Montpellier favourites for feisty fight facing Metz

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

With their 18 point edge in the league standings, Montpellier club members hope to see their beloved team win full points from this fixture vs Metz.

Insights:
  • Metz have the fewest scored goals (29) in Ligue 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier have played 17 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Montpellier faced defeat in their previous match, away at Olympique Lyonnais (2-5). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Omlin had a busy but productive day in the Olympique Lyonnais match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Savanier (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.44/10. Savanier scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 61 successful passes (of 68 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Lens.

Montpellier has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Montpellier's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Metz form and stats

There's been little loot from Metz's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 17 away games in the Ligue 1. Metz only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws. Metz are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Reims fixture.

The attacking players of Metz have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 246 minutes.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Brest with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Kouyaté was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender Kouyaté won 11 of 19 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lorient wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Metz as they have only managed to score 12 times from 17 away games in the league. Metz struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 31 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged meeting featuring both these participants is the Metz - Montpellier 1-3 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montpellier two wins, three draws and Metz five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MontpellierS. Wahi
S. Wahi
9 goals
MontpellierT. Savanier
T. Savanier
8 goals
MontpellierS. Mavididi
S. Mavididi
8 goals

Montpellier missing players

Metz missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montpellier Metz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 6 17 34
12 7 4 Won W 2 3 4
6 4 1 Drew D 2 5 12
16 6 1 Lost L 2 9 18
46 25 13 Scored S 5 12 29
51 20 6 Conceded C 8 31 60
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 85%
74% 59% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 59% 71%
44% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 47%
38% 35% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 35% 29%
21% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 18%
47% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 41% 50%
29% 35% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 21%
29% 29% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 47% 44%
 
4.8 5.7 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.4 4
5.6 4.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 7.9 6.8
1.9 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.4
9 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 8
 
11.1 14.2 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.3 9.9
3.9 4.8 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.1
34% 30% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 27%
 
15.9 13 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 14 14.6
5.6 4.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Metz have the fewest scored goals (12) away in Ligue 1
  • Metz have the fewest scored goals (29) in Ligue 1
  • Metz is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Montpellier have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metz have scored away.

  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 24 6 4 76 31 17 15 2 0 42 10 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 78
2 Olympique Marseille 34 19 8 7 56 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 17 11 3 3 27 14 23 65
3 Rennes 34 18 5 11 75 36 17 12 1 4 46 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 39 59
4 Monaco 34 17 8 9 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 20 59
5 Nice 34 17 7 10 43 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 14 57
6 Strasbourg 34 15 11 8 55 36 17 10 4 3 32 15 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 56
7 Lens 34 15 9 10 53 42 17 9 5 3 31 16 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 54
8 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 11 9 56 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 16 4 6 6 17 22 11 52
9 Lille 34 13 12 9 42 40 17 7 7 3 21 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 2 51
10 Nantes 34 14 8 12 48 41 17 10 3 4 30 18 17 4 5 8 18 23 7 50
11 Brest 34 12 9 13 43 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -5 45
12 Montpellier 34 12 6 16 46 51 17 7 4 6 25 20 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 42
13 Reims 34 9 13 12 36 37 17 5 6 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 40
14 Angers SCO 34 8 11 15 38 51 17 6 2 9 17 22 17 2 9 6 21 29 -13 35
15 Lorient 34 8 10 16 33 57 16 6 5 5 18 16 18 2 5 11 15 41 -24 34
16 Troyes 34 8 9 17 30 47 17 4 7 6 15 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -17 33
17 Clermont 34 8 9 17 35 63 17 3 6 8 19 30 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 33
18 Saint-Étienne 34 7 10 17 38 68 18 4 6 8 23 36 16 3 4 9 15 32 -30 31
19 Bordeaux 34 5 12 17 47 84 17 3 6 8 25 32 17 2 6 9 22 52 -37 27
20 Metz 34 4 12 18 29 60 17 1 7 9 17 29 17 3 5 9 12 31 -31 24

Montpellier:
Metz:
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 24 6 4 76 31 17 15 2 0 42 10 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 78
2 Olympique Marseille 34 19 8 7 56 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 17 11 3 3 27 14 23 65
3 Rennes 34 18 5 11 75 36 17 12 1 4 46 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 39 59
4 Monaco 34 17 8 9 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 20 59
5 Nice 34 17 7 10 43 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 14 57
6 Strasbourg 34 15 11 8 55 36 17 10 4 3 32 15 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 56
7 Lens 34 15 9 10 53 42 17 9 5 3 31 16 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 54
8 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 11 9 56 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 16 4 6 6 17 22 11 52
9 Lille 34 13 12 9 42 40 17 7 7 3 21 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 2 51
10 Nantes 34 14 8 12 48 41 17 10 3 4 30 18 17 4 5 8 18 23 7 50
11 Brest 34 12 9 13 43 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -5 45
12 Montpellier 34 12 6 16 46 51 17 7 4 6 25 20 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 42
13 Reims 34 9 13 12 36 37 17 5 6 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 40
14 Angers SCO 34 8 11 15 38 51 17 6 2 9 17 22 17 2 9 6 21 29 -13 35
15 Lorient 34 8 10 16 33 57 16 6 5 5 18 16 18 2 5 11 15 41 -24 34
16 Troyes 34 8 9 17 30 47 17 4 7 6 15 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -17 33
17 Clermont 34 8 9 17 35 63 17 3 6 8 19 30 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 33
18 Saint-Étienne 34 7 10 17 38 68 18 4 6 8 23 36 16 3 4 9 15 32 -30 31
19 Bordeaux 34 5 12 17 47 84 17 3 6 8 25 32 17 2 6 9 22 52 -37 27
20 Metz 34 4 12 18 29 60 17 1 7 9 17 29 17 3 5 9 12 31 -31 24

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