Montpellier vs Lyon

28 November 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Lucas Paquetá 17’

Match summary

Lyon beat Montpellier 1-0 on the road. Lyon led 1-0 at half-time.

Lucas Paquetá put Lyon ahead with a header in the 17th minute.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Montpellier's 1.02 from 15.

Match stats

Montpellier Lyon
15 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.02 xG 1.18
1.02 Non-penalty xG 1.18
8 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Montpellier Lyon
Kick-off
17’
Lucas Paquetá0-1 (Lyon)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Montpellier
  • Jordan Ferri
Lyon
  • Jérôme Boateng
  • Emerson
  • Maxence Caqueret
  • Islam Slimani

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.02 1.40 17’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), 0-1 17’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.02 1.40 17’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), 0-1 Paquetá 17’
Montpellier 1.02 xGLyon 1.40 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Montpellier attacking 
17’ Islam Slimani (Lyon), open play, 0.57 xG, hit the woodwork 17’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 57’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 9’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 79’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 15’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 58’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 59’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 28’ Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 80’ Jason Denayer (Lyon), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 58’ Valère Germain (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Nicholas Gioacchini (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Nicholas Gioacchini (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Emerson (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 11’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Léo Leroy (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Léo Leroy (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Islam Slimani (Lyon), open play, 0.57 xG, hit the woodwork 17’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 57’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 9’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 79’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 15’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 58’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 59’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 28’ Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 80’ Jason Denayer (Lyon), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 58’ Valère Germain (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 72’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Nicholas Gioacchini (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Nicholas Gioacchini (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 69’ Emerson (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 11’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Léo Leroy (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Léo Leroy (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 89’ Junior Sambia (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
Jonas Omlin GK900 0.000.000
Arnaud Souquet DEF851 0.020.000
Mamadou Sakho DEF900 0.000.000
Nicolas Cozza DEF900 0.000.000
Mihailo Ristic DEF900 0.000.000
Joris Chotard MID850 0.000.000
Nicholas Gioacchini MID582 0.070.000
Jordan Ferri MID900 0.000.000
Florent Mollet MID903 0.520.214
Stephy Mavididi MID904 0.240.482
Valère Germain FWD761 0.050.000
Sepe Elye Wahi Sub321 0.070.062
Béni Makouana Sub140 0.000.000
Junior Sambia Sub51 0.010.000
Léo Leroy Sub52 0.040.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 23% Avg odds 4.11
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.15
Lyon win 54% Avg odds 1.77

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier WLWWL
Lyon DWLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lyon 1-2 Montpellier, 13 Feb 21 Next meeting: Lyon 5-2 Montpellier, 23 Apr 22  All Montpellier vs Lyon 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.