Montpellier vs Lyon

22 December 2018 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ruben Aguilar 81’
  • Nabil Fekir 67’

Match summary

Montpellier and Lyon drew 1-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Nabil Fekir put Lyon ahead in the 67th minute, set up by Kenny Tete and Ruben Aguilar equalised in the 81st minute.

Montpellier had the better of the chances, with 0.99 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Lyon's 0.41 from 10.

Match stats

Montpellier Lyon
13 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.92 xG 0.41
0.92 Non-penalty xG 0.41
4 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Montpellier Lyon
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
67’
Nabil Fekir
Assist: Kenny Tete0-1 (Lyon)
Ruben Aguilar1-1 (Montpellier)
81’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Montpellier
  • Pedro Mendes
  • Ruben Aguilar
Lyon
  • Nabil Fekir

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 0.99 0.41 67’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), 0-1 67’ 81’ Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier), 1-1 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.99 0.41 67’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), 0-1 Fekir 67’ 81’ Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier), 1-1 Aguilar 81’
Montpellier 0.99 xGLyon 0.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Montpellier attacking 
21’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 21’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.27 xG, blocked 45’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 67’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 54’ Kenny Tete (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 57’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+5’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Fernando Marçal (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Bertrand Traoré (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 16’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 49’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 54’ Marcelo (Lyon), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+6’ Paul Lasne (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 21’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.27 xG, blocked 45’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 67’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 54’ Kenny Tete (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 57’ Nabil Fekir (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+5’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 90’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 71’ Fernando Marçal (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Bertrand Traoré (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 2’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 16’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 49’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 54’ Marcelo (Lyon), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+6’ Paul Lasne (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Benjamin Lecomte GK900 0.000.000
Hilton DEF901 0.050.000
Daniel Congré DEF900 0.000.000
Pedro Mendes DEF900 0.000.000
Ruben Aguilar MID9012 0.060.011
Ellyes Skhiri MID900 0.000.281
Damien Le Tallec MID800 0.000.000
Ambroise Oyongo MID900 0.000.021
Florent Mollet MID902 0.380.123
Andy Delort FWD904 0.400.052
Gaetan Laborde FWD862 0.050.101
Junior Sambia Sub101 0.040.000
Petar Skuletic Sub40 0.000.000
Paul Lasne Sub11 0.010.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 29% Bet365 odds 3.30
Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30
Lyon win 42% Bet365 odds 2.25

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier WLDWL
Lyon WWDLW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Lyon 3-2 Montpellier, 17 Mar 19  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.