Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 4 March 2018
Result
Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1 · Sunday 4 March 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report
Montpellier drew with Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 4 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Isaac Mbenza opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Montpellier's goal came from Isaac Mbenza (7'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Mariano Díaz (58').
Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 6th on 39 points from 27 and Olympique Lyonnais 4th on 50 points from 27. Montpellier went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 78.
Montpellier lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ferland Mendy of Olympique Lyonnais (8.0), ahead of Isaac Mbenza (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Montpellier wins, 2 draws and 6 for Olympique Lyonnais.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Olympique Lyonnais's D-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Isaac Mbenza
- 27'Yellow card · Nordi Mukiele
- 50'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 58'Goal · Mariano Díaz
- 60'Yellow card · Ellyes Skhiri
- 65'Yellow card · Memphis Depay
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (3-4-2-1)
Benjamin Lecomte, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Nordi Mukiele, Ruben Aguilar, Paul Lasne, Ellyes Skhiri, Jérôme Roussillon, Jonathan Ikoné, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Isaac Mbenza
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-3)
Anthony Lopes, Marcelo, Jérémy Morel, Ferland Mendy, Kenny Tete, Houssem Aouar, Tanguy Ndombélé, Lucas Tousart, Mariano Díaz, Bertrand Traoré, Memphis Depay