Montpellier 1-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 January 2021

Result

Montpellier 1-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 January 2021, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Montpellier 1-2 Lens: match report

Montpellier lost to Lens 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 30 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

C. Doucouré opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Montpellier's goal came from E. Wahi (78'). Lens scored through C. Doucouré (7') and Gaël Kakuta (67').

Discipline: Montpellier received 5 yellow cards; Lens received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 11th on 28 points from 21 and Lens 9th on 31 points from 21. Montpellier went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Lens 7th with 57.

Montpellier lined up in a 5-3-2 and Lens in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cheick Doucouré of Lens (9.3), ahead of Jean-Louis Leca (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Montpellier wins, 1 draw and 2 for Lens.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · C. DoucouréLens · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Stephy MavididiMontpellier
  • 16'Yellow card · Michel Der ZakarianMontpellier
  • 16'Yellow card · Pedro MendesMontpellier
  • 18'Yellow card · Gaëtan LabordeMontpellier
  • 48'Yellow card · Vitorino HiltonMontpellier
  • 50'Yellow card · Florian SotocaLens
  • 55'Yellow card · Simon BanzaLens
  • 67'Goal · Gaël KakutaLens · 0-2
  • 78'Goal · E. WahiMontpellier · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Tony MauricioLens
  • 90'Yellow card · Massadio HaidaraLens

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Montpellier 4, draws 1, Lens 2.

Team news

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Montpellier line-up (5-3-2)

Dimitry Bertaud, Junior Sambia, Pedro Mendes, Vitorino Hilton, Daniel Congré, Mihailo Ristic, Joris Chotard, Jordan Ferri, K. Dolly, Gaëtan Laborde, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi

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

Jean-Louis Leca, Clément Michelin, Steven Fortes, Facundo Medina, Jonathan Clauss, Cheick Doucouré, Seko Fofana, Massadio Haïdara, Gaël Kakuta, Florian Sotoca, Simon Banza