Ligue 1 match lowdown: Montpellier versus Angers SCO

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

5th spot in the Ligue 1 table for Montpellier so far, a tip-top campaign. The match-going followers hope for more glory as 9th-placed Angers SCO visit Stade de la Mosson.

Insights:
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Angers SCO have scored in all their away matches so far.

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 Montpellier and Angers SCO.

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Montpellier form and stats

5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Montpellier so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Montpellier, as their goalkeeper Jonas Omlin has completely shut out the opponents for 200 minutes in the Ligue 1.

Montpellier enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Andrezieux's place. The match ended 1-0 with Savanier scoring.

Before that match, a Ligue 1 win away at Brest.

This is expected to be a close game, with Montpellier perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Montpellier as a small favourite), we find six games. Montpellier has won two of these, drawn four and lost zero.

Montpellier have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Mosson with 15 goals in 9 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Angers SCO form and stats

2 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Angers SCO playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.

Two away games in a row for Angers SCO, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Linas-Montlhery in the Coupe de France.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Clermont.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Angers SCO in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Angers, eight draws and two defeats.

The visiting Angers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. Angers have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these contenders: Montpellier won three, Angers SCO were winners in three and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MontpellierS. Mavididi
S. Mavididi
5 goals
Angers SCOS. Boufal
S. Boufal
5 goals
MontpellierT. Savanier
T. Savanier
4 goals

Montpellier missing players

Angers SCO missing players

Montpellier Angers SCO
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 18
8 5 1 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 1 Drew D 1 6 7
6 2 1 Lost L 1 1 5
29 15 3 Scored S 3 13 25
23 9 2 Conceded C 4 11 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
44% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 50%
39% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 28%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
50% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 67%
33% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
17% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
4.6 4.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 5.4
5.4 4.8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.8 4.2
2.1 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 1.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 15.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.7 10.3
4.3 5.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.9
37% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 42% 36%
 
15.4 12.7 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.3 10.4
4.8 3.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Angers SCO's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Angers SCO have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 18 14 3 1 38 16 9 8 1 0 21 6 9 6 2 1 17 10 22 45
2 Olympique Marseille 17 9 5 3 25 14 9 4 3 2 15 9 8 5 2 1 10 5 11 32
3 Rennes 18 9 4 5 33 16 10 6 1 3 19 8 8 3 3 2 14 8 17 31
4 Nice 18 9 4 5 27 16 9 3 3 3 12 11 9 6 1 2 15 5 11 30
5 Montpellier 18 8 4 6 29 23 9 5 2 2 15 9 9 3 2 4 14 14 6 28
6 Lens 18 7 6 5 32 26 9 4 4 1 18 9 9 3 2 4 14 17 6 27
7 Strasbourg 18 7 5 6 34 24 10 5 2 3 23 12 8 2 3 3 11 12 10 26
8 Monaco 18 7 5 6 27 22 9 4 3 2 17 10 9 3 2 4 10 12 5 26
9 Angers SCO 18 6 7 5 25 23 9 4 1 4 12 12 9 2 6 1 13 11 2 25
10 Nantes 18 7 4 7 24 23 9 5 1 3 14 10 9 2 3 4 10 13 1 25
11 Lille 18 6 7 5 23 24 9 4 4 1 11 10 9 2 3 4 12 14 -1 25
12 Brest 18 6 6 6 25 27 9 3 3 3 13 13 9 3 3 3 12 14 -2 24
13 Olympique Lyonnais 17 6 6 5 25 25 8 4 3 1 16 10 9 2 3 4 9 15 0 23
14 Reims 18 5 7 6 21 21 9 3 3 3 11 10 9 2 4 3 10 11 0 22
15 Bordeaux 18 3 8 7 28 40 9 1 4 4 13 17 9 2 4 3 15 23 -12 17
16 Clermont 18 4 5 9 20 32 8 2 3 3 10 11 10 2 2 6 10 21 -12 17
17 Troyes 18 4 4 10 17 27 9 2 3 4 10 11 9 2 1 6 7 16 -10 16
18 Metz 18 3 6 9 22 38 9 1 4 4 14 19 9 2 2 5 8 19 -16 15
19 Lorient 18 3 6 9 14 30 8 3 2 3 7 8 10 0 4 6 7 22 -16 15
20 Saint-Etienne 18 2 6 10 17 39 9 1 4 4 10 20 9 1 2 6 7 19 -22 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.