French Ligue 1

FT Friday, April 16, 2021
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Lille DLLWW 1
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Match Report

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Leaders Lille drop points in Montpellier draw

Leaders Lille dropped two precious points in a tight Ligue 1 title race when they drew 1-1 at home against Montpellier on Friday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
3
36.8
Possession
63.2
10
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
263
Accurate Passes
501
348
Passes
595
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
33
0.3
Cross %
0.1
80
Long Balls
54
42
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
17
Interceptions
6
34
Effective Clearances
9
34
Clearances
9

Head to Head

LILL leads series 3-0-2

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. 10Jonathan IkonéRM
  10. 17Burak YilmazCF-L
  11. 22Timothy WeahCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Domagoj BradaricSUB
  2. 8XekaSUB
  3. 15Eugenio PizzutoSUB
  4. 3Tiago DjalóSUB
  5. 11Luiz AraújoSUB
  6. 12Yusuf YaziciSUB
  7. 9Jonathan DavidSUB
  8. 1Orestis KarnezisSUB
  9. 33Rocco AsconeSUB

MON · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jonas OmlinG
  2. 3Daniel CongréCD-L
  3. 5Pedro MendesCD-R
  4. 7Mihailo RisticLB
  5. 6Junior SambiaRB
  6. 12Jordan FerriCM
  7. 11Téji SavanierLM
  8. 25Florent MolletRM
  9. 9Andy DelortF
  10. 19Stephy MavididiLF
  11. 10Gaëtan LabordeRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Damien Le TellecSUB
  2. 32Petar SkuleticSUB
  3. 2Arnaud SouquetSUB
  4. 31Nicolas CozzaSUB
  5. 20Keagan DollySUB
  6. 16Dimitry BertaudSUB
  7. 21Elye WahiSUB
  8. 4HiltonSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Florent Mollet (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 21' Goal! Lille 0, Montpellier 1. Andy Delort (Montpellier) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gaetan Laborde with a cross.
  3. 30' Benjamin André (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Substitution, Montpellier. Hilton replaces Pedro Mendes because of an injury.
  6. 68' Substitution, Lille. Jonathan David replaces Timothy Weah.
  7. 68' Substitution, Lille. Xeka replaces Benjamin André.
  8. 77' Substitution, Montpellier. Arnaud Souquet replaces Gaetan Laborde.
  9. 77' Substitution, Lille. Yusuf Yazici replaces Jonathan Ikoné.
  10. 77' Substitution, Lille. Luiz Araújo replaces Jonathan Bamba.
  11. 81' Reinildo (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Goal! Lille 1, Montpellier 1. Luiz Araújo (Lille) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mehmet Zeki Çelik with a cross.
  13. 86' Substitution, Lille. Domagoj Bradaric replaces Reinildo.
  14. 87' Substitution, Montpellier. Damien Le Tallec replaces Téji Savanier.
  15. 87' Substitution, Montpellier. Petar Skuletic replaces Andy Delort.

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