Saturday , 14 November 2026

Racing Club de Lens vs Montpellier HSC, Ligue 1 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 1 · 2022-23
Racing Club de Lens
1 – 0
Full Time
Montpellier HSC
Sat 15 Oct 2022 · 19:00 UTC Stade Bollaert-Delelis HT 45' · FT 45'
Facundo Medina 19' Y
Y 19' Sepe Elye Wahi
Y 31' Maxime Esteve
Deiver Machado 65' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Racing Club de Lens vs Montpellier HSC — Ligue 1 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Match Details

  • Referee Hakim Ben El Hadj Salem
  • Referee Gwenael Pasqualotti
  • Referee Huseyin Ocak
  • Referee Antoine Valnet
  • Referee
  • Referee Christian Guillard
5 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 16.4 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 10 23
2 Lille OSC 10 21
3 Paris FC 10 20
4 Olympique de Marseille 10 18
5 Olympique Lyonnais 10 17
6 OGC Nice 10 17
7 AS Monaco FC 10 16
8 Stade Rennais FC 1901 10 16
9 Stade Brestois 29 10 15
10 FC Lorient 10 15
11 Racing Club de Lens 10 13
12 Toulouse FC 10 13
13 RC Strasbourg Alsace 10 10
14 AJ Auxerre 10 10
15 Le Mans FC 10 8
16 Angers SCO 10 8
17 ES Troyes AC 10 8
18 Le Havre AC 10 2

Head-to-Head

5
3
2
Racing Club de Lens 10 games · Avg 2.2 goals Montpellier HSC
Last 5 meetings
2022-10-15 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Montpellier HSC 2022-04-20 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 Montpellier HSC 2021-10-17 Montpellier HSC 1–0 Racing Club de Lens 2021-01-30 Montpellier HSC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens 2020-12-12 Racing Club de Lens 2–3 Montpellier HSC

Recent Form

Racing Club de Lens
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Oct Montpellier HSC H 1–0 W
09 Oct Lille OSC A 0–1 L
02 Oct Olympique Lyonnais H 1–0 W
18 Sep FC Nantes A 0–0 D
09 Sep ES Troyes AC H 1–0 W
04 Sep Stade de Reims A 1–1 D
Montpellier HSC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Oct Racing Club de Lens A 0–1 L
09 Oct AS Monaco FC H 0–2 L
02 Oct Toulouse FC A 2–4 L
17 Sep RC Strasbourg Alsace H 2–1 W
11 Sep Angers SCO A 1–2 L
04 Sep Lille OSC H 1–3 L

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Racing Club de Lens
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
4/4
46-60
5/2
61-75
2/2
76+
3/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Racing Club de Lens
Florian Thauvin 5 G 8 A
Matthieu Udol 2 G
Franjo Ivanovic 2 G
Saud Abdulhamid 1 G
Pierre Ganiou 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Racing Club de Lens to score. At the same time, Montpellier HSC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Racing Club de Lens must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' France international Alexis Claude Maurice has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 19' A moment of madness from Facundo Medina on 19 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Racing Club de Lens will be frustrated.
  • 24' Racing Club de Lens currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 29' Salis Abdul Samed needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 28 Yellow cards this season.
  • 31' The referee calls foul for Maxime Esteve. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 36' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Przemyslaw Frankowski made 295 appearances and scored 13 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 41' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 46' Racing Club de Lens are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Arnaud Nordin, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 56' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 59' Jimmy Cabot gets the nod from Racing Club de Lens. He replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 60' The whistle greets Alexis Claude Maurice as he departs to be replaced by David Pereira da Costa.
  • 64' The supporters are chanting for Faitout Maouassa. He replaces Arnaud Nordin on 64 minute.
  • 65' Deiver Machado was booked on 65.
  • 67' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Wesley Said makes no mistake. 1-0!
  • 68' What a strike from Wesley Said! The score is 2-0.
  • 73' Racing Club de Lens started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
  • 78' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Racing Club de Lens and Montpellier HSC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 80' Fresh legs for Montpellier HSC! Valere Germain comes on to replace Teji Savanier.
  • 85' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 86' Racing Club de Lens ring the changes. Seko Fofana has done his job and it is now time for Jean Onana to step up.
  • 90' The Racing Club de Lens bench stirs into life. Salis Abdul Samed is withdrawn and Lukasz Poreba gets his opportunity.
  • Montpellier HSC will have plenty to reflect on. Racing Club de Lens were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Franck Haise

Montpellier HSC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Olivier Dall'Oglio

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Wesley Said 2
Stephy Mavididi 2
Gael Kakuta 2
Remy Labeau Lascary 1
Cheick Doucoure 1
M'Bala Nzola 1
Ignatius Ganago 1
Jeremy Agbonifo 1

Head to Head

2022-10-15 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Montpellier HSC 2022-04-20 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 Montpellier HSC 2021-10-17 Montpellier HSC 1–0 Racing Club de Lens 2021-01-30 Montpellier HSC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens 2020-12-12 Racing Club de Lens 2–3 Montpellier HSC

Racing Club de Lens Form

2022-10-15 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Montpellier HSC W 2022-10-09 Lille OSC 1–0 Racing Club de Lens L 2022-10-02 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Olympique Lyonnais W 2022-09-18 FC Nantes 0–0 Racing Club de Lens D 2022-09-09 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 ES Troyes AC W 2022-09-04 Stade de Reims 1–1 Racing Club de Lens D

Montpellier HSC Form

2022-10-15 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Montpellier HSC L 2022-10-09 Montpellier HSC 0–2 AS Monaco FC L 2022-10-02 Toulouse FC 4–2 Montpellier HSC L 2022-09-17 Montpellier HSC 2–1 RC Strasbourg Alsace W 2022-09-11 Angers SCO 2–1 Montpellier HSC L 2022-09-04 Montpellier HSC 1–3 Lille OSC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.44 Racing Club de Lens xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.87 Montpellier HSC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Racing Club de Lens53% Draw27% Montpellier HSC20%
Actual: Racing Club de Lens win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes45% 0% No55%
Avg goals/match: 2.31
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 67%
33%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 21%
79%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Racing Club de Lens or Draw
80%
Draw or Montpellier HSC
47%
Racing Club de Lens or Montpellier HSC
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Racing Club de Lens34% Draw50% Montpellier HSC16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.3%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
12.1%
2 – 0
10%
2 – 1
8.7%
0 – 1
7.5%
1 – 2
5.2%
3 – 0
4.7%
3 – 1
4.2%
2 – 2
3.9%
0 – 2
3.6%
3 – 2
2%

Asian Handicap — Racing Club de Lens

Handicap Racing Club de Lens covers Push Montpellier HSC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 15% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 24% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 14% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
42% ✗
Montpellier HSC keeps clean sheet
24% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.