Montpellier look to Stade de la Mosson supporters for inspiration before Lorient match

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

Who will run out as winners when Lorient go to play Montpellier? In this game guide you'll find all the relevant info and data required to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Lorient play their home games on artifical turf, while this game takes place on grass. The latest stats for Lorient when featuring on grass are 9 wins, 12 draws and 18 defeats from 39 matches. They have created {48 goals} and conceded 73 times in these games.

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

This could be an exciting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Montpellier form and stats

7-2-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Montpellier so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Zakarian led his Montpellier to a defeat away at Olympique Lyonnais. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Mosson. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Olympique Lyonnais) as a comfortable lead 4-1 was completely ruined into a loss 4-5. A strange day for Montpellier and Wahi last time out against Olympique Lyonnais: The player scored four goals but the team still lost the match 4-5. The forward Wahi was announced as "man of the match" for Montpellier with a rating of 9.84/10. Wahi scored four goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Monaco.

A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 17 league matches. Montpellier's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 25 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lorient form and stats

6-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lorient in their Ligue 1 matches away.

Kone (2) scored in Lorient's previous match, the home game against Brest that ended 2-1. The attacker Kone got a match rating of 8.2 in that game. Kone scored two goals.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Paris Saint Germain with the score of 3-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Lorient when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lorient have scored 25 goals in 17 league games away. In the opposite end, Lorient have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Montpellier have avoided defeat in the last 9 fixtures (6-3-0) versus Lorient.

The fixture lists shows this result when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Lorient - Montpellier 0-2.

Montpellier missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montpellier Lorient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
13 7 1 Won W 0 6 14
4 2 1 Drew D 3 5 9
17 8 2 Lost L 1 6 11
56 26 5 Scored S 5 25 48
57 25 6 Conceded C 7 29 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 88%
88% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 76% 74%
62% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 65% 62%
29% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 53% 35%
21% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 9%
56% 65% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 76% 65%
29% 24% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 24%
15% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 24%
 
5 5.1 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 3.9
4.6 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.4
1.9 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1.2
10 9 2 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.6 12.4 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.4 10.9
4.4 4.9 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4.4
38% 31% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 38% 32%
 
13.9 15.2 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19.2 16.6 15.1
5.4 5.9 8.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.4 4.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 34 25 3 6 79 35 17 12 2 3 38 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 44 78
2 Lens 34 21 9 4 57 26 17 15 1 1 36 12 17 6 8 3 21 14 31 72
3 Olympique Marseille 34 21 7 6 62 34 17 9 4 4 31 21 17 12 3 2 31 13 28 70
4 Monaco 34 19 7 8 68 51 17 9 2 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 64
5 Lille 34 17 8 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 17 6 4 7 24 18 19 59
6 Rennes 34 17 5 12 56 38 17 13 0 4 37 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 18 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 34 16 8 10 57 41 17 8 5 4 29 18 17 8 3 6 28 23 16 56
8 Nice 34 13 12 9 42 32 17 6 6 5 21 17 17 7 6 4 21 15 10 51
9 Lorient 34 14 9 11 48 46 17 8 4 5 23 17 17 6 5 6 25 29 2 51
10 Reims 34 12 14 8 41 35 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 6 50
11 Clermont 34 14 8 12 37 44 17 7 3 7 16 27 17 7 5 5 21 17 -7 50
12 Montpellier 34 13 4 17 56 57 17 7 2 8 26 25 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 43
13 Toulouse 34 12 6 16 48 55 17 6 4 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 42
14 Strasbourg 34 8 11 15 46 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -9 35
15 Brest 34 8 11 15 38 50 16 5 5 6 20 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -12 35
16 Auxerre 34 8 10 16 32 56 17 5 7 5 16 23 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 34
17 Nantes 34 6 14 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 17 2 6 9 16 27 -15 32
18 Ajaccio 34 6 5 23 22 61 17 3 3 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 23
19 Troyes 34 4 10 20 42 73 17 1 9 7 17 28 17 3 1 13 25 45 -31 22
20 Angers SCO 34 3 5 26 28 74 18 2 3 13 18 35 16 1 2 13 10 39 -46 14

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 Paris Saint Germain 34 25 3 6 79 35 17 12 2 3 38 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 44 78
2 Lens 34 21 9 4 57 26 17 15 1 1 36 12 17 6 8 3 21 14 31 72
3 Olympique Marseille 34 21 7 6 62 34 17 9 4 4 31 21 17 12 3 2 31 13 28 70
4 Monaco 34 19 7 8 68 51 17 9 2 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 64
5 Lille 34 17 8 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 17 6 4 7 24 18 19 59
6 Rennes 34 17 5 12 56 38 17 13 0 4 37 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 18 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 34 16 8 10 57 41 17 8 5 4 29 18 17 8 3 6 28 23 16 56
8 Nice 34 13 12 9 42 32 17 6 6 5 21 17 17 7 6 4 21 15 10 51
9 Lorient 34 14 9 11 48 46 17 8 4 5 23 17 17 6 5 6 25 29 2 51
10 Reims 34 12 14 8 41 35 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 6 50
11 Clermont 34 14 8 12 37 44 17 7 3 7 16 27 17 7 5 5 21 17 -7 50
12 Montpellier 34 13 4 17 56 57 17 7 2 8 26 25 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 43
13 Toulouse 34 12 6 16 48 55 17 6 4 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 42
14 Strasbourg 34 8 11 15 46 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -9 35
15 Brest 34 8 11 15 38 50 16 5 5 6 20 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -12 35
16 Auxerre 34 8 10 16 32 56 17 5 7 5 16 23 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 34
17 Nantes 34 6 14 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 17 2 6 9 16 27 -15 32
18 Ajaccio 34 6 5 23 22 61 17 3 3 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 23
19 Troyes 34 4 10 20 42 73 17 1 9 7 17 28 17 3 1 13 25 45 -31 22
20 Angers SCO 34 3 5 26 28 74 18 2 3 13 18 35 16 1 2 13 10 39 -46 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.