MONTPELLIER. Lens and Montpellier draw 1-1. A. Fulgini scored the first goal (4′) for Lens. F. Maouassa settled the score (59′). Lens was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%)
The match was played at the Stade de la Mosson stadium in Montpellier on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard who had the assistance of Alexis Auger and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Mickaël Leleu. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 8 Total 19
- 3 On Target 6
- 5 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 95 Attack 100
- 32 Dangerous attack 46
- 80 Ball safe 95
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Lens had a strong ball possession 62% while Montpellier was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lens had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Lens to win the match.
Montpellier shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Lens shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Montpellier didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Lens received 3 yellow cards (Kevin Danso, Florian Sotoca and David Costa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Montpellier will have 27 points to remain in the 14th place. On the other side, Lens will have 50 points like Monaco to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Montpellier will host Angers SCO on the 5th of March with a 8-6 head to head stats in favor of Montpellier (6 draws).
Lens will host Lille on the 4th of March with a 10-4 head to head statistic in favor of Lille (5 draws).
Montpellier – Formation
Montpellier
30'
59'
Montpellier started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Michel Der Zakarian decided to play with the following team: Benjamin Lecomte , Boubakar Kouyaté , Christopher Jullien , Maxime Estève , Falaye Sacko , Jordan Ferri , Joris Chotard , Issiaga Sylla , Arnaud Nordin , Wahbi Khazri and Faitout Maouassa .
The home team had on the bench: Bingourou Kamara, Enzo Tchato Mbiayi, Mamadou Sakho, Khalil Fayad , Stephy Mavididi , Matteo Loubatieres, Valère Germain, Axel Gueguin and Serigne Faye.
Montpellier could not rely on the presence of K. Fayad (injured).
Substitutions
Montpellier made 4 changes: M. Estève for Khalil Fayad (30′), Faitout Maouassa for Stephy Mavididi (73′), Wahbi Khazri for Valère Germain (89′) and A. Nordin for Enzo Mbiayi (89′).
Best player: Joris Chotard
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Montpellier was Joris Chotard.
His rating is with 24 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Lens – Formation
Lens
21'
Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba , Jonathan Gradit , Kevin Danso , Facundo Medina , Przemysław Frankowski , Salis Abdul Samed , Seko Fofana , Deiver Machado , Adrien Thomasson , Angelo Fulgini and Florian Sotoca .
They had on the bench: Jean-Louis Leca, Massadio Haïdara , Julien Le Cardinal, Ismaël Boura, Junior Onana, Łukasz Poręba, David da Costa , Remy Labeau Lascary and Loïs Openda .
Lens could not rely on the presence of David Costa (injured).
Substitutions
Lens made 4 changes: Angelo Fulgini for Loïs Openda (64′), Deiver Machado for Massadio Haïdara (78′), Adrien Thomasson for David Costa (78′) and Przemyslaw Frankowski for Julien Le Cardinal (89′).
Best player: Angelo Fulgini
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Angelo Fulgini.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-3
- Montpellier – Lens – 1-1
