French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, May 1, 2021
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Lille LWWDW 2
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Match Report

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Yilmaz and Celik strike as Lille stay on title track

Lille stayed firmly on track for a first Ligue 1 title since 2011 with goals by Burak Yilmaz and Mehmet Zeki Celik.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
0
44.6
Possession
55.4
0
SHOTS
12
0
ON GOAL
4
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
426
Accurate Passes
549
492
Passes
617
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
14
0.0
Cross %
0.3
38
Long Balls
50
21
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
17
Interceptions
7
10
Effective Clearances
11
10
Clearances
11

Head to Head

NICE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LILL · 4-4-2

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 5Sven BotmanCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 28Reinildo MandavaLB
  5. 2Zeki ÇelikRB
  6. 24Boubakary SoumaréCM-L
  7. 21Benjamin AndréCM-R
  8. 7Jonathan BambaLM
  9. 11Luiz AraújoRM
  10. 17Burak YilmazCF-L
  11. 9Jonathan DavidCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8XekaSUB
  2. 26Jérémy PiedSUB
  3. 29Domagoj BradaricSUB
  4. 12Yusuf YaziciSUB
  5. 19Isaac LihadjiSUB
  6. 22Timothy WeahSUB
  7. 10Jonathan IkonéSUB
  8. 1Orestis KarnezisSUB
  9. 3Tiago DjalóSUB

NICE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 40Walter BenítezG
  2. 18William SalibaCD-L
  3. 25Jean-Clair TodiboCD-R
  4. 6Morgan SchneiderlinDM
  5. 13Hassane KamaraLB
  6. 23Jordan LotombaRB
  7. 28Hicham BoudaouiCM-L
  8. 10Alexis Claude-MauriceCM-R
  9. 22Rony LopesLM
  10. 20Youcef AtalRM
  11. 9Kasper DolbergF

Substitutes

  1. 24Andy PelmardSUB
  2. 27Alexis TrouilletSUB
  3. 5Flavius DaniliucSUB
  4. 14Dan NdoyeSUB
  5. 8Pierre Lees-MelouSUB
  6. 33Malik SelloukiSUB
  7. 2Stanley N'SokiSUB
  8. 3Robson BambuSUB
  9. 30Yoan CardinaleSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Lille 1, Nice 0. Burak Yilmaz (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonathan David.
  2. 21' Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' Jordan Lotomba (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Second yellow card to Jordan Lotomba (Nice) for a bad foul.
  6. 52' Substitution, Nice. Flavius Daniliuc replaces Rony Lopes.
  7. 56' Goal! Lille 2, Nice 0. Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  8. 70' Substitution, Nice. Andy Pelmard replaces Youcef Atal.
  9. 70' Substitution, Nice. Stanley N'Soki replaces Hassane Kamara.
  10. 71' Substitution, Lille. Yusuf Yazici replaces Burak Yilmaz.
  11. 75' Substitution, Lille. Jonathan Ikoné replaces Luiz Araújo.
  12. 75' Substitution, Lille. Xeka replaces Boubakary Soumaré.
  13. 75' Substitution, Nice. Pierre Lees-Melou replaces Hichem Boudaoui.
  14. 87' Xeka (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 88' Substitution, Lille. Domagoj Bradaric replaces Jonathan David.

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