Lens vs Montpellier

8 December 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Mathieu Vernice

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Remy Labeau Lascary 39’
  • Benjamin Lecomte 90+1’ (og)

Match summary

Lens won 2-0 at home to Montpellier. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Remy Labeau Lascary put Lens ahead in the 39th minute, set up by M'Bala Nzola and Lecomte's own goal made it 2-0 in stoppage time.

Montpellier can feel hard done by, creating 1.92 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Lens's 1.11 from 17.

Match stats

Lens Montpellier
18 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.10 xG 1.52
1.10 Non-penalty xG 1.52
13 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lens Montpellier
Kick-off
Remy Labeau Lascary
Assist: M'Bala Nzola1-0 (Lens)
39’
Half-time1-0
Benjamin Lecomte
Own goal2-0 (Lens)
90+1’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lens
  • Brice Samba
  • Florian Sotoca
Montpellier
  • Modibo Sagnan
  • Enzo Tchato Mbiayi
  • Téji Savanier

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.11 1.92 39’ Remy Labeau Lascary (Lens), 1-0 39’ 90+1’ Benjamin Lecomte (Lens) own goal, 2-0 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.11 1.92 39’ Remy Labeau Lascary (Lens), 1-0 Lascary 39’ 90+1’ Benjamin Lecomte (Lens) own goal, 2-0 Lecomte 90+1’
Lens 1.11 xGMontpellier 1.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Lens attacking 
75’ Issiaga Sylla (Montpellier), open play, 0.65 xG, saved 75’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.62 xG, blocked 70’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 39’ Remy Labeau Lascary (Lens), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 74’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 49’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 59’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 26’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 34’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 38’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 24’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 27’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 86’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 76’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Becir Omeragic (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Benjamin Lecomte (Montpellier), own goal 75’ Issiaga Sylla (Montpellier), open play, 0.65 xG, saved 75’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.62 xG, blocked 70’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 39’ Remy Labeau Lascary (Lens), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 74’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 49’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 59’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 26’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 34’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 38’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 27’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 24’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 76’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Becir Omeragic (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Benjamin Lecomte (Montpellier), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Brice Samba GK900 0.000.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski DEF900 0.000.091
Kevin Danso DEF902 0.040.021
Abduqodir Khusanov DEF900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF832 0.080.062
Adrien Thomasson MID901 0.090.072
Andy Diouf MID621 0.030.071
Remy Labeau Lascary MID6311 0.150.162
Angelo Fulgini MID783 0.200.202
Anass Zaroury MID904 0.200.173
M'Bala Nzola FWD6311 0.110.232
Neil El Aynaoui Sub280 0.000.000
Wesley Said Sub271 0.060.000
Florian Sotoca Sub271 0.140.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub120 0.000.000
Jhoanner Chávez Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 68% Avg odds 1.40
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.85
Montpellier win 12% Avg odds 7.99

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lens LLWLW
Montpellier LLWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 2-2 Montpellier, 19 May 24 Next meeting: Montpellier 0-2 Lens, 31 Jan 25  All Lens vs Montpellier meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.