Angers vs Lille

Match summary

Lille took a 2-0 win at Angers. Lille led 2-0 at half-time.

Olivier Giroud put Lille ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Nabil Bentaleb and Tiago Santos made it 0-2 in the 31st minute.

Angers can feel hard done by, creating 1.86 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Lille's 1.42 from 11.

Angers hosted Lille on matchday one of Ligue 1, registering a higher expected goals total of 1.86 compared to 1.42. Despite dominating territory and statistics, the home side failed to convert their pressure into goals. Angers recorded twenty shots with two on target, eight corners, and fifty-seven percent possession, alongside seventeen key passes and sixty-five dangerous attacks. Lille managed eleven shots, of which eight were on target, and had forty-three percent possession from one hundred and ten attacks. Both teams received two yellow cards in a disciplined encounter that saw plenty of attacking intent from the hosts.

Lille opened the scoring in the eleventh minute when Olivier Giroud finished with a left foot shot. The visitors extended their lead in the thirty-first minute through Tiago Santos, who converted with a right foot shot following notable chances earlier in the half. Anthony Bermont received a yellow card for a foul in the twenty-second minute, leaving the score 0-2 at half-time. Numerous substitutions occurred in the second half for both sides. Hákon Arnar Haraldsson and Romain Perraud were booked for fouls in the seventy-second and seventy-fourth minutes respectively, before Usman Simbakoli received a yellow card for argument in the ninetieth minute.