Lens favourites for feisty fight facing Montpellier

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

Which side will run out as winners when Montpellier travel to Lens? In this match guide you'll find all the relevant information and data necessary to get smart.

Insights:
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It's no vacation for neither Lens nor Montpellier as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Lens form and stats

Lens have played 16 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Lens after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Lens in their previous game, a fixture away at Lille (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Clauss (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Clauss hit two key passes.

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

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lens handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and three defeats.

The manager Haise will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Paris Saint Germain in only three days.

A decent goal production from Lens in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 16 league matches.

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Montpellier form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats.

The attacking players of Montpellier have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Montpellier delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Reims (placed 13th) in their previous match. Goalkeeper Bertaud made a total of nine saves, making him a hero against Reims. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Goalkeeper Bertaud got the top player rating of the team with 9.05/10. Bertaud topped it up with a clean sheet.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Olympique Marseille wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Montpellier have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, zero draws and four defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Olympique Lyonnais.

Montpellier find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Montpellier have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: Montpellier - Lens 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Lens victories, one draw and five Montpellier wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LensA. Muinga
A. Muinga
10 goals
MontpellierS. Mavididi
S. Mavididi
8 goals
MontpellierS. Wahi
S. Wahi
8 goals

Lens missing players

Montpellier missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lens Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 15 32
14 8 2 Won W 1 5 12
8 5 1 Drew D 1 2 6
10 3 1 Lost L 2 8 14
50 29 4 Scored S 8 19 44
41 16 2 Conceded C 7 24 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 72%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 47% 44%
38% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 38%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 19%
56% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 47%
22% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 31%
25% 19% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 28%
 
5.4 5.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.1 5
4.4 3.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.5 5.6
2 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 7 9
 
12.8 14.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.9 11.2
4.9 6.1 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.9
32% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 44% 35%
 
10.9 9.5 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 19 15.8
3.4 3.1 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 6.1 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • 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 won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 32 23 5 4 72 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 16 8 4 4 31 21 42 74
2 Olympique Marseille 32 17 8 7 52 31 16 7 5 4 26 17 16 10 3 3 26 14 21 59
3 Rennes 32 17 5 10 69 34 16 11 1 4 41 13 16 6 4 6 28 21 35 56
4 Nice 32 16 7 9 42 28 16 8 4 4 21 16 16 8 3 5 21 12 14 54
5 Strasbourg 32 14 11 7 53 34 16 9 4 3 30 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 19 53
6 Monaco 32 15 8 9 50 34 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 16 53
7 Lens 32 14 8 10 50 41 16 8 5 3 29 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 9 50
8 Olympique Lyonnais 32 13 11 8 50 41 17 9 5 3 34 21 15 4 6 5 16 20 9 49
9 Lille 32 12 12 8 40 38 16 6 7 3 20 18 16 6 5 5 20 20 2 48
10 Nantes 32 13 8 11 41 35 16 9 3 4 25 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 6 47
11 Montpellier 32 12 6 14 44 44 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 2 8 19 24 0 42
12 Brest 32 10 9 13 40 47 15 5 4 6 22 23 17 5 5 7 18 24 -7 39
13 Reims 32 8 13 11 34 35 15 4 6 5 20 16 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 37
14 Angers SCO 32 8 10 14 36 46 16 6 2 8 17 19 16 2 8 6 19 27 -10 34
15 Troyes 32 8 9 15 30 45 16 4 7 5 15 15 16 4 2 10 15 30 -15 33
16 Lorient 32 7 10 15 32 52 15 5 5 5 17 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -20 31
17 Saint-Étienne 32 7 9 16 35 62 17 4 6 7 22 32 15 3 3 9 13 30 -27 30
18 Clermont 32 7 8 17 32 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 16 4 3 9 15 33 -29 29
19 Bordeaux 32 5 11 16 42 77 16 3 5 8 23 30 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 26
20 Metz 32 4 12 16 29 58 16 1 7 8 17 28 16 3 5 8 12 30 -29 24

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 Paris Saint Germain 32 23 5 4 72 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 16 8 4 4 31 21 42 74
2 Olympique Marseille 32 17 8 7 52 31 16 7 5 4 26 17 16 10 3 3 26 14 21 59
3 Rennes 32 17 5 10 69 34 16 11 1 4 41 13 16 6 4 6 28 21 35 56
4 Nice 32 16 7 9 42 28 16 8 4 4 21 16 16 8 3 5 21 12 14 54
5 Strasbourg 32 14 11 7 53 34 16 9 4 3 30 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 19 53
6 Monaco 32 15 8 9 50 34 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 16 53
7 Lens 32 14 8 10 50 41 16 8 5 3 29 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 9 50
8 Olympique Lyonnais 32 13 11 8 50 41 17 9 5 3 34 21 15 4 6 5 16 20 9 49
9 Lille 32 12 12 8 40 38 16 6 7 3 20 18 16 6 5 5 20 20 2 48
10 Nantes 32 13 8 11 41 35 16 9 3 4 25 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 6 47
11 Montpellier 32 12 6 14 44 44 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 2 8 19 24 0 42
12 Brest 32 10 9 13 40 47 15 5 4 6 22 23 17 5 5 7 18 24 -7 39
13 Reims 32 8 13 11 34 35 15 4 6 5 20 16 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 37
14 Angers SCO 32 8 10 14 36 46 16 6 2 8 17 19 16 2 8 6 19 27 -10 34
15 Troyes 32 8 9 15 30 45 16 4 7 5 15 15 16 4 2 10 15 30 -15 33
16 Lorient 32 7 10 15 32 52 15 5 5 5 17 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -20 31
17 Saint-Étienne 32 7 9 16 35 62 17 4 6 7 22 32 15 3 3 9 13 30 -27 30
18 Clermont 32 7 8 17 32 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 16 4 3 9 15 33 -29 29
19 Bordeaux 32 5 11 16 42 77 16 3 5 8 23 30 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 26
20 Metz 32 4 12 16 29 58 16 1 7 8 17 28 16 3 5 8 12 30 -29 24

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