French Ligue 1

Montpellier vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 48': Stephy Mavididi
  • Red Card 86': Jordan Ferri
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1 - 0

Second-placed Lens beaten by Montpellier in Ligue 1

Second-placed RC Lens lost ground with Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain when they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Montpellier on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 29': Christopher Wooh (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Montpellier 0, Lens 0.
  • 48': Goal! Montpellier 1, Lens 0. Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Téji Savanier with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 58': Joris Chotard (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': David Costa (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Substitution, Lens. Corentin Jean replaces David Costa.
  • 66': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga.
  • 67': Maxime Estève (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Substitution, Montpellier. Mihailo Ristic replaces Valère Germain.
  • 77': Corentin Jean (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Wesley Saïd (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Substitution, Montpellier. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces Florent Mollet.
  • 84': Substitution, Lens. Charles Boli replaces Christopher Wooh.
  • 86': Second yellow card to Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) for a bad foul.
  • 88': Substitution, Lens. Deiver Machado replaces Jonathan Clauss.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade de la Mosson
Location: Montpellier, France
Attendance: 12,474

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+19 Lens 18 43 3
+25 Paris Saint-Germain 18 42 2
+22 Marseille 18 35 5
+9 Lyon 18 33 5
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Statistics

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15 Fouls 8
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
2 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 3
5 Saves 5
50.4 Possession 49.6
18 SHOTS 15
5 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
322 Accurate Passes 319
413 Passes 408
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
7 Accurate Crosses 6
20 Crosses 20
0.4 Cross % 0.3
49 Long Balls 71
18 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 5
11 Effective Tackles 7
18 Tackles 9
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
8 Interceptions 12
17 Effective Clearances 13
17 Clearances 13

Line-Ups

MON Montpellier (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jonas Omlin (GK)
3 Mamadou Sakho
14 Maxime Estève Yellow Card
31 Nicolas Cozza
6 Junior Sambia
11 Téji Savanier
13 Joris Chotard Yellow Card
12 Jordan Ferri Yellow Card
9 Valère Germain
10 Stephy Mavididi
25 Florent Mollet

RCL Lens (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
16 Jean-Louis Leca (GK)
4 Kevin Danso
5 Christopher Wooh Yellow Card
24 Jonathan Gradit
8 Seko Fofana
28 Cheick Doucouré
20 David Da Costa Yellow Card
29 Przemyslaw Frankowski
11 Jonathan Clauss
15 Arnaud Kalimuendo
7 Florian Sotoca

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