Lyon vs Montpellier

17 March 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Martin Terrier 12’
  • Moussa Dembele 58’
  • Houssem Aouar 86’
  • Florent Mollet 36’
  • Souleymane Camara 90+1’

Match summary

Lyon saw off Montpellier 3-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Martin Terrier put Lyon ahead in the 12th minute and Florent Mollet equalised with a direct free kick in the 36th minute. In the second half, Moussa Dembele put Lyon back in front in the 58th minute, set up by Tanguy NDombele Alvaro, Houssem Aouar made it 3-1 with a header in the 86th minute, set up by Léo Dubois, and Souleymane Camara pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Andy Delort.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 2.65 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Montpellier's 0.74 from 10. Nabil Fekir missed a penalty for Lyon.

Match stats

Lyon Montpellier
23 Shots 10
13 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.62 xG 0.74
1.86 Non-penalty xG 0.74
10 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Lyon Montpellier
Kick-off
Martin Terrier1-0 (Lyon)
12’
36’
Florent Mollet1-1 (Montpellier)
Half-time1-1
Moussa Dembele
Assist: Tanguy NDombele Alvaro2-1 (Lyon)
58’
Houssem Aouar
Assist: Léo Dubois3-1 (Lyon)
86’
90+1’
Souleymane Camara
Assist: Andy Delort3-2 (Montpellier)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Lyon
  • Rafael
Montpellier
  • Paul Lasne
  • Andy Delort

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 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.65 0.74 12’ Martin Terrier (Lyon), 1-0 12’ 36’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), 1-1 36’ 58’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), 2-1 58’ 86’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), 3-1 86’ 90+1’ Souleymane Camara (Montpellier), 3-2 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.65 0.74 12’ Martin Terrier (Lyon), 1-0 Terrier 12’ 36’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), 1-1 Mollet 36’ 58’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), 2-1 Dembele 58’ 86’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), 3-1 Aouar 86’ 90+1’ Souleymane Camara (Montpellier), 3-2 Camara 90+1’
Lyon 2.65 xGMontpellier 0.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Lyon attacking 
71’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 12’ Martin Terrier (Lyon), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 58’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 90+1’ Souleymane Camara (Montpellier), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 86’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 90+1’ Maxwel Cornet (Lyon), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 83’ Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 80’ Jason Denayer (Lyon), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 48’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Léo Dubois (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 11’ Martin Terrier (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 19’ Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 32’ Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, goal 32’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Bertrand Traoré (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Bertrand Traoré (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 76’ Jason Denayer (Lyon), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 79’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 89’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 45’ Bertrand Traoré (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Rafael (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 28’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 43’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 72’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 63’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Tanguy NDombele Alvaro (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 64’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Martin Terrier (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 41’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 58’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 12’ Martin Terrier (Lyon), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 90+1’ Souleymane Camara (Montpellier), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 86’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 90+1’ Maxwel Cornet (Lyon), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 83’ Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 80’ Jason Denayer (Lyon), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 48’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Léo Dubois (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 11’ Martin Terrier (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 32’ Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, goal 19’ Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 32’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Bertrand Traoré (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Bertrand Traoré (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 76’ Jason Denayer (Lyon), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 79’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 89’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Rafael (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 28’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Bertrand Traoré (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 43’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 63’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 80’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Tanguy NDombele Alvaro (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 64’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Martin Terrier (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 41’ Andy Delort (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
Mathieu Gorgelin GK900 0.000.000
Rafael DEF901 0.040.102
Jason Denayer DEF902 0.140.021
Kenny Tete DEF900 0.000.051
Fernando Marçal DEF410 0.000.000
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro MID9011 0.020.485
Houssem Aouar MID9013 0.340.082
Bertrand Traoré MID873 0.150.092
Nabil Fekir MID904 0.890.212
Martin Terrier MID8113 0.430.081
Moussa Dembele FWD9014 0.440.000
Léo Dubois Sub4911 0.080.261
Maxwel Cornet Sub91 0.120.051
Lucas Tousart Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 67% Bet365 odds 1.40
Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.33
Montpellier win 11% Bet365 odds 8.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lyon LWLWD
Montpellier DLLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Montpellier 1-1 Lyon, 22 Dec 18 Next meeting: Montpellier 1-0 Lyon, 27 Aug 19  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.