LENS. Lens prevails over Montpellier 1-0 after W. Said scored just 1 goal (68′). Lens was surely superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj who had the assistance of Gwenaël Pasqualotti and Huseyin Ocak. The 4th official was Antoine Valnet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.4 degrees Celsius or 56.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens was in firm control of the ball 66% while Montpellier was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the match​.

Lens shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Montpellier shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Lens received 2 yellow cards (F. Medina and D. Machado). On the other side, Montpellier received 2 yellow cards (E. Wahi and M. Esteve).

Standings

After this encounter, Lens will have 24 points to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Montpellier will stay with 12 points like Toulouse to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away against Olympique Marseille on the 22nd of October with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (5 draws).

Montpellier will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 22nd of October with a 16-8 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (5 draws).

Lens – Formation

Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba (6.5), Massadio Haïdara (7.2), Kevin Danso (7.2), Facundo Medina (6.4), Przemysław Frankowski (7.0), Salis Abdul Samed (7.1), Seko Fofana (6.8), Deiver Machado (6.8), Florian Sotoca (6.5), Alexis Claude-Maurice (6.6) and Loïs Openda (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Jean-Louis Leca, Wesley Saïd (6.9), Ismaël Boura, Steven Fortes, David da Costa (6.3), Łukasz Poręba, Junior Onana, Jimmy Cabot (7.2) and Nolan Bonte.

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: P. Frankowski for J. Cabot (59′), A. Claude-Maurice for D. Costa (60′), L. Openda for W. Said (60′), S. Fofana for J. Onana (86′) and S. Abdul Samed for L. Poreba (90′).

Best player: Jimmy Cabot​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was Jimmy Cabot even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.2) with 17 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 59′.

Montpellier – Formation

Montpellier started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Olivier Dall’Oglio played with: Jonas Omlin (6.7), Enzo Tchato Mbiayi (7.0), Christopher Jullien (6.8), Maxime Estève (7.1), Nicolas Cozza (7.1), Khalil Fayad (6.8), Joris Chotard (7.1), Arnaud Nordin (6.5), Teji Savanier (6.7), Stephy Mavididi (6.3) and Sepe Elye Wahi (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Leo Leroy, Arnaud Souquet, Wahbi Khazri (7.0), Bingourou Kamara, Faitout Maouassa (6.3), Sacha Delaye (6.8), Falaye Sacko, Valère Germain (7.0) and Axel Gueguin.

Substitutions

Montpellier made 5 changes: A. Nordin for F. Maouassa (64′), S. Mavididi for W. Khazri (64′), T. Savanier for V. Germain (80′), E. Wahi for S. Delaye (80′) and J. Chotard for A. Gueguin (87′).

Best player: Maxime Estève​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Montpellier was Maxime Estève.

His rating is (7.1) with 40 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Lens – Montpellier – 1-0
• Lorient – Reims – 0-0