French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, August 8, 2021
Lille WDWLW 3
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Metz LWLLD 3
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METZ213
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Match Report

Champions Lille hold Metz with last-gasp leveller

Lille fought back from two goals down to grind out a last-gasp 3-3 draw at 10-man Metz in their opening game of the season on Sunday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
4
61.6
Possession
38.4
17
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
438
Accurate Passes
243
538
Passes
335
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
3
24
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
59
20
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
12
21
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
19
14
Effective Clearances
13
14
Clearances
13

Head to Head

LILL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

METZ · 3-4-1-2

  1. 16Alexandre OukidjaG
  2. 23Boubakar Kiki KouyateCD
  3. 3Matthieu UdolCD-L
  4. 2Dylan BronnCD-R
  5. 4Kevin N'DoramCM-L
  6. 19Habib MaïgaCM-R
  7. 15Pape Matar SarrAM
  8. 17Thomas DelaineLM
  9. 18Fabien CentonzeRM
  10. 7Ibrahima NianeCF-L
  11. 13Cheick SabalyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27VágnerSUB
  2. 20Lamine GueyeSUB
  3. 9Georges MikautadzeSUB
  4. 8Boubacar TraoréSUB
  5. 24Lenny JosephSUB
  6. 6Mamadou FofanaSUB
  7. 30Marc-Aurele CaillardSUB
  8. 21Amine BassiSUB
  9. 22Sofiane AlakouchSUB

LILL · 4-4-2

  1. 30Léo JardimG
  2. 4Sven BotmanCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 28Reinildo MandavaLB
  5. 2Zeki ÇelikRB
  6. 11Yusuf YaziciCM-L
  7. 21Benjamin AndréCM-R
  8. 7Jonathan BambaLM
  9. 18Renato SanchesRM
  10. 17Burak YilmazCF-L
  11. 9Jonathan DavidCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Domagoj BradaricSUB
  2. 26Jérémy PiedSUB
  3. 19Isaac LihadjiSUB
  4. 10Jonathan IkonéSUB
  5. 16Adam JakubechSUB
  6. 34Rocco AsconeSUB
  7. 22Timothy WeahSUB
  8. 27Cheikh NiasseSUB
  9. 24Amadou OnanaSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Metz 0, Lille 1. Sven Botman (Lille) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yusuf Yazici with a cross following a corner.
  2. 31' Goal! Metz 1, Lille 1. Fabien Centonze (Metz) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Delaine with a cross.
  3. 41' Goal! Metz 2, Lille 1. Matthieu Udol (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ibrahima Niane.
  4. 52' Goal! Metz 3, Lille 1. Fabien Centonze (Metz) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top left corner.
  5. 56' Kiki Kouyate (Metz) is shown the red card.
  6. 56' Dylan Bronn (Metz) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 58' Substitution, Metz. Mamadou Fofana replaces Cheick Tidiane Sabaly.
  8. 59' Substitution, Lille. Jonathan Ikoné replaces Yusuf Yazici.
  9. 59' Substitution, Lille. Timothy Weah replaces Jonathan David.
  10. 71' Substitution, Metz. Lenny Joseph replaces Ibrahima Niane.
  11. 77' Substitution, Lille. Isaac Lihadji replaces Reinildo.
  12. 79' Jonathan Ikoné (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Goal! Metz 3, Lille 2. Jonathan Ikoné (Lille) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isaac Lihadji.
  14. 83' Burak Yilmaz (Lille) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Metz. Georges Mikautadze replaces Lenny Joseph.
  16. 90'+7' Own Goal by Alexandre Oukidja, Metz. Metz 3, Lille 3.

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