Nimes vs Lille

16 December 2018 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Hakim Ben El Hadj

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Rachid Alioui 68’
  • Clement Depres 90+2’
  • Rafael Leão 4’
  • Jonathan Bamba 41’
  • Nicolas Pepe 66’

Match summary

Lille beat Nimes 3-2 on the road. Lille led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Rafael Leão put Lille ahead with a header in the 4th minute and Jonathan Bamba made it 0-2 in the 41st minute, set up by Mehmet Zeki Çelik. In the second half, Nicolas Pepe made it 0-3 in the 66th minute, set up by Jonathan Bamba, Rachid Alioui pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 68th minute, and Clement Depres made it 2-3 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Téji Savanier.

Nimes can feel hard done by, creating 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Lille's 0.88 from 7. Lille had a player sent off.

Match stats

Nimes Lille
17 Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1.21 xG 0.80
1.21 Non-penalty xG 0.80
6 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Nimes Lille
Kick-off
4’
Rafael Leão0-1 (Lille)
41’
Jonathan Bamba
Assist: Mehmet Zeki Çelik0-2 (Lille)
Half-time0-2
66’
Nicolas Pepe
Assist: Jonathan Bamba0-3 (Lille)
Rachid Alioui1-3 (Nimes)
68’
Clement Depres
Assist: Téji Savanier2-3 (Nimes)
90+2’
Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Nimes
  • Jordan Ferri
  • Téji Savanier
  • Denis Bouanga
Lille
  • José Fonte
  • Thiago Mendes
  • Jonathan Bamba
  • Edgar Ié

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 0.88 4’ Rafael Leão (Lille), 0-1 4’ 41’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), 0-2 41’ 66’ Nicolas Pepe (Lille), 0-3 66’ 68’ Rachid Alioui (Nimes), 1-3 68’ 90+2’ Clement Depres (Nimes), 2-3 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 0.88 4’ Rafael Leão (Lille), 0-1 Leão 4’ 41’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), 0-2 Bamba 41’ 66’ Nicolas Pepe (Lille), 0-3 Pepe 66’ 68’ Rachid Alioui (Nimes), 1-3 Alioui 68’ 90+2’ Clement Depres (Nimes), 2-3 Depres 90+2’
Nimes 1.21 xGLille 0.88 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lille attacking Nimes attacking 
90+2’ Clement Depres (Nimes), from a corner, 0.46 xG, goal 4’ Rafael Leão (Lille), set piece, 0.41 xG, goal 49’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), set piece, 0.21 xG, off target 4’ Nicolas Pepe (Lille), set piece, 0.19 xG, saved 66’ Nicolas Pepe (Lille), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 90+5’ Clement Depres (Nimes), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 39’ Téji Savanier (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 7’ José Fonte (Lille), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 68’ Sada Thioub (Nimes), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Denis Bouanga (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 13’ Theo Valls (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 67’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Téji Savanier (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 90+4’ Denis Bouanga (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Denis Bouanga (Nimes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Umut Bozok (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 62’ Denis Bouanga (Nimes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Faitout Maouassa (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Clement Depres (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 14’ Téji Savanier (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 68’ Rachid Alioui (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, goal 82’ Rachid Alioui (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+2’ Clement Depres (Nimes), from a corner, 0.46 xG, goal 4’ Rafael Leão (Lille), set piece, 0.41 xG, goal 49’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), set piece, 0.21 xG, off target 4’ Nicolas Pepe (Lille), set piece, 0.19 xG, saved 90+5’ Clement Depres (Nimes), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 66’ Nicolas Pepe (Lille), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 39’ Téji Savanier (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 7’ José Fonte (Lille), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 68’ Sada Thioub (Nimes), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Denis Bouanga (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Theo Valls (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 57’ Téji Savanier (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 90+4’ Denis Bouanga (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Umut Bozok (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Denis Bouanga (Nimes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Denis Bouanga (Nimes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Faitout Maouassa (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Clement Depres (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 14’ Téji Savanier (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 68’ Rachid Alioui (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, goal 82’ Rachid Alioui (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Paul Bernardoni GK900 0.000.000
Sofiane Alakouch DEF510 0.000.000
Herve Lybohy DEF900 0.000.000
Anthony Briancon DEF900 0.000.000
Faitout Maouassa DEF901 0.020.011
Jordan Ferri MID900 0.000.000
Téji Savanier MID9013 0.140.693
Theo Valls MID611 0.040.051
Renaud Ripart FWD901 0.210.000
Umut Bozok FWD861 0.030.021
Denis Bouanga FWD904 0.120.083
Rachid Alioui Sub3912 0.030.183
Sada Thioub Sub291 0.060.000
Clement Depres Sub413 0.580.031

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nimes win 38% Bet365 odds 2.50
Draw 32% Bet365 odds 3.00
Lille win 30% Bet365 odds 3.20

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Lille 5-0 Nimes, 28 Apr 19  All Nimes vs Lille 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.