes:

Houssem Aouar, Marcelo, Mathieu Gorgelin, Ferland Mendy, Nabil Fekir, Pape Diop, Amine Gouiri.

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