Lyon vs Montpellier

23 April 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

Moussa Dembele 26’
Thiago Mendes 43’
Houssem Aouar 63’, 90+2’
Karl Toko Ekambi 68’

Sepe Elye Wahi 45+1’
Téji Savanier 45+4’ (pen)

Match summary

Lyon won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Montpellier. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Moussa Dembele put Lyon ahead in the 26th minute, Thiago Mendes made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 43rd minute, Sepe Elye Wahi pulled one back to make it 2-1 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Téji Savanier, and Téji Savanier equalised from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Houssem Aouar put Lyon back in front in the 63rd minute, set up by Thiago Mendes, Karl Toko Ekambi made it 4-2 in the 68th minute, set up by Lucas Paquetá, and Aouar made it 5-2 in stoppage time, set up by Karl Toko Ekambi.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 3.61 expected goals (xG) from 27 shots to Montpellier's 2.02 from 11.

Match stats

27 Shots 11

13 Shots on Target 7

8 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.39 xG 2.02

3.39 Non-penalty xG 1.26

15 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lyon Montpellier

Kick-off

Moussa Dembele

1-0

26’

Thiago Mendes

2-0

43’

45+1’

Sepe Elye Wahi
Assist: Téji Savanier2-1

45+4’

Téji Savanier
Penalty2-2

Half-time2-2

Houssem Aouar
Assist: Thiago Mendes

3-2

63’

Karl Toko Ekambi
Assist: Lucas Paquetá

4-2

68’

Houssem Aouar
Assist: Karl Toko Ekambi

5-2

90+2’

Full-time5-2

Bookings

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

Lyon

Malo Gusto
Jérôme Boateng

Montpellier

Nicolas Cozza
Ambroise Oyongo

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.

Lyon 3.61 xGMontpellier 2.02 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Montpellier attacking Lyon attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Julian Pollersbeck	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Malo Gusto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.50	2
Castello Lukeba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Damien Da Silva	DEF	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Henrique	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	1
Thiago Mendes	MID	90	1	1	1	0.05	0.12	2
Houssem Aouar	MID	90	2		4	0.27	0.18	3
Lucas Paquetá	MID	89		1	3	0.63	0.45	3
Tetê	FWD	68			4	0.22	0.02	1
Moussa Dembele	FWD	90	1		8	1.61	0.44	4
Karl Toko Ekambi	FWD	90	1	1	7	0.84	0.56	3
Jérôme Boateng	Sub	55			0	0.00	0.05	1
Bradley Barcola	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.05	1
Jeff Reine-Adelaide	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.14	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Omlin	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnaud Souquet	DEF	89			1	0.02	0.00	0
Mamadou Sakho	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Cozza	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.46	1
Ambroise Oyongo	DEF	79			1	0.04	0.00	0
Jordan Ferri	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	2
Joris Chotard	MID	79			1	0.01	0.02	1
Valère Germain	MID	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Téji Savanier	MID	90	1	1	2	0.77	0.33	3
Rémy Cabella	MID	79			0	0.00	0.04	1
Sepe Elye Wahi	FWD	90	1		3	0.83	0.00	0
Stephy Mavididi	Sub	20			2	0.33	0.00	0
Florent Mollet	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.39	2
Maxime Estève	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Leroy	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicholas Gioacchini	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 70% Avg odds 1.37

Draw 17% Avg odds 5.51

Montpellier win 13% Avg odds 7.48

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

Form going into the game

Lyon D W D W L

Montpellier W L L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Montpellier 0-1 Lyon, 28 Nov 21 Next meeting: Montpellier 1-2 Lyon, 22 Oct 22 All Lyon 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.

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