Top-notch Monaco land at Montpellier after their 4-0-result versus Clermont. Check out our broad match preview!
- Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Monaco have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Montpellier have less rest than Monaco in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 1 game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Troyes, was also a home game here at Stade de la Mosson. The away team is better rested.
Montpellier form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Montpellier have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
Montpellier's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Troyes (placed 15th). Midfielder Chotard was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Chotard had 41 successful passes (of 45 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Strasbourg.A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Montpellier have conceded 11 goals.
Monaco form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Monaco goalkeeper Alexander Nubel is eager to challenge this, with his 254 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Yedder (2), Diop and Henrique scored in Monaco's previous match, the home game against Clermont that ended 4-0. Yedder, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.4. Yedder scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Nantes.Monaco have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Monaco have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Monaco - Montpellier 3-1. Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Montpellier, four draws and four wins for Monaco. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 12 goals |   S. Mavididi 6 goals |  S. Diop 6 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Monaco missing players
| Montpellier | Monaco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 33 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 90% |
| 76% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 86% |
| 48% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 52% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 38% |
| 19% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 48% |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 24% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 14.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.2 | 11.2 |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 38% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 27% | 39% |
| 15.5 | 13 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.4 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- Monaco have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | PSG | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 50 |
| 2 | Nice | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 5 | Rennes | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 34 |
| 6 | Monaco | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | Lens | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Lille | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Nantes | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Brest | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Reims | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Troyes | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 16 | Metz | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 17 | Clermont | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -18 | 18 |
| 18 | Lorient | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -18 | 17 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 12 |
