Lens are flying at 4th, while Montpellier are loitering 9 points behind in the table. Will they trim the gap?
- Lens have the most points (15) at home in Ligue 1
- Montpellier have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Ligue 1
It's quite the trip for Montpellier when visiting Lens as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Lens form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lens have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Ever since the Brest game Lens has been unbeatable here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis producing five straight wins.
The fans are hoping that Lens will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Lille (placed 7th). This team enjoyed a ten league rounds long consecutive run without a defeat before that game! Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Sotoca for missing a penalty kick versus Lille in the 14th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Midfielder Machado was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Machado dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Olympique Lyonnais.Sports gamblers who prefer gambling for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 5 games), Lens's attacking play is working.
Montpellier form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Montpellier have produced an overall stat of 1-0-3 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Montpellier have lost on their last two travels.
Montpellier's previous game was their home loss versus Monaco (0-2). Savanier got a match rating of 7.74 in that game, top player of the team. Savanier hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Toulouse's place.Take note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
The opposition has been scoring high and low on Montpellier's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 11 goals in 4 travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lens five wins, one draw and Montpellier four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sotoca 6 goals |  L. Openda 4 goals |
Lens missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Lens | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 75% | 40% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14.6 | 16.6 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 12.5 | 11.7 |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 38% | 43% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 75% | 54% |
| 10.3 | 8.2 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12 | 5.5 | 5 |
- All of Montpellier's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lens have the most points (15) at home in Ligue 1
- Lens have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Montpellier have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Montpellier have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 1
- Montpellier have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Ligue 1
- 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 26 |
| 2 | Lorient | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Lens | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | Monaco | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Rennes | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 7 | Lille | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Clermont | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Troyes | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Nice | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Strasbourg | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Reims | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | Angers SCO | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Nantes | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 20 | Brest | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
