Montpellier vs Brest Preview & Prediction 16 May 2021

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Montpellier are in the 8th position while the guesting Brest worry at 14th.

Insights:

Montpellier have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Ligue 1

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Coupe de France match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Paris Saint Germain, was also a home game here at Stade de la Mosson. The away team is better rested.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Brest, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

Brest are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Montpellier form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Montpellier, who have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Ligue 1, have to build on here at Stade de la Mosson in the Ligue 1.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Paris Saint Germain (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) in the Coupe de France last time out and are looking for a win here. Attacking player Gaëtan Laborde bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.74 out of 10. Laborde scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. The Montpellier goalkeeper Dimitry Bertaud was crucial in the match against Paris Saint Germain (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) last time out, making six saves.

In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 1 match versus Strasbourg with a 3-2 scoreline.

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 four games. Montpellier has won one of these, drawn three and lost zero.

A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 18 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Montpellier defense is not exactly impregnable. 35 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Brest form and stats

There's been little loot from Brest's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 18 away games in the Ligue 1. Brest only have 3 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws.

Brest lost away at Nice (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Steve Mounié got a player rating of 8.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Mounié scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Nantes.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Brest in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Brest, one draw and five defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Brest have scored 18 goals in 18 league games away. As for defending, Brest rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 33 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Brest - Montpellier 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Montpellier victories, four draws and zero Brest wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Laborde

15 goals

A. Delort

14 goals

S. Mavididi

9 goals

Montpellier missing players

Brest missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Montpellier				Brest
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	6	18	36
13	7	3	Won	W	2	3	11
11	3	2	Drew	D	0	3	7
12	8	1	Lost	L	4	12	18
58	34	13	Scored	S	9	18	50
61	35	9	Conceded	C	10	33	64
97%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	94%	94%
89%	94%	83%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	83%	78%	83%
64%	78%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	67%	61%	67%
47%	56%	50%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	33%	39%	44%
22%	33%	33%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	33%	11%	25%
78%	83%	83%	BTTS	BTTS	67%	50%	64%
11%	0%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	17%	17%	17%
14%	17%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	17%	39%	25%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.8	2.3	2.5	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.3	1.3	1.6
6	3	0	Red cards	R C	0	3	4

12.1	14.1	15.5	Shots (avg)	S (	11.7	10.2	11.7
4.4	5.4	6.5	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	3.5	3.1	3.9
36%	35%	33%	Goal Efficiency	G E	43%	33%	35%

Montpellier			First Half	Brest
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	6	18	36
10	5	1	Won	W	3	5	13
15	7	4	Drew	D	1	4	9
11	6	1	Lost	L	2	9	14
23	15	6	Scored	S	5	7	28
27	18	6	Conceded	C	4	14	31
75%	89%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	83%	78%	83%
36%	56%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	33%	28%	47%
17%	22%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	33%	11%	22%
6%	6%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	8%
3%	6%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
28%	39%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	11%	28%
47%	33%	33%	Clean Sheets	C S	33%	39%	36%
50%	39%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	72%	53%

Montpellier			Second Half	Brest
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	6	18	36
11	7	3	Won	W	2	5	8
14	4	1	Drew	D	1	4	13
11	7	2	Lost	L	3	9	15
35	19	7	Scored	S	4	11	22
34	17	3	Conceded	C	6	19	33
89%	94%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	83%	83%	75%
64%	61%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	67%	61%	53%
28%	28%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	22%	22%
8%	11%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	3%
3%	6%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
47%	39%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	17%	28%	33%
28%	22%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	39%	39%
36%	44%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	50%	53%

Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:

Montpellier have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Montpellier have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 1
Montpellier have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Ligue 1
Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Lille	36	23	10	3	62	22	18	10	6	2	28	11	18	13	4	1	34	11	40	79
2	Paris Saint Germain	36	24	4	8	80	28	18	12	1	5	40	14	18	12	3	3	40	14	52	76
3	Monaco	36	23	5	8	74	41	18	11	5	2	41	20	18	12	0	6	33	21	33	74
4	Olympique Lyonnais	36	21	10	5	74	38	18	11	3	4	40	20	18	10	7	1	34	18	36	73
5	Olympique Marseille	36	15	11	10	50	44	18	9	5	4	29	21	18	6	6	6	21	23	6	56
6	Lens	36	15	11	10	55	51	18	7	6	5	28	26	18	8	5	5	27	25	4	56
7	Rennes	36	15	10	11	49	38	18	8	4	6	24	21	18	7	6	5	25	17	11	55
8	Montpellier	36	13	11	12	58	61	18	7	3	8	34	35	18	6	8	4	24	26	-3	50
9	Nice	36	14	7	15	47	49	18	7	3	8	25	28	18	7	4	7	22	21	-2	49
10	Metz	36	12	10	14	42	45	18	5	4	9	18	25	18	7	6	5	24	20	-3	46
11	Saint-Etienne	36	12	9	15	42	53	18	5	6	7	20	28	18	7	3	8	22	25	-11	45
12	Angers SCO	36	12	8	16	37	53	18	6	3	9	19	25	18	6	5	7	18	28	-16	44
13	Reims	36	9	15	12	41	44	18	4	8	6	15	19	18	5	7	6	26	25	-3	42
14	Brest	36	11	7	18	50	64	18	8	4	6	32	31	18	3	3	12	18	33	-14	40
15	Bordeaux	36	11	6	19	37	55	18	6	4	8	16	21	18	5	2	11	21	34	-18	39
16	Strasbourg	36	10	8	18	46	57	18	4	4	10	20	28	18	6	4	8	26	29	-11	38
17	Lorient	36	10	8	18	47	66	18	9	2	7	29	28	18	1	6	11	18	38	-19	38
18	Nantes	36	8	13	15	42	53	18	3	8	7	20	27	18	5	5	8	22	26	-11	37
19	Nimes	36	9	8	19	38	64	18	3	5	10	20	34	18	6	3	9	18	30	-26	35
20	Dijon	36	3	9	24	24	69	18	1	6	11	8	27	18	2	3	13	16	42	-45	18

Montpellier:

Montpellier HSC

Brest:

Brest

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	Lille	36	23	10	3	62	22	18	10	6	2	28	11	18	13	4	1	34	11	40	79
2	Paris Saint Germain	36	24	4	8	80	28	18	12	1	5	40	14	18	12	3	3	40	14	52	76
3	Monaco	36	23	5	8	74	41	18	11	5	2	41	20	18	12	0	6	33	21	33	74
4	Olympique Lyonnais	36	21	10	5	74	38	18	11	3	4	40	20	18	10	7	1	34	18	36	73
5	Olympique Marseille	36	15	11	10	50	44	18	9	5	4	29	21	18	6	6	6	21	23	6	56
6	Lens	36	15	11	10	55	51	18	7	6	5	28	26	18	8	5	5	27	25	4	56
7	Rennes	36	15	10	11	49	38	18	8	4	6	24	21	18	7	6	5	25	17	11	55
8	Montpellier	36	13	11	12	58	61	18	7	3	8	34	35	18	6	8	4	24	26	-3	50
9	Nice	36	14	7	15	47	49	18	7	3	8	25	28	18	7	4	7	22	21	-2	49
10	Metz	36	12	10	14	42	45	18	5	4	9	18	25	18	7	6	5	24	20	-3	46
11	Saint-Etienne	36	12	9	15	42	53	18	5	6	7	20	28	18	7	3	8	22	25	-11	45
12	Angers SCO	36	12	8	16	37	53	18	6	3	9	19	25	18	6	5	7	18	28	-16	44
13	Reims	36	9	15	12	41	44	18	4	8	6	15	19	18	5	7	6	26	25	-3	42
14	Brest	36	11	7	18	50	64	18	8	4	6	32	31	18	3	3	12	18	33	-14	40
15	Bordeaux	36	11	6	19	37	55	18	6	4	8	16	21	18	5	2	11	21	34	-18	39
16	Strasbourg	36	10	8	18	46	57	18	4	4	10	20	28	18	6	4	8	26	29	-11	38
17	Lorient	36	10	8	18	47	66	18	9	2	7	29	28	18	1	6	11	18	38	-19	38
18	Nantes	36	8	13	15	42	53	18	3	8	7	20	27	18	5	5	8	22	26	-11	37
19	Nimes	36	9	8	19	38	64	18	3	5	10	20	34	18	6	3	9	18	30	-26	35
20	Dijon	36	3	9	24	24	69	18	1	6	11	8	27	18	2	3	13	16	42	-45	18