Week 11 features a match on Saturday Oct 15th, where Montpellier will travel to Lens to battle Lens in a Ligue 1 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Lens recorded a 0-1 loss against Lille. Jonathan David scored the first goal for Lille in the 44th minute on a penalty kick, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Lens was frustrated by Lille’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Lille ended the match with the shutout victory. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Lens should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 10th placed Montpellier, recorded a 0-2 loss against Monaco. Breel Embolo struck first for Monaco in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Myron Boadu added another in the 80th minute In the end, Montpellier couldn’t muster any offence and Monaco ran away with the shutout win. Montpellier is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Montpellier is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Arnaud Nordin and Sepe Elye Wahi each having 2 goals in their last five. Loïs Openda and Kevin Danso are the top scorers for Lens in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Franck Haise’s squad will be without Jonathan Gradit, Wuilker Faríñez and Adrien Louveau, while Pedro Mendes, Theo Sainte Luce, Stephy Mavididi, Jordan Ferri, Dimitry Bertaud, Jonas Omlin and Esteve are unavailable to play for Montpellier.