Lille vs Montpellier

3 September 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Benoît Millot

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Yusuf Yazici 2’

Match summary

Lille won 1-0 at home to Montpellier. Lille led 1-0 at half-time.

Yusuf Yazici put Lille ahead with a direct free kick in the 2nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Lille created 1.34 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Montpellier's 0.81 from 9.

Match stats

Lille Montpellier
15 Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.34 xG 0.79
1.34 Non-penalty xG 0.79
8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Lille Montpellier
Kick-off
Yusuf Yazici1-0 (Lille)
2’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lille
  • Alexsandro Ribeiro
  • Angel Gomes
Montpellier
  • Becir Omeragic

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 0.81 2’ Yusuf Yazici (Lille), 1-0 2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 0.81 2’ Yusuf Yazici (Lille), 1-0 Yazici 2’
Lille 1.34 xGMontpellier 0.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Lille attacking 
72’ Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 47’ Rémy Cabella (Lille), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 55’ Angel Gomes (Lille), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 7’ Jonathan Christian David (Lille), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 35’ Alexsandro Ribeiro (Lille), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 56’ Alexsandro Ribeiro (Lille), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 80’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 4’ Jonathan Christian David (Lille), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 57’ Tiago Santos (Lille), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ Ivan Cavaleiro (Lille), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 64’ Ivan Cavaleiro (Lille), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 2’ Yusuf Yazici (Lille), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 88’ Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Yusuf Yazici (Lille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 15’ Gabriel Gudmundsson (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Angel Gomes (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 84’ Kelvin Yeboah (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Tiago Santos (Lille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Benjamin André (Lille), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 72’ Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 47’ Rémy Cabella (Lille), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 55’ Angel Gomes (Lille), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 7’ Jonathan Christian David (Lille), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 35’ Alexsandro Ribeiro (Lille), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 56’ Alexsandro Ribeiro (Lille), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 80’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 4’ Jonathan Christian David (Lille), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 57’ Tiago Santos (Lille), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 64’ Ivan Cavaleiro (Lille), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 71’ Ivan Cavaleiro (Lille), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 2’ Yusuf Yazici (Lille), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 88’ Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Yusuf Yazici (Lille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 15’ Gabriel Gudmundsson (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Angel Gomes (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 84’ Kelvin Yeboah (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Tiago Santos (Lille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Benjamin André (Lille), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lucas Chevalier GK900 0.000.000
Alexsandro Ribeiro DEF902 0.240.000
Leny Yoro DEF900 0.000.000
Tiago Santos DEF902 0.110.000
Yusuf Yazici MID9012 0.100.163
Gabriel Gudmundsson MID901 0.030.000
Benjamin André MID901 0.010.000
Angel Gomes MID902 0.190.081
Rémy Cabella FWD761 0.290.496
Jonathan Christian David FWD902 0.230.322
Ivan Cavaleiro FWD902 0.140.161
Hákon Haraldsson Sub140 0.000.000
Nabil Bentaleb Sub10 0.000.000
Samuel Umtiti Sub10 0.000.000
Edon Zhegrova Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lille win 50% Avg odds 1.93
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.79
Montpellier win 25% Avg odds 3.81

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lille WDDWL
Montpellier LWDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lille 2-1 Montpellier, 16 Apr 23 Next meeting: Montpellier 0-0 Lille, 28 Jan 24  All Lille vs Montpellier meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.