Montpellier favourites for feisty fight facing Clermont

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

Montpellier and Clermont have both played out a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. Both teams reside in mid-table places in the Ligue 1.

Insights:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Clermont have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Montpellier form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Montpellier have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games.

Montpellier are confident in defense, having played 266 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Montpellier, who won 1-0 against Ajaccio (placed 18th). The victory against Ajaccio came after Wahi's winning goal. The Montpellier manager Zakarian was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 61st minute. Sylla was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Sylla hit two key passes and won 11 of 19 duels.

Before that, Montpellier had a home game versus Angers SCO which ended with a victory 5-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Montpellier have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Clermont form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

Clermont failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Lens (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Lens was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Attacker Cham-Saračević got a player rating of 6.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Cham-Saračević had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Toulouse.

We have checked recent matches where Clermont have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Clermont have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded history featuring both these squads is the Clermont - Montpellier 1-1 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Montpellier wins - draws - Clermont wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Montpellier missing players

Clermont missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montpellier Clermont
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 2 Played P 4 13 27
10 5 0 Won W 3 5 9
3 2 1 Drew D 0 4 7
14 7 1 Lost L 1 4 11
42 22 2 Scored S 7 15 26
46 22 3 Conceded C 4 13 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 74%
59% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 41%
30% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 22%
22% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 7%
52% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 48%
30% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 26%
19% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 37%
 
4.7 4.8 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.8 4.1
4.8 5.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4 3.7
1.8 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.1
8 7 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.2 11.5 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10 10.2
4.1 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 3.6
38% 34% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 31% 27%
 
13.8 15.1 19.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 13.8 13.3
5.2 5.7 8.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Montpellier's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Clermont have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 1
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 27 21 3 3 68 26 13 11 2 0 34 15 14 10 1 3 34 11 42 66
2 Olympique Marseille 27 17 5 5 51 27 14 7 3 4 25 18 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 56
3 Lens 27 15 9 3 44 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 14 4 8 2 18 11 23 54
4 Monaco 27 15 6 6 55 37 14 7 2 5 29 23 13 8 4 1 26 14 18 51
5 Rennes 27 14 5 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 13 3 5 5 15 18 16 47
6 Lille 27 13 7 7 49 36 14 8 4 2 28 21 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 46
7 Nice 27 11 10 6 36 24 13 5 5 3 17 11 14 6 5 3 19 13 12 43
8 Reims 27 10 13 4 35 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 14 3 9 2 13 13 9 43
9 Lorient 27 12 7 8 40 36 14 7 3 4 21 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 4 43
10 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 7 9 42 31 13 6 4 3 19 10 14 5 3 6 23 21 11 40
11 Toulouse 27 10 5 12 43 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 13 4 1 8 18 25 -3 35
12 Clermont 27 9 7 11 26 38 14 4 3 7 11 25 13 5 4 4 15 13 -12 34
13 Montpellier 27 10 3 14 42 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 13 5 1 7 20 24 -4 33
14 Nantes 27 6 11 10 29 36 13 4 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 29
15 Strasbourg 27 4 11 12 32 46 14 2 6 6 16 22 13 2 5 6 16 24 -14 23
16 Brest 27 5 8 14 28 44 13 2 5 6 14 22 14 3 3 8 14 22 -16 23
17 Auxerre 27 5 8 14 23 49 13 3 5 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 23
18 Ajaccio 27 6 3 18 20 48 13 3 1 9 9 20 14 3 2 9 11 28 -28 21
19 Troyes 27 4 8 15 36 59 13 1 8 4 14 20 14 3 0 11 22 39 -23 20
20 Angers SCO 27 2 4 21 21 60 14 1 2 11 14 30 13 1 2 10 7 30 -39 10

Montpellier:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 27 21 3 3 68 26 13 11 2 0 34 15 14 10 1 3 34 11 42 66
2 Olympique Marseille 27 17 5 5 51 27 14 7 3 4 25 18 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 56
3 Lens 27 15 9 3 44 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 14 4 8 2 18 11 23 54
4 Monaco 27 15 6 6 55 37 14 7 2 5 29 23 13 8 4 1 26 14 18 51
5 Rennes 27 14 5 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 13 3 5 5 15 18 16 47
6 Lille 27 13 7 7 49 36 14 8 4 2 28 21 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 46
7 Nice 27 11 10 6 36 24 13 5 5 3 17 11 14 6 5 3 19 13 12 43
8 Reims 27 10 13 4 35 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 14 3 9 2 13 13 9 43
9 Lorient 27 12 7 8 40 36 14 7 3 4 21 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 4 43
10 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 7 9 42 31 13 6 4 3 19 10 14 5 3 6 23 21 11 40
11 Toulouse 27 10 5 12 43 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 13 4 1 8 18 25 -3 35
12 Clermont 27 9 7 11 26 38 14 4 3 7 11 25 13 5 4 4 15 13 -12 34
13 Montpellier 27 10 3 14 42 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 13 5 1 7 20 24 -4 33
14 Nantes 27 6 11 10 29 36 13 4 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 29
15 Strasbourg 27 4 11 12 32 46 14 2 6 6 16 22 13 2 5 6 16 24 -14 23
16 Brest 27 5 8 14 28 44 13 2 5 6 14 22 14 3 3 8 14 22 -16 23
17 Auxerre 27 5 8 14 23 49 13 3 5 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 23
18 Ajaccio 27 6 3 18 20 48 13 3 1 9 9 20 14 3 2 9 11 28 -28 21
19 Troyes 27 4 8 15 36 59 13 1 8 4 14 20 14 3 0 11 22 39 -23 20
20 Angers SCO 27 2 4 21 21 60 14 1 2 11 14 30 13 1 2 10 7 30 -39 10

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