2022-23 Ligue 1
- Faitout Maouassa - 59'
- Angelo Fulgini - 4'
Montpellier hold Lens to 1-1 draw
A second-half header by defender Faitout Maouassa allowed Montpellier to snatch a home 1-1 draw against Lens in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Lens took the lead in the fourth minute through midfielder Angelo Fulgini, who netted with a chipped finish for his first Ligue 1 goal since he joined on loan from Mainz at the end of last month.
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Maouassa nodded home to equalise for the persistent Montpellier side an hour into the game to earn a precious point and increase their distance from the drop zone to eight points.
Lens remain fourth on 50 points, level with third-placed AS Monaco and two points below Olympique Marseille, in second, who both have a game in hand. Montpellier are 14th on 27 points.
Game Information
Stade de la Mosson-Mondial 98
8:00 PM, 25 February 2023
Montpellier, France
Attendance: 17,074
- Referees:
- Jerome Brisard
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | +46 | 73 |
AS Monaco | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | +22 | 64 |
Lille | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | +18 | 58 |
Brest | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | +16 | 58 |
Nice | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | +11 | 54 |
Lens | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | +8 | 50 |
Lyon | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 50 |
Marseille | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | +10 | 47 |
Stade Rennais | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | +8 | 46 |
Stade de Reims | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 44 |
Toulouse | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 43 |
Montpellier | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 40 |
Strasbourg | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 39 |
Nantes | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 33 |
Le Havre AC | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 32 |
Metz | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -21 | 29 |
Lorient | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -28 | 26 |
Clermont Foot | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -29 | 25 |