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Montpellier v Lens, Ligue 1, Fri, 31 Jan 2025: statistics and head to head

2024-25. Fri, 31 Jan 2025

02Full time, half-time 0–1
LensAway

Lens won by 2 goals.

LDLLLLeague form, oldest to newestWLWDW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Montpellier have 10 scored home results and Lens 9 scored away results stored in 2024-25. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Montpellier at home: 1.20 points per match (10 measured matches); Lens away: 1.78 points per match (9 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Montpellier scored 1.50 per home match (10 measured matches); Lens scored 1.44 away (9). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.44 per club appearance across 342 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 13 of 19 pooled club appearances (68.4%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 9. Montpellier: 2 wins; Lens: 4 wins; draws: 3.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01
Second half01

The match in numbers

MontpellierLens
  • 14Shots19
  • 2Shots on target5
  • 4Corners5
  • 12Fouls17
  • 4Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Montpellier

  • Shots14
  • On target2
  • Goals0

14% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Lens

  • Shots19
  • On target5
  • Goals2

26% of shots on target, 40% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

9 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

2
Montpellier wins
3
Draws
4
Lens wins
Goals / meeting
2.22
20 goals in 9 meetings
Both scored
44%
4 of 9 meetings
Over 1.5
67%
6 of 9 meetings
Over 2.5
33%
3 of 9 meetings
Over 3.5
22%
2 of 9 meetings
Montpellier clean sheets
22%
2 of 9 meetings
Lens clean sheets
44%
4 of 9 meetings
Corners / meeting
8.22
9 with corner data
Cards / meeting
4.22
9 with card data
  1. Lens v MontpellierSun, 8 Dec 2024 · Ligue 1 2024-252–0HT 1–0
  2. Lens v MontpellierSun, 19 May 2024 · Ligue 1 2023-242–2HT 2–0
  3. Montpellier v LensFri, 8 Dec 2023 · Ligue 1 2023-240–0HT 0–0
  4. Montpellier v LensSat, 25 Feb 2023 · Ligue 1 2022-231–1HT 0–1
  5. Lens v MontpellierSat, 15 Oct 2022 · Ligue 1 2022-231–0HT 0–0
  6. Lens v MontpellierWed, 20 Apr 2022 · Ligue 1 2021-222–0HT 1–0
  7. Montpellier v LensSun, 17 Oct 2021 · Ligue 1 2021-221–0HT 0–0
  8. Montpellier v LensSat, 30 Jan 2021 · Ligue 1 2020-211–2HT 0–1
  9. Lens v MontpellierSat, 12 Dec 2020 · Ligue 1 2020-212–3HT 1–2

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Montpellier at home, Lens away
  • 56%
    Both teams scored
    League 57%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 97%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 95%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 85%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 82%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 53%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 56%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 41%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 35%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 12%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 18%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 2.9
    Avg total goals
    League 2.98
    17 + 17 matches
  • 85%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 76%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 35%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 36%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 9.6
    Corners per match
    League 9.36
    17 + 17 matches
  • 68%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 57%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 53%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 44%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 32%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 33%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 5.0
    Cards per match
    League 3.96
    17 + 17 matches
  • 74%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 56%
    17 + 17 matches
  • 53%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 39%
    17 + 17 matches

Stored season context, 2024-25

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2024-25

Montpellier at home, Lens away
Montpellier (home)Lens (away)
18Position8
LLLDLLast 5, oldest to newestWLWWD
17Played17
0.76Points per match1.71
18%Win %47%
1.00Scored / match1.35
2.41Conceded / match1.00
3.41Avg total goals2.35
59%Both scored53%
6%Clean sheets29%
41%Failed to score18%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

MontpellierLens
  • 0.351st half scored / match0.71
  • 1.241st half conceded / match0.53
  • 0.652nd half scored / match0.65
  • 1.182nd half conceded / match0.47
  • 6%Leading at half-time47%
  • 88%1st half over 0.582%
  • 47%1st half over 1.524%
  • 82%2nd half over 0.582%
  • 59%2nd half over 1.524%
  • 18%Scored in both halves35%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Montpellier at home, Lens away, this season.

Goals

MontpellierLens
  • 1.00Scored / match1.35
  • 2.41Conceded / match1.00
  • 3.41Match total / match2.35
  • 59%Scored 1+82%
  • 29%Scored 2+47%
  • 94%Conceded 1+71%
  • 77%Conceded 2+24%
  • 94%Match over 1.577%
  • 71%Match over 2.535%
  • 59%Match over 3.524%

Shots and xG

MontpellierLens
  • 12.24Shots for12.47
  • 14.71Shots against12.65
  • 4.47On target for4.18
  • 6.29On target against4.71
  • 8%Shot conversion11%

Corners

MontpellierLens
  • 5.35Corners for4.29
  • 4.71Corners against4.82
  • 10.06Match total9.12
  • 77%Over 7.577%
  • 77%Over 8.559%
  • 59%Over 9.547%
  • 35%Over 10.529%
  • 18%Over 11.518%

Cards

MontpellierLens
  • 2.88Cards for2.94
  • 2.41Cards against1.76
  • 5.29Match total4.71
  • 94%Over 2.588%
  • 71%Over 3.577%
  • 53%Over 4.553%
  • 41%Over 5.541%
  • 12.59Fouls committed15.12

The table, 2024-25

#ClubPGDPts
6Lyon341957
7Strasbourg341257
8Lens34352
9Brest34-750
10Toulouse34142
16Reims34-1433
17St Etienne34-3830
18Montpellier34-5616
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