Another action-packed fixture in Ligue 1 as Montpellier welcome Lorient

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 03.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Montpellier fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lorient.

Insights:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lorient have the fewest points (7) away in Ligue 1

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 Lorient.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Lorient have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 14-9-18 (win-draw-loss) from 41 matches.

It's quite the trip for Lorient when visiting Montpellier as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier have collected 19 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 6-1-7. Montpellier has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade de la Mosson, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The home team returns to Stade de la Mosson after being equal after 90 minutes with Reims (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Rennes in a game that was won 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Montpellier handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, three draws and four defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Montpellier as they are travelling to their away game against Olympique d'Ales in the Coupe de France. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. Montpellier have conceded 28 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Lorient form and stats

Lorient, who have the fewest points (7) away in Ligue 1, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-4-8 (13 played).

Lorient had fun at their own home (Stade de la Mosson) last time out, beating Saint-Étienne 2-1. Armand Lauriente (2) scored. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Nîmes's place.

Armand Lauriente came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Saint-Étienne last time out, making the manager C. Pélissier feel like a tactical genius.

Lorient are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Lorient has another fixture away, a Coupe de France game, against Le Puy F.43 Auvergne in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lorient as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. Lorient have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Lorient - Montpellier 0-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Montpellier, four draws and one win for Lorient. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

MontpellierA. Delort
A. Delort
9 goals
MontpellierG. Laborde
G. Laborde
9 goals
LorientT. Moffi
T. Moffi
8 goals

Montpellier missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montpellier Lorient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 5 13 27
11 6 2 Won W 1 1 7
6 1 1 Drew D 2 4 5
10 7 1 Lost L 2 8 15
43 26 9 Scored S 7 12 33
46 28 7 Conceded C 8 25 51
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
85% 93% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 81%
67% 79% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 54% 59%
48% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 46% 44%
22% 36% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 22%
70% 79% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 54% 56%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 11%
19% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 46% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.9
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.1 13.6 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 10.8 10.4
4.4 5.3 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.3
36% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lorient have the fewest points (7) away in Ligue 1
  • 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lorient have scored away.
  • 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 27 17 8 2 47 17 14 8 5 1 22 8 13 9 3 1 25 9 30 59
2 Paris Saint Germain 27 18 3 6 61 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 13 8 2 3 27 9 44 57
3 Olympique Lyonnais 26 16 7 3 54 24 13 8 3 2 28 12 13 8 4 1 26 12 30 55
4 Monaco 27 17 4 6 56 37 14 9 4 1 32 17 13 8 0 5 24 20 19 55
5 Metz 27 11 8 8 33 26 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 6 4 4 17 13 7 41
6 Lens 27 11 8 8 39 37 13 5 4 4 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 19 2 41
7 Montpellier 27 11 6 10 43 46 14 6 1 7 26 28 13 5 5 3 17 18 -3 39
8 Olympique Marseille 25 10 8 7 33 29 12 5 3 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 15 13 4 38
9 Rennes 26 10 8 8 33 30 14 5 3 6 16 19 12 5 5 2 17 11 3 38
10 Angers SCO 27 10 6 11 32 42 13 5 2 6 15 19 14 5 4 5 17 23 -10 36
11 Bordeaux 27 9 6 12 28 33 14 5 4 5 13 14 13 4 2 7 15 19 -5 33
12 Nice 27 9 5 13 33 39 13 3 2 8 14 24 14 6 3 5 19 15 -6 32
13 Reims 27 7 10 10 32 34 13 4 5 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 21 22 -2 31
14 Brest 27 9 4 14 39 49 13 7 1 5 26 24 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 31
15 Strasbourg 27 8 6 13 35 41 13 3 4 6 14 17 14 5 2 7 21 24 -6 30
16 Saint-Étienne 27 7 9 11 27 39 13 3 6 4 12 18 14 4 3 7 15 21 -12 30
17 Lorient 27 7 5 15 33 51 14 6 1 7 21 26 13 1 4 8 12 25 -18 26
18 Nîmes 27 7 4 16 26 52 14 3 2 9 16 28 13 4 2 7 10 24 -26 25
19 Nantes 27 4 12 11 27 42 13 2 7 4 13 20 14 2 5 7 14 22 -15 24
20 Dijon 27 2 9 16 18 44 14 0 6 8 4 18 13 2 3 8 14 26 -26 15

Montpellier:
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 27 17 8 2 47 17 14 8 5 1 22 8 13 9 3 1 25 9 30 59
2 Paris Saint Germain 27 18 3 6 61 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 13 8 2 3 27 9 44 57
3 Olympique Lyonnais 26 16 7 3 54 24 13 8 3 2 28 12 13 8 4 1 26 12 30 55
4 Monaco 27 17 4 6 56 37 14 9 4 1 32 17 13 8 0 5 24 20 19 55
5 Metz 27 11 8 8 33 26 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 6 4 4 17 13 7 41
6 Lens 27 11 8 8 39 37 13 5 4 4 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 19 2 41
7 Montpellier 27 11 6 10 43 46 14 6 1 7 26 28 13 5 5 3 17 18 -3 39
8 Olympique Marseille 25 10 8 7 33 29 12 5 3 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 15 13 4 38
9 Rennes 26 10 8 8 33 30 14 5 3 6 16 19 12 5 5 2 17 11 3 38
10 Angers SCO 27 10 6 11 32 42 13 5 2 6 15 19 14 5 4 5 17 23 -10 36
11 Bordeaux 27 9 6 12 28 33 14 5 4 5 13 14 13 4 2 7 15 19 -5 33
12 Nice 27 9 5 13 33 39 13 3 2 8 14 24 14 6 3 5 19 15 -6 32
13 Reims 27 7 10 10 32 34 13 4 5 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 21 22 -2 31
14 Brest 27 9 4 14 39 49 13 7 1 5 26 24 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 31
15 Strasbourg 27 8 6 13 35 41 13 3 4 6 14 17 14 5 2 7 21 24 -6 30
16 Saint-Étienne 27 7 9 11 27 39 13 3 6 4 12 18 14 4 3 7 15 21 -12 30
17 Lorient 27 7 5 15 33 51 14 6 1 7 21 26 13 1 4 8 12 25 -18 26
18 Nîmes 27 7 4 16 26 52 14 3 2 9 16 28 13 4 2 7 10 24 -26 25
19 Nantes 27 4 12 11 27 42 13 2 7 4 13 20 14 2 5 7 14 22 -15 24
20 Dijon 27 2 9 16 18 44 14 0 6 8 4 18 13 2 3 8 14 26 -26 15

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