French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, April 25, 2021
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Lyon DWWWL 2
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Match Report

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Yilmaz double helps Lille regain top spot with comeback win at Lyon

Lille showed their hunger to win the Ligue 1 title with a stunning comeback from two goals down to win 3-2 at Lyon on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
4
53.9
Possession
46.1
16
SHOTS
7
8
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
497
Accurate Passes
381
575
Passes
478
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
22
0.5
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
63
35
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
8
23
Clearances
8

Head to Head

LILL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LYON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 22Mattia De SciglioCD-L
  3. 6MarceloCD-R
  4. 26Melvin BardLB
  5. 14Léo DuboisRB
  6. 12Lucas PaquetáAM
  7. 25Maxence CaqueretLM
  8. 23Thiago MendesRM
  9. 20Islam SlimaniF
  10. 10Memphis DepayAM-L
  11. 7Karl Toko EkambiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Rayan CherkiSUB
  2. 17Malo GustoSUB
  3. 8Houssem AouarSUB
  4. 11Tino KadewereSUB
  5. 39Bruno GuimarãesSUB
  6. 5Jason DenayerSUB
  7. 27Maxwel CornetSUB
  8. 3Djamel BenlamriSUB
  9. 30Julian PollersbeckSUB

LILL · 4-4-2

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 5Sven BotmanCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 29Domagoj BradaricLB
  5. 2Zeki ÇelikRB
  6. 24Boubakary SoumaréCM-L
  7. 21Benjamin AndréCM-R
  8. 18Renato SanchesLM
  9. 10Jonathan IkonéRM
  10. 17Burak YilmazCF-L
  11. 9Jonathan DavidCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Orestis KarnezisSUB
  2. 11Luiz AraújoSUB
  3. 12Yusuf YaziciSUB
  4. 26Jérémy PiedSUB
  5. 19Isaac LihadjiSUB
  6. 28Reinildo MandavaSUB
  7. 3Tiago DjalóSUB
  8. 8XekaSUB
  9. 7Jonathan BambaSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Lyon 1, Lille 0. Islam Slimani (Lyon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Maxence Caqueret.
  2. 35' Own Goal by José Fonte, Lille. Lyon 2, Lille 0.
  3. 43' Benjamin André (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Lyon 2, Lille 1. Burak Yilmaz (Lille) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Lille. Reinildo replaces Domagoj Bradaric.
  6. 60' Goal! Lyon 2, Lille 2. Jonathan David (Lille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Burak Yilmaz.
  7. 61' Substitution, Lille. Jonathan Bamba replaces Benjamin André.
  8. 64' Substitution, Lyon. Bruno Guimarães replaces Lucas Paquetá.
  9. 73' Substitution, Lyon. Maxwel Cornet replaces Islam Slimani.
  10. 73' Substitution, Lyon. Tinotenda Kadewere replaces Karl Toko Ekambi.
  11. 73' Substitution, Lille. Luiz Araújo replaces Jonathan Ikoné.
  12. 73' Substitution, Lille. Xeka replaces Renato Sanches.
  13. 79' Substitution, Lyon. Djamel Benlamri replaces Léo Dubois.
  14. 79' Substitution, Lyon. Houssem Aouar replaces Maxence Caqueret.
  15. 80' Substitution, Lille. Yusuf Yazici replaces Jonathan David.
  16. 85' Goal! Lyon 2, Lille 3. Burak Yilmaz (Lille) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  17. 86' Burak Yilmaz (Lille) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  18. 90'+2' Yusuf Yazici (Lille) is shown the yellow card.

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