Down To Ten
Lille
Lille played the closing 34 minutes a man down after a 56′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 56′
- Player
- Ethan Mbappé
UEFA Champions League · League Stage · 1Lille
A. Ueda 12'
Alexsandro 36'
2 – 3
FT
HT 2–1
Real Betis
M. Bartra 33', 49'
T. Parrott 53'
UEFA Champions League
League Stage · 1Lille2–3Real Betis
0.83
Expected goals
1.80
12′33′36′49′53′56′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: LIL 0.83, RB 1.80.
Match report
Lille 2-3 Real Betis
Real Betis edged out Lille 3-2 at Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre Mauroy in UEFA Champions League. Ueda opened the scoring for Lille on 12', Bartra levelled for Real Betis on 33', Alexsandro put Lille back in front on 36', Bartra added his second on 49' and Parrott put Real Betis back in front on 53'.
Expected goals finished Lille 0.83, Real Betis 1.80. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Real Betis held 55.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Mbappé was sent off on 56', leaving Lille 34 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Real Betis graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.80 expected goals. Lille graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.83 expected goals.
Marc Bartra came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.9 for Real Betis from 2 goals, 2 shots and 1 tackle.
It was a niggly afternoon: 24 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with Real Betis conceding the most free-kicks (13).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
6Shots20
0.83xG1.80
What the numbers say
4 readsComeback Win
Real Betis
Real Betis went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 2–3
Clinical Edge
Real Betis
Real Betis finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.80 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.80
- Overperformance
- +1.20
Clinical Edge
Lille
Lille finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.83 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.83
- Overperformance
- +1.17
Timeline
A. Ueda — assist: E. Mbappe
⚽12'
⚽33'
M. Bartra — assist: P. Fornals
Alexsandro — assist: G. Perrin
⚽36'
Half-time
N. Mukau ↑ N. Bentaleb ↓
🔄46'
⚽49'
M. Bartra — assist: Isco
⚽53'
T. Parrott — assist: R. Riquelme
Ethan Mbappé · Card upgrade
📺55'
Ethan Mbappé
Violent conduct
🟥56'
🟨56'
Natan
Argument
🟨61'
Facundo Bernal
Foul
D. Bakwa ↑ G. Perrin ↓
🔄61'
🔄61'
V. Gomez ↑ Natan ↓
🔄61'
A. Fidalgo ↑ Isco ↓
🔄67'
M. Roca ↑ F. Bernal ↓
🟨71'
Marc Roca
Foul
M. Kjaergaard ↑ B. Andre ↓
🔄77'
O. Giroud ↑ A. Ueda ↓
🔄77'
🔄81'
F. Garcia ↑ J. Firpo ↓
🔄81'
N. Deossa ↑ R. Riquelme ↓
B. Onal ↑ R. Perraud ↓
🔄88'
Olivier Giroud
Argument
🟨90+4'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueDecathlon Arena - Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille
RefereeGeorgi Kabakov, Bulgaria
CompetitionUEFA Champions League
Season2026
RoundLeague Stage · 1
StatusMatch Finished