“Tiago Santos doubles Lille's advantage with a right-footed finish from the right side of the box after Troyes fail to deal with sustained pressure.”
Pivotal“Ethan Mbappé finally converts in stoppage time after a rebound scramble, following a save from his own effort and one from Maurits Kjærgaard, sealing the win in style.”
LOSC Lille
Troyes
Outstanding performance
LOSC Lille•MidfielderLille needed just two minutes to get their noses in front, with Hákon Haraldsson converting from close range after Tiago Santos won a free kick in the attacking half, and they never looked back from there. Santos doubled his side's involvement in the goal column by scoring himself in the 18th minute, latching onto a loose ball after Dilane Bakwa's persistence won another free kick. From there Lille dominated the ball with 63% possession and 500 passes at 89% accuracy, patiently probing a Troyes side that sat in and tried to soak up pressure. Troyes actually created more dangerous attacks (49 to 32) and had more shots and corners, but couldn't turn territory into quality, managing zero shots on target against Lille's two. Wholesale changes just after the hour and again at 71 minutes freshened up Lille's attack, and the introduction of Ethan Mbappé paid off in stoppage time when he added a well-taken second after his own shot was initially saved, capping a professional home win that keeps Lille firmly in the title conversation while Troyes' struggles continue.
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assist: Maurits Kjærgaard
Goal! Lille leads 2-0 against Troyes. Ethan Mbappé scores for Lille with a left-footed shot from the center of the box.
Ethan Mbappé from Lille has his left-footed shot from the right side of the box saved in the center of the goal by Patrick Beach of Troyes. The attempt was assisted by Nabil Bentaleb.
Attempt saved. Maurits Kjærgaard from Lille has a left-footed shot from the center of the box, but it's saved in the bottom left corner by Patrick Beach from Troyes. The assist came from Ethan Mbappé.
Delay is over, and they are ready to continue.
Ethan Mbappé from Lille has his left-footed shot from outside the box saved in the top right corner by Patrick Beach of Troyes.
The match is delayed due to an injury to Anis Ouzenadji from Troyes.
Jérémy Le Douaron from Troyes commits a handball.
Attempt missed. Tiago Santos from Lille takes a right-footed shot from outside the box but misses to the right. Nabil Bentaleb provided the assist.
Benjamin André from Lille is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution for Lille: Benjamin André comes on for Ngal'ayel Mukau.
Foul committed by Iron Gomis of Troyes.
Alexsandro from Lille wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jérémy Le Douaron from Troyes wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul committed by Gaëtan Perrin of Lille.
Foul committed by Yacouba Koné of Troyes.
Junior Diaz from Troyes commits a foul.
Olivier Giroud from Lille wins a free kick on the right wing.
Gaëtan Perrin's right-footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. The attempt was assisted by Maurits Kjærgaard.
Olivier GiroudYellow CardOlivier Giroud from Lille receives a yellow card for a bad foul.
Yacouba Koné's header from the center of the box is saved in the top center of the goal. The attempt was assisted by Adrien Monfray.
Adrien Monfray from Troyes wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Olivier Giroud commits a foul for Lille.
Nathan Ngoy from Lille commits a foul.
Substitution for Troyes: Renaud Ripart comes on for Hugo Picard.
Substitution for Troyes: Yacouba Koné comes on for Antoine Mille.
Noah Donkor from Troyes is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
Anis Ouzenadji from Troyes commits a handball.
Anis Ouzenadji from Troyes wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ethan Mbappé commits a foul for Lille.
Foul committed by Dermane Karim of Troyes.
Nathan Ngoy from Lille wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Romain Perraud from Lille has a left-footed shot from the left side of the box.
Antoine Mille from Troyes commits a foul.
Nabil Bentaleb from Lille wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution for Troyes: Iron Gomis comes on for Mouhamed Diop.
Substitution for Troyes: Timothé Nkada comes on for Kandet Diawara.
Substitution for Lille: Gaëtan Perrin comes on for Basar Önal.
Substitution for Lille: Ethan Mbappé comes on for Dilane Bakwa.
Substitution for Lille: Olivier Giroud comes on for Ayase Ueda.
Attempt missed by Dilane Bakwa from Lille, who headed the ball from very close range.
Anis Ouzenadji from Troyes commits a handball.
Foul committed by Dermane Karim of Troyes.
Dilane Bakwa from Lille wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay is over, and the teams are ready to continue.
The match is delayed due to an injury to Jérémy Le Douaron from Troyes.
Antoine Mille from Troyes commits a foul.
Nabil Bentaleb from Lille wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Anis Ouzenadji from Troyes is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
Nabil Bentaleb from Lille commits a foul.
Foul committed by Dermane Karim of Troyes.
Tiago Santos from Lille wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution for Lille: Maurits Kjærgaard comes on for Hákon Haraldsson.
Foul committed by Jérémy Le Douaron of Troyes.
Alexsandro from Lille wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner awarded to Troyes after Romain Perraud concedes.
Kandet Diawara from Troyes wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul committed by Dilane Bakwa of Lille.
Attempt missed. Dermane Karim from Troyes has a left-footed shot from the center of the box that goes to the left. He was assisted by Adrien Monfray after a corner.
Attempt missed. Adrien Monfray from Troyes takes a right-footed shot from the left side of the box after a corner.
Adrien Monfray's header from the left side of the six-yard box is blocked. The attempt was assisted by Hugo Picard's cross.
Troyes win a corner after Nabil Bentaleb concedes.
Antoine Mille from Troyes is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul committed by Alexsandro of Lille.
Lille is awarded a corner after Jérémy Le Douaron concedes.
Substitution for Troyes: Noah Donkor comes on for Lucas Maronnier.
Noah Donkor from Troyes commits a foul.
Romain Perraud from Lille wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The second half begins with Lille leading Troyes 1-0.
Adrien Monfray from Troyes is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul committed by Ayase Ueda of Lille.
First half ends with Lille leading 1-0 against Troyes.
Attempt missed. Jérémy Le Douaron from Troyes takes a right-footed shot from outside the box, but it goes high and wide to the right. Antoine Mille provided the assist.
Attempt missed. Adrien Monfray from Troyes takes a right-footed shot from outside the box.
The fourth official has indicated that there will be 4 minutes of added time.
Adrien Monfray from Troyes wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul committed by Ayase Ueda of Lille.
Antoine Mille from Troyes commits a foul.
Basar Önal from Lille wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul committed by Lucas Maronnier of Troyes.
Basar Önal from Lille wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Ayase Ueda from Lille has his right-footed shot from the center of the box saved.
Troyes win a corner after Tiago Santos concedes.
Attempt missed by Jérémy Le Douaron from Troyes, who headed the ball from the center of the box.
Foul committed by Antoine Mille of Troyes.
Tiago Santos from Lille wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul committed by Dermane Karim of Troyes.
Tiago Santos from Lille wins a free kick on the right wing.
Kandet Diawara from Troyes commits a foul.
Hákon Haraldsson from Lille is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner awarded to Troyes after a concession by Nathan Ngoy.
Attempt missed. Ayase Ueda from Lille takes a right-footed shot from the right side of the box.
Offside called against Troyes. Lucas Maronnier is caught offside.
Hugo Picard from Troyes attempts a right-footed shot from outside the box, but it goes close and misses to the left after a set piece situation.
Corner awarded to Troyes, conceded by Berke Özer.
Jérémy Le Douaron from Troyes wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul committed by Nathan Ngoy of Lille.
Lucas Maronnier from Troyes is awarded a free kick on the right wing.
Foul committed by Basar Önal of Lille.
Offside called against Lille. Basar Önal is caught offside.
Offside called against Lille. Tiago Santos is caught offside.
assist: Dilane Bakwa
Goal! Lille leads 1-0 against Troyes as Tiago Santos scores with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box.
Anis Ouzenadji from Troyes commits a foul.
Dilane Bakwa from Lille wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ayase Ueda from Lille misses a header from the center of the box, sending it to the right. The attempt was assisted by Dilane Bakwa, who provided a cross after a corner.
Offside for Troyes. Jérémy Le Douaron is flagged for offside.
Lille wins a corner after Adrien Monfray concedes.
VAR is checking the goal scored by Hákon Haraldsson for Lille.
Lille is called offside as Hákon Haraldsson is caught in an offside position.
Hugo Picard from Troyes commits a foul.
Dilane Bakwa from Lille hits the right post with a left-footed shot from the right side of the box, assisted by Ayase Ueda.
Goal! Lille leads 1-0 against Troyes. Hákon Haraldsson scores for Lille with a right-footed shot from very close range.
Tiago Santos from Lille wins a free kick in the attacking half.
First half begins.
LOSC Lille look to shake off their midweek Champions League heartbreak against Real Betis as they host bottom-half strugglers Troyes at the Decathlon Arena. With Lille unbeaten in Ligue 1 so far and Troyes reeling from a 6-2 thrashing by Strasbourg, the hosts are heavily fancied to extend their dominant recent record over this opponent.
