French Ligue 1

Lyon vs Montpellier 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 26': Moussa Dembélé
  • 43': Jonas Omlin (OG)
  • 63': Houssem Aouar
  • 68': Karl Toko Ekambi
  • 90'+2': Houssem Aouar
FT
5 - 2
  • 45'+1': Elye Wahi
  • 45'+4': Téji Savanier (P)

Lyon beats Montpellier 5-2 to stay in Europe race

— Lyon pulled within four points of a Europa Conference League playoff spot by downing Montpellier 5-2 in the French league on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 26': Goal! Lyon 1, Montpellier 0. Moussa Dembele (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 28': Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card.
  • 36': Substitution, Lyon. Jérôme Boateng replaces Damien Da Silva because of an injury.
  • 42': Nicolas Cozza (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Own Goal by Jonas Omlin, Montpellier. Lyon 2, Montpellier 0.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Lyon 2, Montpellier 1. Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Téji Savanier with a through ball.
  • 45'+4': Goal! Lyon 2, Montpellier 2. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 63': Goal! Lyon 3, Montpellier 2. Houssem Aouar (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thiago Mendes.
  • 64': Substitution, Lyon. Bradley Barcola replaces Tetê.
  • 66': Substitution, Montpellier. Stephy Mavididi replaces Valère Germain.
  • 68': Goal! Lyon 4, Montpellier 2. Karl Toko-Ekambi (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá with a through ball.
  • 75': Jérôme Boateng (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Substitution, Montpellier. Florent Mollet replaces Rémy Cabella.
  • 75': Substitution, Montpellier. Maxime Estève replaces Ambroise Oyongo.
  • 75': Substitution, Montpellier. Léo Leroy replaces Joris Chotard.
  • 85': Substitution, Lyon. Jeff Reine-Adélaïde replaces Lucas Paquetá.
  • 85': Substitution, Montpellier. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces Arnaud Souquet.
  • 89': Malo Gusto (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Lyon 5, Montpellier 2. Houssem Aouar (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Karl Toko-Ekambi.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Lyon 5, Montpellier 2.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Groupama Stadium
Location: Lyon, France
Attendance: 46,608

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+39 Paris Saint-Germain 26 59 1
+16 Brest 26 47 5
+11 AS Monaco 26 46 6
+14 Lille 26 43 5
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 13
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 8
8 Saves 5
48.2 Possession 51.8
11 SHOTS 27
7 ON GOAL 13
0.6 On Target % 0.5
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
420 Accurate Passes 455
481 Passes 523
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 5
16 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.3
41 Long Balls 47
26 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 10
8 Effective Tackles 8
15 Tackles 11
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
7 Interceptions 7
18 Effective Clearances 11
18 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

LYON Lyon (4-3-3)

No. Name
30 Julian Pollersbeck (GK)
4 Castello Lukeba
21 Damien Da Silva
12 Henrique
17 Malo Gusto Yellow Card
23 Thiago Mendes
8 Houssem Aouar
10 Lucas Paquetá
9 Moussa Dembélé
7 Karl Toko Ekambi
20 Mateus Tetê

MON Montpellier (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jonas Omlin (GK)
3 Mamadou Sakho
31 Nicolas Cozza Yellow Card
8 Ambroise Oyongo Yellow Card
2 Arnaud Souquet
11 Téji Savanier
13 Joris Chotard
12 Jordan Ferri
21 Elye Wahi
22 Rémy Cabella
9 Valère Germain

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