Montpellier 0-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Friday 31 January 2025

Result

Montpellier 0-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Friday 31 January 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Montpellier 0-2 Lens: match report

Montpellier were beaten by Lens 0-2 in Ligue 1 on Friday 31 January 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

M'Bala Nzola opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Montpellier did not score. Lens scored through M'Bala Nzola (1') and Jeremy Agbonifo (61').

Discipline: Montpellier received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Lens received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 17th on 15 points from 19 and Lens 7th on 30 points from 19. Montpellier went on to finish that season 18th with 16 points, and Lens 8th with 52.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Lens in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adrien Thomasson of Lens (8.1), ahead of Téji Savanier (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Montpellier wins, 3 draws and 4 for Lens.

Going into the match Montpellier's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Lens's W-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · M'Bala NzolaLens · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Théo Sainte-LuceMontpellier
  • 26'Red card · Adil Al AttabiLens
  • 26'Red card · Jean-Louis GassetMontpellier
  • 26'Red card · Will StillLens
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Deiver MachadoLens
  • 45+7'Yellow card · Facundo MedinaLens
  • 50'Yellow card · Kiki KouyatéMontpellier
  • 61'Goal · Jeremy AgbonifoLens · 0-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Modibo SagnanMontpellier
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Joris ChotardMontpellier
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Hamzat OjediranLens

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Montpellier 3, draws 3, Lens 4.

Team news

Unavailable

Montpellier line-up (4-3-1-2)

Benjamin Lecomte, Enzo Tchato, Kiki Kouyaté, Modibo Sagnan, Théo Sainte-Luce, Becir Omeragic, Joris Chotard, Khalil Fayad, Téji Savanier, Mousa Tamari, Andy Delort

Lens line-up (5-3-2)

Mathew Ryan, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Jonathan Gradit, Malang Sarr, Facundo Medina, Deiver Machado, Adrien Thomasson, Neil El Aynaoui, Andy Diouf, M'Bala Nzola, Goduine Koyalipou