This is the game, this is Ligue 1 and this is Montpellier - Nantes. Prepare with our full match preview!
- Montpellier have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Montpellier form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Montpellier so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager O. Dall’Oglio led his Montpellier to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Monaco. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Mosson. Midfield player Teji Savanier got a match rating of 7.24 in that game, the max score being 10. Savanier scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, Montpellier won a home game hosting Lens (1-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Montpellier perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Montpellier as a small favourite), we find six games. Montpellier has won two of these, drawn four and lost zero.
Goals decide football matches and Montpellier are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Montpellier's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nantes form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nantes playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Nantes are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Ligue 1 against Clermont (placed 14th). A heroic performance from Nantes in their game against Clermont last time out. Things got complicated when Sébastien Corchia was sent off in the 41st minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 2-1 victory! The attacker Ludovic Blas got a match rating of 8.52 in that game. Blas scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that, Nantes travelled to Bordeaux and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Nantes in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Nantes, six draws and eight defeats.
Nantes have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Nantes have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Montpellier wins - draws - Nantes wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Blas 6 goals |   T. Savanier 3 goals |  S. Mavididi 3 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Nantes missing players
| Montpellier | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 55% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 16.3 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.4 | 10.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 35% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 44% | 34% |
- Montpellier have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nantes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nantes 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Lens | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Nice | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Rennes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Angers SCO | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Nantes | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Monaco | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Lille | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Lorient | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 14 | Clermont | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 13 |
| 15 | Troyes | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Reims | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Brest | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 19 | Metz | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 5 |