Preview: Monaco favourites when Montpellier pay a visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II. (18523 seats)

The league standings reveals that 21 points divide the pair of duelists in this Ligue 1 match. Monaco have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This has all the signs of an engaging fixture with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Monaco form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Monaco at their home stadium (Stade Louis II.) is 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Monaco has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Louis II., increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Monaco are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Lens. The first defeat after going unbeaten in four league matches. Midfielder Fofana was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Fofana hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Monaco had a home game versus Lorient which ended with a victory 3-1.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this club has had three or more goals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (36 in 16 games), Monaco's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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Montpellier form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Montpellier playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.

Montpellier are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Rennes (placed 6th). Those three points felt good as this club had gone three league games without victory. A heroic performance from Montpellier in their game against Rennes last time out. Things got complicated when Savanier was sent off in the 53rd minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory! Kouyaté, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.22. Kouyaté won 4 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Lille's place.

Montpellier are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Montpellier have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived meeting between these squads is the Montpellier - Monaco 0-2 played earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Monaco won five, Montpellier triumphed in three and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
17 goals
MonacoB. Embolo
B. Embolo
12 goals

Monaco missing players

Montpellier missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monaco Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 15 32
18 9 2 Won W 0 5 12
7 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
7 5 2 Lost L 4 8 16
66 36 6 Scored S 4 22 48
46 27 7 Conceded C 12 27 52
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 88%
62% 69% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 59%
44% 56% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 25%
28% 44% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 19%
66% 75% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 56%
25% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 28%
9% 12% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 20% 16%
 
4.4 4.3 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.5 4.8
4 4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.1 4.7
1.7 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.9
5 5 1 Red cards R C 0 1 10
 
12.6 11.6 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.2 11.3
5.7 5.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.3 4.2
36% 41% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 44% 36%
 
12.8 12.5 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17 12.7 14
4.9 5.1 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.6 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monaco haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 32 24 3 5 75 31 16 12 2 2 37 19 16 12 1 3 38 12 44 75
2 Olympique Marseille 32 20 7 5 59 31 16 8 4 4 29 20 16 12 3 1 30 11 28 67
3 Lens 32 19 9 4 54 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 29 66
4 Monaco 32 18 7 7 66 46 16 9 2 5 36 27 16 9 5 2 30 19 20 61
5 Lille 32 16 8 8 57 40 16 10 4 2 33 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 17 56
6 Rennes 32 16 5 11 51 34 16 12 0 4 33 12 16 4 5 7 18 22 17 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 32 14 8 10 50 36 16 7 5 4 24 14 16 7 3 6 26 22 14 50
8 Reims 32 11 14 7 40 34 16 7 5 4 24 18 16 4 9 3 16 16 6 47
9 Clermont 32 13 7 12 35 43 16 6 3 7 15 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -8 46
10 Nice 32 11 12 9 39 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 16 6 6 4 20 15 8 45
11 Lorient 32 12 9 11 43 44 16 7 4 5 21 16 16 5 5 6 22 28 -1 45
12 Toulouse 32 12 5 15 48 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 6 1 9 22 29 -6 41
13 Montpellier 32 12 4 16 48 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -4 40
14 Auxerre 32 8 9 15 30 53 16 5 6 5 15 22 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 33
15 Strasbourg 32 7 11 14 43 53 16 4 6 6 21 23 16 3 5 8 22 30 -10 32
16 Nantes 32 6 14 12 35 46 16 4 8 4 19 21 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 32
17 Brest 32 7 11 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -13 32
18 Troyes 32 4 10 18 41 69 15 1 9 5 16 24 17 3 1 13 25 45 -28 22
19 Ajaccio 32 6 4 22 22 58 16 3 2 11 9 25 16 3 2 11 13 33 -36 22
20 Angers SCO 32 3 5 24 25 68 17 2 3 12 17 33 15 1 2 12 8 35 -43 14

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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 32 24 3 5 75 31 16 12 2 2 37 19 16 12 1 3 38 12 44 75
2 Olympique Marseille 32 20 7 5 59 31 16 8 4 4 29 20 16 12 3 1 30 11 28 67
3 Lens 32 19 9 4 54 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 29 66
4 Monaco 32 18 7 7 66 46 16 9 2 5 36 27 16 9 5 2 30 19 20 61
5 Lille 32 16 8 8 57 40 16 10 4 2 33 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 17 56
6 Rennes 32 16 5 11 51 34 16 12 0 4 33 12 16 4 5 7 18 22 17 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 32 14 8 10 50 36 16 7 5 4 24 14 16 7 3 6 26 22 14 50
8 Reims 32 11 14 7 40 34 16 7 5 4 24 18 16 4 9 3 16 16 6 47
9 Clermont 32 13 7 12 35 43 16 6 3 7 15 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -8 46
10 Nice 32 11 12 9 39 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 16 6 6 4 20 15 8 45
11 Lorient 32 12 9 11 43 44 16 7 4 5 21 16 16 5 5 6 22 28 -1 45
12 Toulouse 32 12 5 15 48 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 6 1 9 22 29 -6 41
13 Montpellier 32 12 4 16 48 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -4 40
14 Auxerre 32 8 9 15 30 53 16 5 6 5 15 22 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 33
15 Strasbourg 32 7 11 14 43 53 16 4 6 6 21 23 16 3 5 8 22 30 -10 32
16 Nantes 32 6 14 12 35 46 16 4 8 4 19 21 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 32
17 Brest 32 7 11 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -13 32
18 Troyes 32 4 10 18 41 69 15 1 9 5 16 24 17 3 1 13 25 45 -28 22
19 Ajaccio 32 6 4 22 22 58 16 3 2 11 9 25 16 3 2 11 13 33 -36 22
20 Angers SCO 32 3 5 24 25 68 17 2 3 12 17 33 15 1 2 12 8 35 -43 14

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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.