Montpellier vs Lens

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🕒 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:45 Europe/London 📍 Stade de la Mosson-Mondial 98 🧑‍⚖️ Bastien Dechepy 🔁 Regular Season - 20 🏁 match finished

Season

2024-2025 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 20

Regular Season Table

Montpellier 18 · Lens 8

Referee Stats

Bastien Dechepy

13 matches · 4.38 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	4.38
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	1.08
Over 4.5 cards	46%
Home wins	15%
Draws	54%
Away wins	31%

How the match was won

Lens outshot their opponent (14-19).
Possession was balanced (50%-50%).
Lens had the sharper finishing (2-5 shots on target).

Team Overview

Montpellier (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 3-4-10

Goals For / Against

17 / 41

Avg: 1.00 / 2.41

Points

Avg: 0.76

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Lens (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 8-5-4

Goals For / Against

23 / 17

Avg: 1.35 / 1.00

Points

Avg: 1.71

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Ligue 1 fixture.

Quick comparison bars

0.76

PPG

1.71

1.00

1.35

2.41

1.00

71%

O2.5

35%

59%

BTTS

53%

Score 1st

53%

League-position context

Montpellier rank18th

Lens rank8th

Montpellier points16

Lens points52

Montpellier: #18 · 16 pts · GD -56

49 pts off the top 2. 36 pts off the play-off line. 20 pts from safety.

Lens: #8 · 52 pts · GD +3

13 pts off the top 2. 2 pts above the play-off edge. 18 pts clear of the relegation zone.

36-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Montpellier last 5 home

L D L L L

Points1/15

Weighted index9

Goals1-12

Record0-1-4

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Lens last 5 away

D W W L W

Points10/15

Weighted index64

Goals7-4

Record3-1-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Montpellier trend breakdown

Over 2.571%

BTTS59%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.588%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 94% · Over 3.5 59% · 1H BTTS 24%

Lens trend breakdown

Over 2.535%

BTTS53%

BTTS + O2.535%

1H Over 0.582%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 76% · Over 3.5 24% · 1H BTTS 24%

Scoring reliability

Montpellier score at home59%

Montpellier clean sheet at home6%

Lens score away82%

Lens clean sheet away29%

First-goal patterns

Montpellier score first6%

Montpellier win after scoring first100%

Lens score first53%

Lens win after scoring first67%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Montpellier 33% · Lens 50%

Avg first goal minute: Montpellier 6.0' · Lens 32.9'

Vs league average

Montpellier score at home1.00 vs 1.61

Montpellier concede at home2.41 vs 1.37

Lens score away1.35 vs 1.37

Lens concede away1.00 vs 1.61

Montpellier score 38% below league average, while Lens score 1% below league average.

Defensive side: Montpellier are 76% above league average at home, and Lens are 38% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals2.00

BTTS40%

Over 2.520%

At this venue setup: 1.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Montpellier goal timing (home)

1H scored: 25% 2H scored: 75% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 46-60

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

61-75 6

76-90+ 5

46-60 4

0-15 2

16-30 2

31-45 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

46-60 13

16-30 9

0-15 8

61-75 7

31-45 6

76-90+ 3

Lens goal timing (away)

1H scored: 41% 2H scored: 59% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 10

16-30 8

61-75 5

0-15 2

31-45 2

46-60 2

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 5

16-30 4

46-60 4

61-75 3

76-90+ 3

31-45 2

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

50%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

429

440

Passes Accurate

346

365

Passes %

81%

83%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

1' ⚽

⚽

1' ⚽ Goal · 0-1

M'Bala Nzola

Normal Goal · Assist: A. Thomasson

18'

18' T. Sainte-Luce

27' ⚽

⚽

27' ⚽ VAR

G. Koyalipou

Goal cancelled

45+6'

45+6' D. Machado

45+7'

45+7' F. Medina

50'

50' K. Kouyaté

60' ↑↓

↑↓

60' ⇄ G. Koyalipou

1st substitution · For: J. Agbonifo

61' ⚽

⚽

61' ⚽ Goal · 0-3

J. Agbonifo

Normal Goal · Assist: A. Thomasson

64' ↑↓

↑↓

64' ⇄ A. Delort

1st substitution · For: W. Khazri

64' ↑↓

↑↓

64' ⇄ K. Kouyaté

2nd substitution · For: Y. Mouanga

64' ↑↓

↑↓

64' ⇄ T. Sainte-Luce

3rd substitution · For: O. Maamma

69' ↑↓

↑↓

69' ⇄ K. Fayad

4th substitution · For: R. Nzingoula

78'

78' M. Sagnan

79' ↑↓

↑↓

79' ⇄ A. Diouf

2nd substitution · For: A. Fulgini

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ E. Tchato

5th substitution · For: T. Coulibaly

90+1'

90+1' J. Chotard

90+3' ↑↓

↑↓

90+3' ⇄ A. Thomasson

3rd substitution · For: H. Ojediran

90+4' ↑↓

↑↓

90+4' ⇄ M'Bala Nzola

4th substitution · For: W. Saïd

90+4' ↑↓

↑↓

90+4' ⇄ J. Gradit

5th substitution · For: Abdulay Bah

90+6'

90+6' H. Ojediran

Montpellier vs Lens 0-2: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Lens beat Montpellier 2-0 on Friday, 31 January 2025 in Ligue 1. The match was refereed by Bastien Dechepy. It was played at Stade de la Mosson-Mondial 98.

First half: Lens took an early lead at 1' when M'Bala Nzola scored, with the assist credited to A. Thomasson, making the score 0-1. T. Sainte-Luce received a yellow card for Montpellier at 18'. VAR intervened at 27' for Lens (Goal cancelled). D. Machado received a yellow card for Lens at 45+6'. F. Medina received a yellow card for Lens at 45+7'.

Second half: K. Kouyaté received a yellow card for Montpellier at 50'. Lens made their 1st substitution at 60', with G. Koyalipou replacing J. Agbonifo. Lens extended the lead at 61' when J. Agbonifo scored, with the assist credited to A. Thomasson, making the score 0-3. Montpellier made their 1st substitution at 64', with A. Delort replacing W. Khazri. Montpellier made their 2nd substitution at 64', with K. Kouyaté replacing Y. Mouanga. Montpellier made their 3rd substitution at 64', with T. Sainte-Luce replacing O. Maamma. Montpellier made their 4th substitution at 69', with K. Fayad replacing R. Nzingoula. M. Sagnan received a yellow card for Montpellier at 78'. Lens made their 2nd substitution at 79', with A. Diouf replacing A. Fulgini. Montpellier made their 5th substitution at 81', with E. Tchato replacing T. Coulibaly. J. Chotard received a yellow card for Montpellier at 90+1'. Lens made their 3rd substitution at 90+3', with A. Thomasson replacing H. Ojediran. Lens made their 4th substitution at 90+4', with M'Bala Nzola replacing W. Saïd. Lens made their 5th substitution at 90+4', with J. Gradit replacing Abdulay Bah. H. Ojediran received a yellow card for Lens at 90+6'.

Montpellier used 5 substitutions while Lens used 5 substitutions. Montpellier got 4 yellow cards, while Lens got 3 yellow cards.