Montpellier 1-2 Lens: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 January 2021
Result
Montpellier 1-2 Lens
Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 January 2021, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Montpellier 1-2 Lens: match report
Montpellier lost to Lens 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 30 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.
C. Doucouré opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Montpellier's goal came from E. Wahi (78'). Lens scored through C. Doucouré (7') and Gaël Kakuta (67').
Discipline: Montpellier received 5 yellow cards; Lens received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 11th on 28 points from 21 and Lens 9th on 31 points from 21. Montpellier went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Lens 7th with 57.
Montpellier lined up in a 5-3-2 and Lens in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cheick Doucouré of Lens (9.3), ahead of Jean-Louis Leca (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Montpellier wins, 1 draw and 2 for Lens.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Lens's L-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · C. Doucouré
- 15'Yellow card · Stephy Mavididi
- 16'Yellow card · Michel Der Zakarian
- 16'Yellow card · Pedro Mendes
- 18'Yellow card · Gaëtan Laborde
- 48'Yellow card · Vitorino Hilton
- 50'Yellow card · Florian Sotoca
- 55'Yellow card · Simon Banza
- 67'Goal · Gaël Kakuta
- 78'Goal · E. Wahi
- 83'Yellow card · Tony Mauricio
- 90'Yellow card · Massadio Haidara
Head-to-head
Team news
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Montpellier line-up (5-3-2)
Dimitry Bertaud, Junior Sambia, Pedro Mendes, Vitorino Hilton, Daniel Congré, Mihailo Ristic, Joris Chotard, Jordan Ferri, K. Dolly, Gaëtan Laborde, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi
Lens line-up (3-4-1-2)
Jean-Louis Leca, Clément Michelin, Steven Fortes, Facundo Medina, Jonathan Clauss, Cheick Doucouré, Seko Fofana, Massadio Haïdara, Gaël Kakuta, Florian Sotoca, Simon Banza