Montpellier vs Nice match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

Montpellier welcome Nice for another interesting Ligue 1 fixture here at Stade de la Mosson.

Montpellier and Nice 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.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier lost their last game at Rennes (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Montpellier lost 0-5 at Rennes's place.

Jonas Omlin had a busy but productive day in the Rennes match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Montpellier, as the Ligue 1 home game vs Olympique Lyonnais is only three days away.

Last season, Montpellier's league statistics were 11 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 28 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season Montpellier managed 10-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 10 conceded.

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Nice form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ligue 1, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 13 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Nice, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Strasbourg (placed 19th) in the Ligue 1 last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Lens.

Nice have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Montpellier-Nice H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Montpellier four wins, Nice five wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NiceK. Dolberg
K. Dolberg
2 goals
NiceA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
2 goals
MontpellierG. Laborde
G. Laborde
1 goals

Montpellier missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montpellier Nice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 1 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 2 2 4
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1 1
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 6 4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Total Shots T S 3 3 7
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 2 2 4
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 100%
Montpellier Last season Nice
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   13 28
11 10   Won W   3 11
7 2   Drew D   4 8
10 2   Lost L   6 9
35 26   Scored S   13 41
34 10   Conceded C   18 38
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
61% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 89%
50% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 61%
29% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 25%
11% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 11%
43% 43%   BTTS BTTS   69% 79%
29% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 14%
36% 14%   Failed to Score F T   23% 11%
 
4.6 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.7
4.7 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.8
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
5 2   Red cards R C   3 7
 
357 219   Total Shots T S   134 338
121 83   Shots on Target S O   51 128
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nice 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 Bordeaux 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
3 Monaco 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Rennes 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Lille 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Nantes 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Nîmes 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
8 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
9 Saint-Étienne 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
10 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
11 Lorient 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
12 Angers SCO 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
13 Reims 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Lens 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Metz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Dijon 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
19 Strasbourg 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
20 Brest 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0
Last season 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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Étienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nîmes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13

Montpellier:
Nice:
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 Nice 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 Bordeaux 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
3 Monaco 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Rennes 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Lille 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Nantes 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Nîmes 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
8 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
9 Saint-Étienne 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
10 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
11 Lorient 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
12 Angers SCO 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
13 Reims 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Lens 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Metz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Dijon 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
19 Strasbourg 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
20 Brest 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0

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