Ligue 1 match research: Montpellier versus Lens

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

Montpellier will pray that their home advantage is enough to get something from this rough encounter, vs passionate Lens.

Insights:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Lens, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

Montpellier and Lens should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier have collected 13 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-1-7.

The Montpellier goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 1.

A strong away win for Montpellier against Troyes the last match, as Khazri were on target. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Zakarian when Khazri scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute. Defender Kouyaté got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.13/10. Kouyaté won 14 of 19 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Brest in a game that was won 3-0.

Montpellier has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Montpellier have conceded 21 from these games. When Montpellier hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Auxerre, Troyes, Angers SCO, Brest, Ajaccio and Strasbourg), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Lens form and stats

Playing away, Lens have won 3 games, drawn 7 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

The club members enjoyed Lens's previous match versus Nantes (placed 13th), a 3-1 win played at home. Those three points felt good as this team had gone four league fixtures without victory. Midfielder Machado was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Machado scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Olympique Lyonnais wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Lens have another game away from home in just four days, a Coupe de France fixture against Nantes. A difficult calendar for the visiting team!

The visiting Lens have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. It's not easy to score on Lens as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Lens - Montpellier 1-0 was the end result in these sides' last h2h game, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Montpellier victories, one draw and five Lens wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LensL. Openda
L. Openda
9 goals

Montpellier missing players

Lens missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montpellier Lens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 5 12 24
8 4 0 Won W 1 3 14
2 1 0 Drew D 4 7 7
14 7 4 Lost L 0 2 3
35 16 3 Scored S 6 13 38
45 21 10 Conceded C 5 10 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 75% 88%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 58% 58%
62% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 46%
29% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 25%
21% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
54% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 58% 54%
25% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 38%
21% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 21%
 
4.8 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.5 5.5
4.9 5.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.1 4
1.9 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.6
8 7 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 11.5 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16.8 14.5 14.8
4 4.5 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4 4.6
36% 30% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 27% 35%
 
14 15.2 18.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11.2 10.1
5.4 5.8 7.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.1 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Montpellier's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 24 18 3 3 59 23 12 10 2 0 30 13 12 8 1 3 29 10 36 57
2 Olympique Marseille 24 16 4 4 48 22 12 7 2 3 23 13 12 9 2 1 25 9 26 52
3 Monaco 24 15 5 4 53 31 12 7 2 3 29 19 12 8 3 1 24 12 22 50
4 Lens 24 14 7 3 38 19 12 11 0 1 25 9 12 3 7 2 13 10 19 49
5 Rennes 24 13 4 7 44 28 13 11 0 2 30 10 11 2 4 5 14 18 16 43
6 Lille 24 12 5 7 43 31 12 7 3 2 23 17 12 5 2 5 20 14 12 41
7 Lorient 24 11 6 7 38 35 12 6 3 3 19 14 12 5 3 4 19 21 3 39
8 Nice 24 10 8 6 30 21 12 5 4 3 16 10 12 5 4 3 14 11 9 38
9 Olympique Lyonnais 24 10 5 9 36 27 12 6 3 3 19 10 12 4 2 6 17 17 9 35
10 Reims 24 7 13 4 30 26 11 5 4 2 18 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 4 34
11 Toulouse 24 9 5 10 41 42 13 6 4 3 25 20 11 3 1 7 16 22 -1 32
12 Clermont 24 8 6 10 24 33 12 4 2 6 10 20 12 4 4 4 14 13 -9 30
13 Nantes 24 6 10 8 25 29 11 4 5 2 13 11 13 2 5 6 12 18 -4 28
14 Montpellier 24 8 2 14 35 45 12 4 1 7 16 21 12 4 1 7 19 24 -10 26
15 Strasbourg 24 4 9 11 29 42 13 2 6 5 16 21 11 2 3 6 13 21 -13 21
16 Brest 24 4 8 12 25 40 12 2 5 5 13 20 12 2 3 7 12 20 -15 20
17 Troyes 24 4 7 13 33 53 12 1 7 4 12 18 12 3 0 9 21 35 -20 19
18 Auxerre 24 4 6 14 21 48 12 3 4 5 11 20 12 1 2 9 10 28 -27 18
19 Ajaccio 24 5 3 16 18 45 11 2 1 8 7 18 13 3 2 8 11 27 -27 18
20 Angers SCO 24 2 4 18 20 50 12 1 2 9 13 25 12 1 2 9 7 25 -30 10

Montpellier:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 24 18 3 3 59 23 12 10 2 0 30 13 12 8 1 3 29 10 36 57
2 Olympique Marseille 24 16 4 4 48 22 12 7 2 3 23 13 12 9 2 1 25 9 26 52
3 Monaco 24 15 5 4 53 31 12 7 2 3 29 19 12 8 3 1 24 12 22 50
4 Lens 24 14 7 3 38 19 12 11 0 1 25 9 12 3 7 2 13 10 19 49
5 Rennes 24 13 4 7 44 28 13 11 0 2 30 10 11 2 4 5 14 18 16 43
6 Lille 24 12 5 7 43 31 12 7 3 2 23 17 12 5 2 5 20 14 12 41
7 Lorient 24 11 6 7 38 35 12 6 3 3 19 14 12 5 3 4 19 21 3 39
8 Nice 24 10 8 6 30 21 12 5 4 3 16 10 12 5 4 3 14 11 9 38
9 Olympique Lyonnais 24 10 5 9 36 27 12 6 3 3 19 10 12 4 2 6 17 17 9 35
10 Reims 24 7 13 4 30 26 11 5 4 2 18 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 4 34
11 Toulouse 24 9 5 10 41 42 13 6 4 3 25 20 11 3 1 7 16 22 -1 32
12 Clermont 24 8 6 10 24 33 12 4 2 6 10 20 12 4 4 4 14 13 -9 30
13 Nantes 24 6 10 8 25 29 11 4 5 2 13 11 13 2 5 6 12 18 -4 28
14 Montpellier 24 8 2 14 35 45 12 4 1 7 16 21 12 4 1 7 19 24 -10 26
15 Strasbourg 24 4 9 11 29 42 13 2 6 5 16 21 11 2 3 6 13 21 -13 21
16 Brest 24 4 8 12 25 40 12 2 5 5 13 20 12 2 3 7 12 20 -15 20
17 Troyes 24 4 7 13 33 53 12 1 7 4 12 18 12 3 0 9 21 35 -20 19
18 Auxerre 24 4 6 14 21 48 12 3 4 5 11 20 12 1 2 9 10 28 -27 18
19 Ajaccio 24 5 3 16 18 45 11 2 1 8 7 18 13 3 2 8 11 27 -27 18
20 Angers SCO 24 2 4 18 20 50 12 1 2 9 13 25 12 1 2 9 7 25 -30 10

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.