Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Belfort & Montpellier face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligue 1.
Belfort form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 8th round.4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Coupe de France for Belfort.
The Belfort supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Nancy in Coupe de France and win 3-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lille II that ended 0-0.
Belfort are traveling soon after this match as the CFA Group A match at Haguenau awaits in four days.
Montpellier form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 32nd finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Montpellier so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-4 (win-draw-lose).
Montpellier are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Ligue 1 against Dijon. Before that, Montpellier secured a home win against Caen with the score 5-0.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to PSG.
The attacking power of Montpellier when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Montpellier have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Delort 8 goals |  F. Mollet 6 goals |  G. Laborde 5 goals |
Belfort missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Belfort | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Scored | S | 10 | 39 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 142 | 345 | ||
| 16 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 124 | ||
| 44% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 36 | 49 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
| 3 | Rennes | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Nantes | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | Lille | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 10 | Reims | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Nice | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Monaco | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 26 |
| 16 | Metz | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Dijon | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 18 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -23 | 12 |