French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, March 21, 2021
Nimes WWDLD 2
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Lille DWWDL 1
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NIM202
LILL101

Match Report

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Lille knocked off top spot after defeat to Nimes

Ligue 1 leaders Lille suffered a 2-1 home defeat against lowly Nimes on Sunday as their title campaign continued to stutter.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
19
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
2
27.5
Possession
72.5
10
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
192
Accurate Passes
638
286
Passes
731
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
12
5
Crosses
42
0.2
Cross %
0.3
68
Long Balls
64
25
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
11
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
6
34
Effective Clearances
5
34
Clearances
5

Head to Head

LILL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LILL · 4-4-2

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 5Sven BotmanCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 28Reinildo MandavaLB
  5. 2Zeki ÇelikRB
  6. 21Benjamin AndréCM-L
  7. 8XekaCM-R
  8. 7Jonathan BambaLM
  9. 22Timothy WeahRM
  10. 9Jonathan DavidCF-L
  11. 17Burak YilmazCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Tiago DjalóSUB
  2. 29Domagoj BradaricSUB
  3. 18Renato SanchesSUB
  4. 1Orestis KarnezisSUB
  5. 24Boubakary SoumaréSUB
  6. 12Yusuf YaziciSUB
  7. 11Luiz AraújoSUB
  8. 19Isaac LihadjiSUB

NIM · 4-1-4-1

  1. 30Baptiste ReynetG
  2. 2Kelyan GuessoumCD-L
  3. 27Naomichi UedaCD-R
  4. 18Andrés CubasDM
  5. 3Birger MelingLB
  6. 29Sofiane AlakouchRB
  7. 20Renaud RipartCM-L
  8. 12Lamine FombaCM-R
  9. 10Zinedine FerhatLM
  10. 7Niclas EliassonRM
  11. 28Moussa KonéF

Substitutes

  1. 5Loïck LandreSUB
  2. 17Haris DuljevicSUB
  3. 25Nolan RouxSUB
  4. 11Matteo AhlinviSUB
  5. 15Gaëtan PaquiezSUB
  6. 21Patrick BurnerSUB
  7. 8Lucas DéauxSUB
  8. 22Yassin BenrahouSUB
  9. 16Lucas DiasSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Lille 0, Nîmes 1. Moussa Koné (Nîmes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Niclas Eliasson following a fast break.
  2. 20' Goal! Lille 1, Nîmes 1. Xeka (Lille) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Bamba with a cross following a corner.
  3. 45' Goal! Lille 1, Nîmes 2. Renaud Ripart (Nîmes) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zinedine Ferhat with a through ball.
  4. 45' Substitution, Lille. Luiz Araújo replaces Timothy Weah.
  5. 53' Jonathan Bamba (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Substitution, Lille. Renato Sanches replaces Benjamin André.
  7. 64' Substitution, Lille. Yusuf Yazici replaces Jonathan Bamba.
  8. 75' Substitution, Lille. Tiago Djaló replaces Sven Botman because of an injury.
  9. 76' Substitution, Lille. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Mehmet Zeki Çelik.
  10. 77' Substitution, Nîmes. Lucas Deaux replaces Moussa Koné.
  11. 80' Boubakary Soumaré (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Nîmes. Patrick Burner replaces Niclas Eliasson.

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