Montpellier 0–2 Lens
- Gasset 26'
- Nzola 1'
- Al Attabi 26'
- Still 26'
- Agbonifo 61'
31 January 2025
The match in data
Lens got the better of Montpellier, 2–0, on 31 January 2025, on matchday 20 of the 2024-25 Ligue 1.
Player of the match: M'Bala Nzola (Lens), rated 64, thanks above all to 0.99 xG and 1 goal. Nzola produced 1.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.
For Montpellier, the highest-rated player was Yaël Mouanga, with 80.
Jean-Louis Gasset was sent off at 26'.
Adil Al Attabi was sent off at 26'.
Will Still was sent off at 26'.
M'Bala Nzola
Lens · 90'
Produced 1.53× and cost 0.82× their position's average
- 0.99 xG 3.2×
- 1 goal 3.3×
- 2 shots on target 2.0×
- 4 balls lost 2.6×
- 1 shot off target 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaël Mouanga | Defender | 26 | 80 |
| Téji Savanier | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Kiki Kouyaté | Defender | 64 | 60 |
| Khalil Fayad | Midfielder | 69 | 55 |
| Becir Omeragic | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Joris Chotard | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Enzo Tchato | Defender | 81 | 48 |
| Modibo Sagnan | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Othmane Maamma | Forward | 26 | 39 |
| Rabby Nzingoula | Midfielder | 21 | 38 |
| Mousa Tamari | Forward | 90 | 35 |
| Andy Delort | Forward | 64 | 31 |
| Wahbi Khazri | Forward | 26 | 28 |
| Théo Sainte-Luce | Defender | 64 | 27 |
| Benjamin Lecomte | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Tanguy Coulibaly | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Agbonifo | Forward | 30 | 67 |
| M'Bala Nzola ★ | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Adrien Thomasson | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Andy Diouf | Midfielder | 79 | 59 |
| Przemyslaw Frankowski | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Malang Sarr | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Facundo Medina | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Deiver Machado | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Jonathan Gradit | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Neil El Aynaoui | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Goduine Koyalipou | Forward | 60 | 37 |
| Mathew Ryan | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Angelo Fulgini | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Hamzat Ojediran | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Juma Bah | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Wesley Saïd | Forward | 1 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.