Lens vs Montpellier

15 October 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Hakim Ben El Hadj

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Wesley Said 67’

Match summary

Lens saw off Montpellier 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Wesley Said put Lens ahead in the 67th minute.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.31 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Montpellier's 0.31 from 8.

Match stats

Lens Montpellier
17 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.31 xG 0.31
2.31 Non-penalty xG 0.31
12 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Lens Montpellier
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Wesley Said1-0 (Lens)
67’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Deiver Machado
Montpellier
  • Maxime Estève
  • Sepe Elye Wahi

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.31 0.31 67’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-0 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.31 0.31 67’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-0 Said 67’
Lens 2.31 xGMontpellier 0.31 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Lens attacking 
89’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 78’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 67’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 35’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 43’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 90+5’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 23’ Maxime Estève (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 90’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 37’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 81’ Valère Germain (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 26’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 81’ Sacha Delaye (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 82’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Maxime Estève (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+7’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Kevin Danso (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 78’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 67’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 35’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 43’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 90+5’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 23’ Maxime Estève (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 90’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 37’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 81’ Valère Germain (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 26’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 81’ Sacha Delaye (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 82’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Maxime Estève (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+7’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Kevin Danso (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Brice Samba GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF901 0.060.000
Kevin Danso DEF901 0.010.041
Massadio Haidara DEF900 0.000.131
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID602 0.080.092
Deiver Machado MID901 0.040.031
Salis Abdul Samed MID900 0.000.000
Seko Fofana MID872 0.050.031
Florian Sotoca MID902 0.480.273
Alexis Claude Maurice MID611 0.030.000
Loïs Openda FWD613 0.490.000
Jimmy Cabot Sub300 0.000.903
Wesley Said Sub2911 0.410.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub293 0.660.000
Jean Onana Sub30 0.000.000
Lukasz Poreba Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 66% Avg odds 1.46
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.72
Montpellier win 14% Avg odds 6.74

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

Form going into the game

Lens DWDWL
Montpellier LLWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 2-0 Montpellier, 20 Apr 22 Next meeting: Montpellier 1-1 Lens, 25 Feb 23  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.