Lens vs Montpellier

20 April 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Romain Lissorgue

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • David Pereira Da Costa 37’
  • Ignatius Ganago 75’

Match summary

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

David Pereira Da Costa put Lens ahead in the 37th minute, set up by Jonathan Clauss and Ignatius Ganago made it 2-0 with a header in the 75th minute, set up by Przemyslaw Frankowski.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 1.00 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Montpellier's 0.22 from 9.

Match stats

Lens Montpellier
12 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.99 xG 0.22
0.99 Non-penalty xG 0.22
9 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Lens Montpellier
Kick-off
David Pereira Da Costa
Assist: Jonathan Clauss1-0 (Lens)
37’
Half-time1-0
Ignatius Ganago
Assist: Przemyslaw Frankowski2-0 (Lens)
75’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Lens
  • David Pereira Da Costa

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.00 0.22 37’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), 1-0 37’ 75’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 2-0 75’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.00 0.22 37’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), 1-0 Da Costa 37’ 75’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 2-0 Ganago 75’
Lens 1.00 xGMontpellier 0.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Lens attacking 
90+2’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 75’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 34’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 1’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Valère Germain (Montpellier), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 1’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 34’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 28’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Sacha Delaye (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Christopher Wooh (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 70’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 75’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 34’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 37’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 1’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Valère Germain (Montpellier), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 1’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 34’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 28’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Sacha Delaye (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Christopher Wooh (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 70’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Wuilker Fariñez GK900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Christopher Wooh DEF901 0.020.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Clauss MID6811 0.060.132
Seko Fofana MID904 0.160.091
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID821 0.020.000
Deiver Machado MID900 0.000.021
David Pereira Da Costa MID7411 0.080.092
Florian Sotoca FWD821 0.080.000
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga FWD681 0.090.000
Ignatius Ganago Sub2211 0.110.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski Sub2210 0.000.502
Patrick Berg Sub160 0.000.000
Yannick Cahuzac Sub80 0.000.000
Wesley Said Sub81 0.390.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 65% Avg odds 1.47
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.46
Montpellier win 13% Avg odds 7.23

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

Form going into the game

Lens DWLWW
Montpellier DWLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Montpellier 1-0 Lens, 17 Oct 21 Next meeting: Lens 1-0 Montpellier, 15 Oct 22  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.