Montpellier vs Lens

30 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Amaury Delerue

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Sepe Elye Wahi 78’
  • Cheick Oumar Doucoure 7’
  • Gaël Kakuta 67’

Match summary

Lens took a 2-1 win at Montpellier. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Cheick Oumar Doucoure put Lens ahead from a corner in the 7th minute, Gaël Kakuta made it 0-2 in the 67th minute, set up by Cheick Oumar Doucoure, and Sepe Elye Wahi pulled one back to make it 1-2 from a corner in the 78th minute, set up by Junior Sambia.

There was little between the sides on chances: Montpellier created 1.04 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Lens 1.07 from 11.

Match stats

Montpellier Lens
17 Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 2
12 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.04 xG 1.07
1.04 Non-penalty xG 1.07
4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Montpellier Lens
Kick-off
7’
Cheick Oumar Doucoure0-1 (Lens)
Half-time0-1
67’
Gaël Kakuta
Assist: Cheick Oumar Doucoure0-2 (Lens)
Sepe Elye Wahi
Assist: Junior Sambia1-2 (Montpellier)
78’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Montpellier
  • Hilton
  • Pedro Mendes
  • Gaetan Laborde
  • Stephy Mavididi
Lens
  • Massadio Haidara
  • Florian Sotoca
  • Simon Banza
  • Tony Mauricio

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 1.04 1.07 7’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), 0-1 7’ 67’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 0-2 67’ 78’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), 1-2 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 1.07 7’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), 0-1 Doucoure 7’ 67’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 0-2 Kakuta 67’ 78’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), 1-2 Wahi 78’
Montpellier 1.04 xGLens 1.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Montpellier attacking 
50’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 90+3’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 85’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 78’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 74’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, saved 11’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 43’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 69’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+3’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 21’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 77’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 88’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 65’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+5’ Daniel Congré (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Clement Michelin (Lens), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 85’ Daniel Congré (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 7’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 31’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 50’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 90+3’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 85’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 78’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 74’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, saved 11’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 43’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 69’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+3’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 21’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 77’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 88’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+5’ Daniel Congré (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Clement Michelin (Lens), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 85’ Daniel Congré (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 89’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 7’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 31’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Dimitry Bertaud GK900 0.000.000
Junior Sambia DEF9012 0.160.193
Hilton DEF902 0.090.000
Daniel Congré DEF902 0.080.031
Pedro Mendes DEF640 0.000.000
Mihailo Ristic DEF901 0.040.051
Joris Chotard MID782 0.170.051
Jordan Ferri MID770 0.000.081
Keagan Dolly MID630 0.000.041
Gaetan Laborde FWD903 0.140.091
Stephy Mavididi FWD870 0.000.000
Arnaud Souquet Sub271 0.030.000
Sepe Elye Wahi Sub2614 0.330.031
Yun Il-Lok Sub130 0.000.082
Damien Le Tallec Sub120 0.000.000
Petar Skuletic Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 31% Avg odds 3.08
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.20
Lens win 39% Avg odds 2.41

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier LLDLL
Lens LLDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 2-3 Montpellier, 12 Dec 20 Next meeting: Montpellier 1-0 Lens, 17 Oct 21  All Montpellier vs Lens 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.