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

· French Ligue 1

Nantes

16': Emiliano Sala
71': Emiliano Sala

FT
2 - 2

Lille

67': Lebo Mothiba
81': Nicolas Pépé

About

Nantes are hosting Lille at La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, Nantes, 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.
1': Emiliano Sala (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
1': Foul by Kouadio Dabila (Lille).
2': Attempt missed. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Lima with a cross following a set piece situation.
2': Offside, Nantes. Emiliano Sala tries a through ball, but David Alcibiade is caught offside.
4': Foul by Koffi Djidji (Nantes).
4': Thiago Mendes (Lille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
7': Foul by Anwar El Ghazi (Lille).
7': Lucas Lima (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Lebo Mothiba (Lille).
10': Attempt saved. Lebo Mothiba (Lille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
10': Corner, Lille. Conceded by David Alcibiade.
11': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Emiliano Sala.
12': Attempt missed. Valentin Rongier (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jules Iloki with a cross.
13': Andrei Girotto (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
13': Foul by Kouadio Dabila (Lille).
16': Goal! Nantes 1, Lille 0. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson.
18': Foul by Andrei Girotto (Nantes).
18': Yassine Benzia (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Junior Alonso following a set piece situation.
20': Anwar El Ghazi (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
20': Foul by Adrien Thomasson (Nantes).
21': Attempt saved. Thiago Mendes (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
24': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Léo Dubois.
30': Hand ball by Lebo Mothiba (Lille).
30': Attempt saved. Valentin Rongier (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emiliano Sala with a headed pass.
30': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
31': Attempt missed. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Léo Dubois with a cross following a corner.
33': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Nantes).
33': Yassine Benzia (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
35': Foul by Emiliano Sala (Nantes).
35': Thiago Maia (Lille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
36': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Junior Alonso.
37': Attempt missed. Valentin Rongier (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
38': Emiliano Sala (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
38': Foul by Junior Alonso (Lille).
38': Attempt missed. Lucas Lima (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
42': Attempt missed. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jules Iloki with a cross.
43': Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Lebo Mothiba (Lille).
43': Yassine Benzia (Lille) is shown the yellow card.
44': Offside, Nantes. Andrei Girotto tries a through ball, but Valentin Rongier is caught offside.
45'+1': First Half ends, Nantes 1, Lille 0.
45': Second Half begins Nantes 1, Lille 0.
50': Attempt missed. Lucas Lima (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson.
51': Andrei Girotto (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Lebo Mothiba (Lille).
53': Foul by Andrei Girotto (Nantes).
53': Lebo Mothiba (Lille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Foul by Fode Ballo-Toure (Lille).
56': Léo Dubois (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Substitution, Lille. Nicolas Pepe replaces Yassine Benzia.
57': Attempt missed. Adrien Thomasson (Nantes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jules Iloki with a cross.
58': Attempt saved. Adrien Thomasson (Nantes) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrei Girotto with a cross.
58': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
59': Attempt missed. David Alcibiade (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
61': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Léo Dubois.
62': Foul by Lebo Mothiba (Lille).
62': Lucas Lima (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Offside, Nantes. Ciprian Tatarusanu tries a through ball, but Emiliano Sala is caught offside.
64': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Thiago Maia.
66': Attempt missed. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Valentin Rongier with a through ball.
67': Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Thiago Maia.
67': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Andrei Girotto.
67': Goal! Nantes 1, Lille 1. Lebo Mothiba (Lille) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thiago Mendes with a cross following a corner.
69': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Fode Ballo-Toure.
69': Attempt saved. Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Léo Dubois with a cross.
71': Attempt blocked. Adrien Thomasson (Nantes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Sala.
71': Goal! Nantes 2, Lille 1. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Lima with a cross.
74': Attempt blocked. Adrien Thomasson (Nantes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Sala.
74': Corner, Lille. Conceded by David Alcibiade.
75': David Alcibiade (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Lebo Mothiba (Lille).
77': Delay in match Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) because of an injury.
78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Hand ball by Jules Iloki (Nantes).
79': Substitution, Nantes. Alexander Kacaniklic replaces Valentin Rongier.
81': Goal! Nantes 2, Lille 2. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thiago Mendes.
81': Substitution, Lille. Ezequiel Ponce replaces Lebo Mothiba.
83': David Alcibiade (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
83': Foul by Ezequiel Ponce (Lille).
83': Attempt missed. Jules Iloki (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by David Alcibiade with a through ball.
84': Attempt blocked. Ezequiel Ponce (Lille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Pepe.
84': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
87': Substitution, Lille. Boubakary Soumare replaces Thiago Mendes.
87': Substitution, Nantes. Santy Ngom replaces Jules Iloki.
89': Attempt blocked. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+2': Substitution, Nantes. Yassine El Ghanassy replaces Adrien Thomasson.
90'+3': Foul by Emiliano Sala (Nantes).
90'+3': Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Nantes 2, Lille 2.
90'+5': Match ends, Nantes 2, Lille 2.

Statistics

LILL		NAN
12	Fouls	8
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
7	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	2
60.5	Possession	39.5
7	SHOTS	19
4	ON GOAL	5
0.6	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
477	Accurate Passes	275
562	Passes	354
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	10
19	Crosses	27
0.2	Cross %	0.4
62	Long Balls	52
36	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	3
12	Effective Tackles	13
19	Tackles	23
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
0	Interceptions	0
21	Effective Clearances	16
21	Clearances	16

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau
Location: Nantes, France
Attendance: 22,655

Line-Ups

Nantes (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
30	Ciprian Tatarusanu (GK)
2	David Alcibiade
5	Koffi Djidji
6	Lucas Lima
15	Léo Dubois
28	Valentin Rongier
19	Abdoulaye Touré
20	Andrei Girotto
9	Emiliano Sala
8	Adrien Thomasson
7	Jules Iloki

Nantes Substitutes:

Rene Krhin, Enock Kwateng, Yassine El Ghanassy, Préjuce Nakoulma, Alex Kacaniklic, Santy Ngom, Maxime Dupé.

Lille (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
3	Júnior Alonso
34	Kouadio Dabila
25	Fodé Ballo-Touré
15	Edgar Ié
10	Yassine Benzia
20	Thiago Maia
6	Ibrahim Amadou
18	Lebo Mothiba
23	Thiago Mendes
7	Anwar El Ghazi

Lille Substitutes:

Boubakary Soumaré, Hervé Koffi, Hamza Mendyl, Nicolas Pépé, Ezequiel Ponce, Farés Bahlouli, Yves Bissouma.

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