VILLENEUVE D’ASCQ. Lille managed to find the solution against Nantes to win 2-1. J. David was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Nantes to strike first with a goal of Quentin Merlin at the 17′. Then it was a penalty in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. David gave the win to Lille in the 88′ minute with a penalty scoring a double. Lille was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
J. David didn’t convert a penalty (82′) for Lille.
The match was played at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d’Ascq on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier who had the assistance of Thomas Luczynski and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Antoine Valnet.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 11 Total 8
- 4 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 120 Attack 76
- 60 Dangerous attack 26
- 98 Ball safe 85
- 3 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 7 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Lille had a strong ball possession 66% while Nantes was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lille was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lille won the match.
Lille shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nantes shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Lille received 2 yellow cards (C. Baleba and J. David). Regarding the opposition, Nantes received 4 yellow cards (Jean-Charles Castelletto, João Victor, Ludovic Blas and Mostafa Mohamed).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lille will have 66 points to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Nantes will stay with 33 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lille will play away with Troyes on the 3rd of June with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Lille (5 draws).
Nantes will host Angers SCO on the 3rd of June with a 12-8 head to head in favor of Nantes (11 draws).
Lille – Formation
Lille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca decided to play with the following team: Lucas Chevalier , Bafodé Diakité , José Fonte , Alexsandro Ribeiro , Timothy Weah , Carlos Baleba , Benjamin André , Jonathan David , Rémy Cabella , Jonathan Bamba and Mohamed Bayo .
The home team had on the bench: Benoît Costil, Adam Ounas , Amine Messoussa, Leny Yoro, Jonas Martin, Adam Jakubech and Gabriel Gudmundsson .
Substitutions
Lille made 4 changes: Mohamed Bayo for Adam Ounas (48′), Timothy Weah for Gabriel Gudmundsson (74′), C. Baleba for Jonas Martin (90′) and Rémy Cabella for Leny Yoro (90′).
Best player: Jonathan David
The player that probably impressed the most for Lille was Jonathan David.
His rating is with 2 goals, 23 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Pierre Aristouy played with: Alban Lafont , João Victor , Andrei Girotto , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Charles Traoré , Marcus Coco , Pedro Chirivella , Samuel Moutoussamy , Ludovic Blas , Ignatius Ganago and Quentin Merlin .
They had on the bench: Moussa Sissoko , Nicolas Pallois, Fabien Centonze, Florent Mollet , Moses Simon , Jaouen Hadjam, Stredair Appuah, Rémy Descamps and Mostafa Mohamed .
Substitutions
Nantes made 4 changes: Pedro Chirivella for Moussa Sissoko (61′), Ignatius Ganago for Mostafa Mohamed (61′), Marcus Coco for Florent Mollet (74′) and Quentin Merlin for Moses Simon (74′).
Best player: Quentin Merlin
The most impressive player for Nantes was Quentin Merlin.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Strasbourg – Paris Saint Germain – 1-1
- Olympique Marseille – Brest – 1-2
- Olympique Lyonnais – Reims – 3-0
- Angers SCO – Troyes – 2-1
- Toulouse – Auxerre – 1-1
- Rennes – Monaco – 2-0
- Lens – Ajaccio – 3-0
- Montpellier – Nice – 2-3
- Lille – Nantes – 2-1
- Clermont – Lorient – 2-0