Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 December 2018

Result

Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Montpellier · Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 1 predictions

Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Montpellier drew with Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Nabil Fekir opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Montpellier's goal came from Ruben Aguilar (81'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Nabil Fekir (67').

Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Montpellier were 4th on 29 points from 16 and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd on 31 points from 17. Montpellier went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 72.

Montpellier lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcelo of Olympique Lyonnais (8.1), ahead of Ruben Aguilar (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Montpellier wins, 3 draws and 5 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 55'Yellow card · Pedro MendesMontpellier
  • 60'Yellow card · Ruben AguilarMontpellier
  • 67'Goal · Nabil FekirOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Nabil FekirOlympique Lyonnais
  • 81'Goal · Ruben AguilarMontpellier · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Montpellier 2, draws 3, Olympique Lyonnais 5.

Team news

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

Benjamin Lecomte, Pedro Mendes, Vitorino Hilton, Daniel Congré, Ruben Aguilar, Ellyes Skhiri, Damien Le Tallec, Ambroise Oyongo, Florent Mollet, Gaëtan Laborde, Andy Delort

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (3-4-1-2)

Anthony Lopes, Jason Denayer, Marcelo, Marçal, Kenny Tete, Lucas Tousart, Houssem Aouar, Ferland Mendy, Nabil Fekir, Bertrand Traoré, Memphis Depay