Lille 2 Montpellier 0: Boufal and Sidibe seal win

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Lille comfortably picked up their seocnd Ligue 1 win of the season against Montpellier, who remain near the bottom.

Lille got back to winning ways in Ligue 1, seeing off struggling Montpellier 2-0 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Friday.

Sofiane Boufal put the hosts - who entered the game with jsut one win in eight - ahead late in the first half, converting a penalty he had won himself in controversial circumstances – going to ground under Ellyes Skhiri's challenge despite minimal contact.