Montpellier 1-4 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 19 March 2011

Result

Montpellier 1-4 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 19 March 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Montpellier 1-4 Lens: match report

Montpellier lost to Lens 1-4 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 19 March 2011. The half-time score was 0-3.

Kanga Akale opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Montpellier's goal came from G. Bocaly (57'). Lens scored through Kanga Akale (19'), an own goal by Joris Marveaux (30'), S. Roudet (34') and Issam Jemâa (62').

Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card; Lens received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 6th on 39 points from 27 and Lens 19th on 25 points from 27. Montpellier went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Lens 19th with 35.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Lens in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Montpellier wins, 0 draws and 1 for Lens.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Kanga AkaleLens · 0-1
  • 30'Own goal · Joris MarveauxLens · 0-2
  • 34'Goal · S. RoudetLens · 0-3
  • 57'Goal · G. BocalyMontpellier · 1-3
  • 62'Goal · Issam JemâaLens · 1-4
  • 75'Yellow card · Geoffrey DernisMontpellier

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Montpellier 2, draws 0, Lens 1.

Team news

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

Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Emir Spahić, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Joris Marveaux, Benjamin Stambouli, Younès Belhanda, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Souleymane Camara, Romain Pitau

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

Vedran Runje, Serge Aurier, Alaeddine Yahia, Henri Bedimo, Alassane Touré, Raphaël Varane, Sébastien Roudet, Adil Hermach, Kanga Akale, Eduardo Ribeiro, Issam Jemâa