Both Lens and Montpellier will be looking to return to the winning ways this weekend when they lock horns at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the 11th round of the French Ligue 1. Match day schedules for October 15 at 22:00EAT.
The home team is fourth in the table with 21 points to their name. Lens now returns to Stade Bollaert-Delelis, where they can boast a perfect record of five wins from five home matches in the 2022-2023 season. Coming into this game, Lens lost one of their last six matches (WDWDWL).
RC Lens prepares for this encounter off the back of 1-0 Ligue 1 dfeat to Lille in their most recent outing. In that match, RC Lens managed 55% possession and 10 shots with three of them on target. Lille got 12 shots with six of them on target and a goal by Jonathan David (44′).
Meanwhile, Montpellier is 10 in the standings with 12 points so far. The visitors are the only side yet to draw a game in the current Ligue 1 campaign, Montpellier travel to Lens having lost eight of their last nine top-flight matches on the road. Coming into this game, they won two of their last six matches (WLLWLL).
Montpellier takes this trip coming of 0-2 losing efforts at the hands of Monaco in their most recent fixture. In that match, Montpellier managed 50% possession and 10 shots with none of them on target. Monaco got 11 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Breel Embolo (45′) and Myron Boadu (81′).
Lens vs. Montpellier head to head
Lens boasts the upper hand in the head to head history of this match having won 18 times from the 33 encounters since 1993; Montpellier won nine times while six matches ended in draw.
- Lens 2-0 Montpellier 20/04/22
- Montpellier 1-0 Lens 17/10/21
- Montpellier 1-2 Lens 30/01/21
- Lens 2-3 Montpellier 12/12/20
- Lens 0-1 Montpellier 10/05/15
Home
- Lille 1-0 Lens
- Lens 1-0 Lyon
- Nantes 0-0 Lens
- Lens 1-0 Troyes
- Reims 1-1 Lens
Away
- Montpellier 0-2 Monaco
- Toulouse 4-2 Montpellier
- Montpellier 2-1 Strasbourg
- Angers 2-1 Montpellier
- Montpellier 1-3 Lille
Lens team news
Boss Franck Haise will be unable to call upon the services of Wuilker and Jonathan Gradit who have been sidelined with injuries.
Montpellier HSC team news
Dimitry Bertaud and Théo Sainte-Luce will be unavailable for Olivier Dall’Oglio selection for this match through injuries.
- Prediction and odds
- Lens Win
- Goals over 2.5
