Struggling Lorient will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Montpellier in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
It's quite the trip for Montpellier when visiting Lorient as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Lorient form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Lorient have to build on here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir in the Ligue 1. Lorient are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir, having lost their two previous games here.
Stress levels are on the rise for Lorient's attacking players as they have now played 370 minutes without scoring in a league game. T. Moffi was their last goal scorer.
Lorient lost their last game at Lille (placed 2nd) after a 0-4 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Nantes with the scoreline 0-2.
As you see from the result above, Lorient suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Lorient's goalkeeper Paul Nardi was extremely busy against Lille, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.
The Lorient fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lorient defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Montpellier form and stats
Playing away, Montpellier have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 1 this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Montpellier, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Montpellier's previous game versus Strasbourg (placed 19th), a Ligue 1 4-3 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bordeaux at their stadium, the result 2-0.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Strasbourg was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
The visiting Montpellier have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Montpellier in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Lorient wins - draws - Montpellier wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Delort 6 goals |   Y. Wissa 4 goals | P. Hamel 3 goals |
Lorient missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Lorient | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 82% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 64% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 64% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 18% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100 | 44 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 43 | 126 |
| 33 | 19 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 14 | 49 |
| 36% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 50% | 41% |
- Lorient has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Montpellier have scored in all their away matches so far.
- 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 | PSG | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Lille | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Monaco | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Rennes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Nice | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Lens | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Metz | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Brest | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Nantes | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Nîmes | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Reims | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Lorient | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Dijon | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -15 | 4 |