Burak Yılmaz gives Lille 3 points over Montpellier
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 01:48 | 24 December 2020
- Modified Date: 01:48 | 24 December 2020
Turkish international Burak Yılmaz scored late against Montpellier to give Lille a 3-2 win late Wednesday.
Timothy Weah scored the opener for Lille in the first half half but the home team equalized the game with Gaetan Laborde's goal.
Jonathan Ikone converted the penalty to make the score 2-1 as Andy Delort scored for Montpellier to equalize again.
The away side captured three points after Burak Yılmaz came off the bench to find the net in the 86th minute.
Meanwhile, Olympique Lyon defeated Nantes 3-0 to sit top of the table with 36 points while Lille are in second spot on goal difference.
Wednesday's results in Ligue 1:
Bordeaux - Reims: 1-3
Lens - Brest: 2-1
Nice - Lorient: 2-2
Nimes - Dijon: 1-3
Rennes - Metz: 1-0
Angers - Olympique Marseille: 2-1
Olympique Lyon - Nantes: 3-0
Monaco - Saint-Etienne: 2-2
Montpellier - Lille: 2-3
Paris Saint-Germain - Strasbourg: 4-0