Amiens SC vs Montpellier match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Licorne (12097 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade de la Licorne haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Amiens SC languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Montpellier will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Amiens SC and Montpellier.

It's quite the trip for Montpellier when visiting Amiens SC as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Amiens SC form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Amiens SC so far this season.

The Amiens SC crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Montpellier here at Stade de la Licorne in a Ligue 1 match. Prior to that, an away loss at Lille in the Coupe de la Ligue.

The Amiens SC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Amiens SC have conceded 13 from these games.

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Montpellier form and stats

There's been little loot from Montpellier's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Ligue 1. Montpellier only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Montpellier, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Amiens SC (placed 18th) in the Ligue 1 last time out. Preceding that game was the away Coupe de France victory against Reims Sainte-Anne with the score of 1-0.

The attacking power of Montpellier when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Montpellier in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Amiens SC - Montpellier 1-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 4 - 5 (Amiens SC wins - draws - Montpellier wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MontpellierA. Delort
A. Delort
7 goals
Amiens SCJ. Mendoza
J. Mendoza
5 goals
MontpellierF. Mollet
F. Mollet
5 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Montpellier missing players

Amiens SC Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 20
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 8
5 2 1 Drew D 3 5 6
10 4 2 Lost L 0 4 6
22 11 3 Scored S 4 9 28
38 15 9 Conceded C 4 12 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 90%
89% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 60%
68% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 50%
42% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 20% 30%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
74% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 50%
11% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 30%
16% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 30%
 
3.6 3.3 3.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 4.2 4.6
5.4 5.1 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4.4
1.9 1.8 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.8 2
4 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
162 69 26 Total Shots T S 37 100 260
58 24 5 Shots on Target S O 12 32 90
38% 46% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 31%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Amiens SC has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
  • Amiens SC 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 18 15 0 3 43 10 9 8 0 1 24 3 9 7 0 2 19 7 33 45
2 Olympique Marseille 20 12 5 3 30 21 10 7 2 1 17 9 10 5 3 2 13 12 9 41
3 Rennes 19 10 3 6 24 18 10 6 1 3 15 11 9 4 2 3 9 7 6 33
4 Lille 19 9 4 6 24 21 10 8 2 0 18 5 9 1 2 6 6 16 3 31
5 Nantes 19 9 2 8 17 18 10 6 1 3 10 7 9 3 1 5 7 11 -1 29
6 Reims 18 7 7 4 16 10 10 3 6 1 9 5 8 4 1 3 7 5 6 28
7 Monaco 18 8 4 6 31 26 9 6 1 2 24 14 9 2 3 4 7 12 5 28
8 Angers SCO 19 8 4 7 22 24 10 6 2 2 15 6 9 2 2 5 7 18 -2 28
9 Montpellier 19 7 6 6 26 19 10 7 1 2 19 8 9 0 5 4 7 11 7 27
10 Nice 19 8 3 8 28 27 10 6 2 2 20 12 9 2 1 6 8 15 1 27
11 Strasbourg 19 8 3 8 23 24 10 6 2 2 18 12 9 2 1 6 5 12 -1 27
12 Olympique Lyonnais 19 7 5 7 29 18 9 3 2 4 11 6 10 4 3 3 18 12 11 26
13 Bordeaux 19 7 5 7 28 22 9 4 2 3 15 7 10 3 3 4 13 15 6 26
14 Saint-Étienne 19 7 4 8 22 29 9 3 4 2 11 11 10 4 0 6 11 18 -7 25
15 Brest 19 5 7 7 21 24 10 4 5 1 15 6 9 1 2 6 6 18 -3 22
16 Dijon 19 4 6 9 14 22 9 3 4 2 10 10 10 1 2 7 4 12 -8 18
17 Metz 19 3 8 8 17 28 9 2 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 6 17 -11 17
18 Amiens SC 18 4 5 9 21 36 8 3 2 3 10 13 10 1 3 6 11 23 -15 17
19 Nîmes 18 2 6 10 13 32 8 2 2 4 7 10 10 0 4 6 6 22 -19 12
20 Toulouse 19 3 3 13 19 39 9 3 0 6 9 14 10 0 3 7 10 25 -20 12

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.