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

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 18.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (32939 seats)

It's advantage Montpellier so far with their 5th position in the Ligue 1 table, welcoming Nantes who are placed 10th.

Montpellier and Nantes should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It's quite the trip for Nantes when visiting Montpellier as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier have played 18 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Montpellier, who won 1-0 against Saint-Étienne. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Amiens SC that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Montpellier have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Montpellier have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Mosson with 30 goals in 18 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Nantes form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nantes so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-10 (win-draw-lose).

Nantes are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Nice. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Dijon.

Nantes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of five matches.

The attacking power of Nantes when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored in 18 matches. 23 goals have been conceded by Nantes in these games.

Head 2 Head

Nantes - Montpellier 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Montpellier victories, 0 draws and 6 Nantes wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Delort
14 goals / 7 assists
G. Laborde
11 goals / 4 assists
K. Coulibaly
7 goals / 2 assists

Montpellier missing players

Nantes missing players

Montpellier Nantes
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played 5 18 36
15 8 2 Won 1 4 13
13 7 3 Drew 1 4 8
8 3 1 Lost 3 10 15
52 30 11 Scored 4 12 47
40 19 9 Conceded 8 23 46
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 94%
75% 83% 83% Over 1.5 80% 56% 69%
47% 50% 67% Over 2.5 60% 33% 47%
25% 28% 50% Over 3.5 0% 6% 25%
11% 11% 17% Over 4.5 0% 6% 19%
56% 56% 67% BTTS 60% 39% 50%
33% 39% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 11% 22%
19% 11% 0% Failed To Score 40% 56% 33%
 
4.3 4.8 4.5 Corners For (avg) 3.4 3.7 4.9
4.7 3.9 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 7.6 5.3 4.7
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2.3 2
4 0 0 Red Cards 0 5 6
Key stats this season:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nantes have scored away.
  • Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Montpellier
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-03-19 L1 Olympique Lyonnais 3 - 2 Montpellier
03-04-19 L1 Montpellier 2 - 0 Guingamp
07-04-19 L1 Nice 1 - 0 Montpellier
14-04-19 L1 Montpellier 2 - 1 Toulouse
20-04-19 L1 Strasbourg 1 - 3 Montpellier
30-04-19 L1 Montpellier 3 - 2 PSG
05-05-19 L1 Montpellier 1 - 1 Amiens SC
10-05-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 0 - 1 Montpellier
18-05-19 L1 Montpellier 19:00 Nantes
25-05-19 L1 Olympique Marseille - Montpellier
Nantes
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-04-19 CDF PSG 3 - 0 Nantes
07-04-19 L1 Toulouse 1 - 0 Nantes
12-04-19 L1 Nantes 2 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais
17-04-19 L1 Nantes 3 - 2 PSG
21-04-19 L1 Nantes 3 - 2 Amiens SC
28-04-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 2 Nantes
05-05-19 L1 Nantes 3 - 0 Dijon
11-05-19 L1 Nice 1 - 1 Nantes
18-05-19 L1 Montpellier 19:00 Nantes
25-05-19 L1 Nantes - Strasbourg

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 36 28 4 4 100 32 18 16 2 0 59 10 18 12 2 4 41 22 68 88
2 Lille 36 21 9 6 62 30 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 32 72
3 Olympique Lyonnais 36 19 9 8 63 45 18 11 4 3 34 19 18 8 5 5 29 26 18 66
4 Saint-Étienne 36 18 8 10 55 40 18 12 2 4 31 14 18 6 6 6 24 26 15 62
5 Montpellier 36 15 13 8 52 40 18 8 7 3 30 19 18 7 6 5 22 21 12 58
6 Olympique Marseille 36 16 7 13 54 50 18 10 4 4 30 17 18 6 3 9 24 33 4 55
7 Nice 36 14 11 11 28 32 18 9 4 5 17 14 18 5 7 6 11 18 -4 53
8 Nîmes 36 15 7 14 53 53 18 9 5 4 28 17 18 6 2 10 25 36 0 52
9 Reims 36 11 16 9 35 41 18 7 7 4 18 17 18 4 9 5 17 24 -6 49
10 Nantes 36 13 8 15 47 46 18 9 4 5 35 23 18 4 4 10 12 23 1 47
11 Strasbourg 36 10 16 10 57 46 18 6 8 4 31 23 18 4 8 6 26 23 11 46
12 Rennes 36 11 13 12 50 51 18 7 7 4 24 17 18 4 6 8 26 34 -1 46
13 Angers SCO 36 10 15 11 43 43 18 5 8 5 23 21 18 5 7 6 20 22 0 45
14 Bordeaux 36 9 11 16 33 41 18 7 6 5 24 20 18 2 5 11 9 21 -8 38
15 Toulouse 36 8 14 14 32 50 18 4 9 5 18 21 18 4 5 9 14 29 -18 38
16 Amiens SC 36 8 11 17 29 49 18 6 5 7 18 21 18 2 6 10 11 28 -20 35
17 Monaco 36 7 12 17 36 55 18 3 6 9 17 29 18 4 6 8 19 26 -19 33
18 Caen 36 7 12 17 29 49 18 4 5 9 16 26 18 3 7 8 13 23 -20 33
19 Dijon 36 8 7 21 29 55 18 5 4 9 16 28 18 3 3 12 13 27 -26 31
20 Guingamp 36 5 11 20 25 64 18 3 6 9 14 25 18 2 5 11 11 39 -39 26

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