French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, April 28, 2019
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Lille LWDWD 5
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Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy · 36,356 att.

Match Report

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Lille rout Nimes to consolidate second place in Ligue 1

Second-placed Lille moved one step closer to securing Champions League qualification with a commanding 5-0 win over Nimes.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
3
40.3
Possession
59.7
8
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
292
Accurate Passes
484
370
Passes
555
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
38
17
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
9
10
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
18
16
Effective Clearances
18
16
Clearances
18

Head to Head

LILL leads series 2-0

Lineups

LILL · 4-4-2

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 4Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 3Youssouf KonéLB
  5. 17Zeki ÇelikRB
  6. 24Boubakary SoumaréCM-L
  7. 23Thiago MendesCM-R
  8. 14Jonathan BambaLM
  9. 19Nicolas PépéRM
  10. 9Loïc RémyCF-L
  11. 12Jonathan IkonéCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Jérémy PiedSUB
  2. 10Rui FonteSUB
  3. 33Cheikh NiasseSUB
  4. 7Rafael LeãoSUB
  5. 22Kouadio DabilaSUB
  6. 30Hervé KoffiSUB
  7. 11Luiz AraújoSUB

NIM · 4-3-3

  1. 30Paul BernardoniG
  2. 27Hervé LybohyCD-L
  3. 26Florian MiguelCD-R
  4. 15Gaëtan PaquiezLB
  5. 20Renaud RipartRB
  6. 11Téji SavanierCM
  7. 14Antonin BobichonLM
  8. 18Theo VallsRM
  9. 25Baptiste GuillaumeF
  10. 10Denis BouangaLF
  11. 22Sada ThioubRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Pierrick ValdiviaSUB
  2. 1Baptiste ValetteSUB
  3. 21Fethi HarekSUB
  4. 19Umut BozokSUB
  5. 29Sofiane AlakouchSUB
  6. 7Rachid AliouiSUB
  7. 12Faitout MaouassaSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Loïc Remy (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Florian Miguel (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 49' Antonin Bobichon (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Goal! Lille 1, Nîmes 0. Loïc Remy (Lille) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Boubakary Soumare following a fast break.
  5. 64' Goal! Lille 2, Nîmes 0. Jonathan Bamba (Lille) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Youssouf Kone with a cross.
  6. 65' Substitution, Nîmes. Rachid Alioui replaces Baptiste Guillaume.
  7. 69' Substitution, Lille. Rafael Leão replaces Loïc Remy.
  8. 70' Goal! Lille 3, Nîmes 0. Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thiago Mendes with a through ball.
  9. 76' Substitution, Lille. Rui Fonte replaces Jonathan Bamba.
  10. 76' Substitution, Nîmes. Sofiane Alakouch replaces Denis Bouanga.
  11. 80' Goal! Lille 4, Nîmes 0. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  12. 82' Substitution, Lille. Luiz Araujo replaces Jonathan Ikone.
  13. 86' Substitution, Nîmes. Faitout Maouassa replaces Sada Thioub.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Lille 5, Nîmes 0. Rui Fonte (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luiz Araujo following a set piece situation.

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