Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Montpellier & Strasbourg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Montpellier form and stats
Last season, Montpellier's Coupe de France journey ended in the semi-finals.20 points is a decent return from 10 Ligue 1 games here at Stade de la Mosson for Montpellier. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Montpellier's last game was hosting Angers SCO and winning 4-1. Midfield player Mavididi got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Mavididi scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Andrezieux and winning 1-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Montpellier have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Montpellier have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Strasbourg form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 32nd finals.2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Strasbourg playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Strasbourg play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Valenciennes. Guilbert, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.34. Guilbert hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
A loss against Olympique Marseille was the result prior to that, in a Ligue 1 home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Strasbourg playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were six Strasbourg wins, two draws and two defeats.
Strasbourg find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Strasbourg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Montpellier won five, Strasbourg were winners in two and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ajorque 9 goals |  H. Diallo 8 goals |   S. Mavididi 6 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Strasbourg missing players
| Montpellier | Strasbourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 40% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 49% | ||
| 14.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | Nice | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Rennes | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Monaco | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Nantes | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Lille | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Lens | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Reims | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Troyes | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 17 |
| 18 | Metz | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 19 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -23 | 12 |
