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Montpellier v Lens : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

The Ligue 1 is the focus for both Montpellier and Lens on Friday evening, as bosses Rolf Landerl and Franck Haise face one another at the Stade de la Mosson. All of the key stats for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds across seventeen major markets are included in this in-depth preview. It's all designed to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

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Montpellier's next match is v Strasbourg at 16:15 on Sunday 9th February
Lens's next match is v Nice at 16:00 on Saturday 8th February

The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Montpellier and Lens was on Friday 31st January 2025

French Ligue 1

January 31st 2025

Montpellier 0	2 Lens

	1' M. N'Zola
	61' J. Agbonifo

	MTP LEN
Shots On	2 5
Shots Off	10 8
Corners	4 5
Possession	50% 50%
Fouls	12 17
Yellow/red cards	4/0 3/1

Montpellier	Lens

B. Lecomte B. Kouyate (Y. Mouanga 64') M. Sagnan B. Omeragic T. Sainte-Luce (O. Maamma 64') K. Fayad (R. Nzingoula 69') J. Chotard T. Savanier M. Al Tamari A. Delort (W. Khazri 64') E. Mbiayi (T. Coulibaly 81')	M. Ryan M. Sarr (A. Juma Bah 90') J. Gradit D. Machado Mena F. Medina (A. Fulgini 79') A. Diouf (H. Ojediran 90') A. Thomasson P. Frankowski N. El Aynaoui (J. Agbonifo 60') G. Koyalipou (W. Saïd 90') M. N'Zola

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Montpellier and Lens will score a minimum of two between them during 90 mins. It's a tip based on the recent form of the respective sides, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 81%. The bookies have it available at 1.22.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 53% chance of Lens coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Montpellier 24%	10/3 8%	16/5 5%
Draw 23%	27/10 3%	13/5 8%
Lens 53%	17/20 3%	17/20 1%
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1 7%	11/2 7%
Lens 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Lens 1-0 9%	15/2 6%	13/2 6%
Lens 2-0 8%	17/2	8/1
Montpellier 2-1 6%	12/1	11/1 9%
Lens 3-1 6%	12/1	11/1 9%
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	10/1 8%
Montpellier 1-0 6%	12/1	10/1
Lens 3-0 5%	14/1	12/1
Draw 0-0 5%	12/1 13%	9/1 9%
Lens 3-2 4%	22/1 10%	16/1
Montpellier 2-0 3%	20/1	16/1
Lens 4-1 3%	28/1 12%	20/1 11%
Montpellier 3-1 2%	28/1	22/1 10%
Lens 4-0 2%	28/1	22/1 10%
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	8/11 4%	7/10 3%
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	11/10 5%	21/20 5%
Home 1st Goal 44%	13/8	-
Away 1st Goal 54%	8/15	-
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1 13%	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	7/10 2%	4/6 1%
BTTS - No 42%	21/20 2%	11/10 2%
BTTS - Home Win 13%	6/1 8%	11/2 8%
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4	17/5 4%
BTTS - Away Win 27%	13/5 6%	12/5 5%
Home/draw 47%	10/11 2%	10/11 2%
Away/draw 76%	1/5 2%	2/9 2%
Home/away 77%	2/7 3%	2/7 3%
Over 1.5 Goals 81%	2/9	2/9 2%
Under 1.5 Goals 19%	10/3	14/5 5%
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	7/4	17/10 4%
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	4/9	2/5 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	4/1	19/5 7%
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	1/6	2/13 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	9/1	8/1 6%
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1/16	1/20 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25 1%	1/25 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	12/1 13%	9/1 9%
Home DNB 40%	2/1	19/10
Away DNB 69%	4/11	7/20 1%
Montpellier win to nil 11%	7/1	-
Lens win to nil 26%	12/5 3%	-
Montpellier / Montpellier 12%	11/2	11/2 8%
Montpellier / Lens 4%	20/1	16/1
Montpellier / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Montpellier 10%	15/2	7/1 6%
Draw / Lens 17%	15/4 5%	18/5 4%
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	17/4 9%
Lens / Montpellier 3%	33/1 17%	25/1
Lens / Lens 28%	15/8	15/8 5%
Lens / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Montpellier have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 3 and won 4. Montpellier have conceded 43 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 7 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Montpellier have played 10 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Lens lay in 7th place on 30 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 20 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lens have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Lens have played 9 away games, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Montpellier Lens
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSG	20	15	5	0	35	50	May 11	l 6-0A	l 1-2F	l 1-0A
2	Marseille	20	12	4	4	18	40	l 0-5A	Apr 20	l 1-3A	Mar 9
3	Monaco	20	11	4	5	12	37	w 2-1A	l 2-1F	May 18	d 1-1A
4	Lille	20	9	8	3	13	35	d 2-2A	Mar 9	l 0-2A	Mar 30
5	Nice	20	9	7	4	13	34	d 2-2A	Feb 23	d 0-00-0	Feb 8
6	Lens Away	20	9	6	5	7	33	l 0-2A	l 2-0A	-	-
7	Lyon	20	8	6	6	6	30	Feb 16	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	May 4
8	Brest	20	9	1	10	-5	28	w 3-1F	May 4	w 2-0F	Apr 20
9	Strasbourg	20	7	6	7	1	27	d 1-1A	Feb 9	Feb 16	d 2-2F
10	Toulouse	20	7	5	8	-1	26	l 0-3A	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	May 11
11	Auxerre	20	6	5	9	-6	23	w 3-2A	Mar 30	Apr 27	d 2-2F
12	Angers	20	6	5	9	-7	23	l 1-3A	Apr 13	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
13	Reims	20	5	7	8	-3	22	Apr 27	l 4-2A	Apr 13	w 0-2F
14	Nantes	20	4	9	7	-6	21	l 1-3A	May 18	w 3-2F	Feb 23
15	Rennes	20	6	2	12	-3	20	Mar 2	l 3-0A	Mar 16	d 1-1A
16	St Etienne	20	5	3	12	-24	18	Mar 16	l 1-0A	Apr 6	w 0-2F
17	Montpellier H	20	4	3	13	-26	15	-	-	w 2-0F	w 0-2F
18	Le Havre	20	4	2	14	-24	14	Apr 6	l 1-0A	Mar 2	w 1-2A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Montpellier	2 - 1	Monaco
Montpellier	1 - 3	Angers
Montpellier	2 - 2	Nice
Montpellier	2 - 2	Lille
Montpellier	3 - 1	Brest
Montpellier	0 - 3	Toulouse
Montpellier	0 - 5	Marseille
Montpellier	3 - 2	Auxerre
Montpellier	1 - 3	Nantes
Montpellier	1 - 1	Strasbourg
Montpellier	0 - 2	Monaco
Montpellier	1 - 1	Nantes
Montpellier	2 - 0	Lorient
Montpellier	2 - 6	PSG
Montpellier	2 - 2	Strasbourg
Montpellier	3 - 0	Metz
Montpellier	1 - 2	Lyon
Montpellier	0 - 0	Lille
Montpellier	1 - 1	Marseille
Montpellier	0 - 0	Lens

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Montpellier	2 - 1	Toulouse
H	Montpellier	2 - 1	Monaco
H	Montpellier	1 - 3	Angers
A	Montpellier	0 - 1	Lyon
H	Montpellier	2 - 2	Nice
A	Montpellier	0 - 2	Lens
H	Montpellier	2 - 2	Lille
A	Montpellier	0 - 1	St Etienne
H	Montpellier	3 - 1	Brest
A	Montpellier	0 - 1	Le Havre
H	Montpellier	0 - 3	Toulouse
H	Montpellier	0 - 5	Marseille
A	Montpellier	2 - 4	Reims
A	Montpellier	1 - 2	Monaco
H	Montpellier	3 - 2	Auxerre
A	Montpellier	0 - 3	Rennes
H	Montpellier	1 - 3	Nantes
A	Montpellier	0 - 6	PSG
H	Montpellier	1 - 1	Strasbourg
A	Montpellier	2 - 2	Lens

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Le Havre	1 - 2	Lens
Auxerre	2 - 2	Lens
Reims	0 - 2	Lens
PSG	1 - 0	Lens
St Etienne	0 - 2	Lens
Strasbourg	2 - 2	Lens
Rennes	1 - 1	Lens
Monaco	1 - 1	Lens
Angers	0 - 1	Lens
Rennes	1 - 1	Lens
Marseille	2 - 1	Lens
Metz	2 - 1	Lens
Lille	2 - 1	Lens
Lyon	0 - 3	Lens
Reims	1 - 1	Lens
Nantes	0 - 1	Lens
Toulouse	0 - 2	Lens
Nice	2 - 0	Lens
Montpellier	0 - 0	Lens
Clermont	0 - 3	Lens

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Lens	1 - 0	Angers
H	Lens	1 - 2	PSG
A	Lens	2 - 1	Le Havre
H	Lens	0 - 1	Toulouse
A	Lens	2 - 2	Auxerre
H	Lens	2 - 0	Montpellier
A	Lens	2 - 0	Reims
H	Lens	1 - 3	Marseille
H	Lens	3 - 2	Nantes
A	Lens	0 - 1	PSG
H	Lens	0 - 2	Lille
A	Lens	2 - 0	St Etienne
A	Lens	2 - 2	Strasbourg
H	Lens	0 - 0	Nice
A	Lens	1 - 1	Rennes
H	Lens	0 - 0	Lyon
A	Lens	1 - 1	Monaco
H	Lens	2 - 0	Brest
A	Lens	1 - 0	Angers
H	Lens	2 - 2	Montpellier

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Lens have not lost to Montpellier in 6 consecutive league meetings

Montpellier

Lens

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

3 / 5

Clean sheets

2 / 5

1 / 5

MTP

LEN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Montpellier
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Montpellier	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Lens
Draw	3 - 3	Draw

Lens

Montpellier

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

3 / 6

Clean sheets

3 / 6

1 / 6

MTP

LEN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Lens	1 - 0
Lens	2 - 0
	2 - 3	Montpellier
	0 - 1	Montpellier

Goal Statistics

Lens's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because Montpellier have conceded in each of their last 25 Ligue 1 games. A PG of 1.8 for Franck Haise's side suggests that run should continue.

	Montpellier 17th	Lens 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Montpellier will score no more than 1 goal	0 16% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 84% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Montpellier’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 Lens’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.9 conceded	0.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season

MTP

LEN

25%

better

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Games scored	10		13
Failed to score	8		5
Scored first	2		9
Goals scored	18		22
Avg. goals scored	1		1.2
Avg. shots per game	9		11
Avg. shots per goal	9		9
Conversion rate for	11		11
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+25%

MTP

LEN

52%

better

view stats

Games conceded	18		11
Clean sheets	0		7
Conceded first	16		7
Goals conceded	43		18
Avg. goals conceded	2.4		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	13		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		8
Conversion rate against	19%		13%
Avg. XG against	2		1.3
KickOff rating		+52%

Montpellier v Lens Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Montpellier Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	2	4	9
T Savanier	M Sagnan	T Savanier	R. Nzingoula

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Lecomte GLK	17			-
E Mbiayi DEF	20			3 -
K Kouyaté DEF	5			3 1
M Sagnan DEF	19	2		7 -
T Sainte-Luce DEF	6	1		1 -
B Omeragic MID	16			1 -
K Fayad MID	9			1 -
J Chotard MID	13	1		5 -
T Savanier MID	18	2	4	3 1
M Tamari FWD				-
A Delort FWD	1			-
Subs
D Bertaud GLK	3			-
L. Mincarelli Davin DEF	4			-
Y. Mouanga DEF	3			1 -
R. Nzingoula MID	16	1		9 -
T. Chennahi MID	2			1 -
T Coulibaly MID	12	1		1 2
W Khazri FWD	19	1	1	2 -
O. Maamma FWD	6	1	1	-
N. Pays FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	14	4	23
M Sagnan	T Savanier	T Savanier	T Savanier

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Savanier MID	2	14	4	23
M Sagnan DEF	2	4		4
T Sainte-Luce DEF	1	1		2
J Chotard MID	1	1		4
B Lecomte GLK				2
E Mbiayi DEF		1		7
B Omeragic MID		3		2
K Fayad MID		2		4
Subs
R. Nzingoula MID	1	4		3
T Coulibaly MID	1	4		6
W Khazri FWD	1	5	1	9
O. Maamma FWD	1	2	1	3
L. Mincarelli Davin DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
823	45	95
T Savanier	M Sagnan	M Sagnan

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
T Savanier MID	823	17	86
M Sagnan DEF	705	45	95
B Lecomte GLK	573		4
E Mbiayi DEF	564	38	65
B Omeragic MID	553	21	52
J Chotard MID	424	28	54
K Fayad MID	213	19	38
K Kouyaté DEF	94	10	24
T Sainte-Luce DEF	66	1	10
A Delort FWD	20	1	8
Subs
R. Nzingoula MID	307	35	89
W Khazri FWD	229	19	54
T Coulibaly MID	129	9	36
Y. Mouanga DEF	106	5	16
L. Mincarelli Davin DEF	100	4	12
D Bertaud GLK	77
O. Maamma FWD	22	1	13
T. Chennahi MID	2		1

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	6	3	6
A Thomasson	M Nzola	A Thomasson	F Medina

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Ryan GLK	2			-
P Frankowski DEF	18	4	2	3 -
J Gradit DEF	13			3 -
M Sarr DEF	8			-
F Medina DEF	18		1	6 -
D Machado DEF	16	1		3 1
A Diouf MID	20	1	1	2 -
A Thomasson MID	20	2	3	3 -
N Aynaoui MID	11	1		1 -
M Nzola FWD	15	6	1	3 -
G Koyalipou FWD	4	1		-
Subs
A. Delplace GLK				-
A. Juma Bah DEF	1			-
K. Antonio DEF				-
A Fulgini MID	17	1	1	2 -
H. Ojediran MID	12	1		3 -
T. Pouilly MID	2			1 -
A Zaroury FWD	15		1	1 1
W Saïd FWD	11	1		2 -
J. Agbonifo FWD	1	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	16	3	24
M Nzola	M Nzola	A Thomasson	A Thomasson

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Nzola FWD	6	16	1	17
P Frankowski DEF	4	7	2	15
A Thomasson MID	2	7	3	24
D Machado DEF	1	4		10
A Diouf MID	1	2	1	16
N Aynaoui MID	1	1		3
G Koyalipou FWD	1	4		3
J Gradit DEF		3		4
M Sarr DEF				1
F Medina DEF		3	1	13
Subs
A Fulgini MID	1	6	1	17
H. Ojediran MID	1	2		1
W Saïd FWD	1	3		3
J. Agbonifo FWD	1	1
A Zaroury FWD		6	1	13

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1057	61	117
F Medina	A Thomasson	A Thomasson

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
F Medina DEF	1057	36	79
A Thomasson MID	919	61	117
P Frankowski DEF	882	31	52
A Diouf MID	640	24	73
J Gradit DEF	605	21	67
D Machado DEF	363	25	59
M Sarr DEF	323	7	15
N Aynaoui MID	284	16	33
M Nzola FWD	234	5	57
G Koyalipou FWD	73	1	8
M Ryan GLK	48		2
Subs
A Fulgini MID	467	8	47
A Zaroury FWD	278	9	34
H. Ojediran MID	203	27	39
W Saïd FWD	108	4	14
T. Pouilly MID	29	2	3
J. Agbonifo FWD	6		5
A. Juma Bah DEF			1

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Montpellier v Lens : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Montpellier have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Lens lay in 7th place on 30 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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