Betting preview: Montpellier vs Nice should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

No shortage of good and bad for these two contenders so far, sitting in positions near the middle of the Ligue 1 table. Here's the Montpellier - Nice latest:

Insights:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Ligue 1

Montpellier are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Nice most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Montpellier form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Montpellier have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 18 games.

Montpellier are returning here after visiting Nantes and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Ferri, Nordin and Sacko scored the goal(s). Midfield player Chotard got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Chotard signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 47 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Lorient.

A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 18 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Montpellier have conceded 26 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nice form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Moffi was the last player to score for the away team. Nice haven't scored a league goal in the last 198 minutes.

There were no winners in Nice's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Toulouse (placed 13th). Dante, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.13. Dante won 8 of 10 duels.

Prior to that match, the Nice manager Digard faced defeat when travelling to Strasbourg and losing 0-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nice have scored 21 goals in 18 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Nice as they have only conceded 17 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These sides met each other before this campaign: Nice - Montpellier 6-1. Data for the prior ten meetings between these two contenders are: five wins for Montpellier, one draw and four wins for Nice. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

MontpellierS. Wahi
S. Wahi
17 goals
NiceG. Laborde
G. Laborde
10 goals

Montpellier missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montpellier Nice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
14 7 1 Won W 1 7 13
5 3 2 Drew D 3 6 13
17 8 2 Lost L 1 5 10
60 27 6 Scored S 4 21 42
58 26 7 Conceded C 4 17 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 89%
89% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 64%
61% 67% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 39% 36%
28% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
19% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 50%
31% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 28% 31%
14% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 22% 31%
 
5.2 5.4 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 5
4.7 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.2
1.8 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.4
10 9 2 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
11.8 12.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 12.2 13.5
4.4 4.9 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 5
38% 31% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 24% 23%
 
13.8 15 16.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 12.5 11.7
5.2 5.7 7.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 36 27 3 6 86 36 18 13 2 3 43 22 18 14 1 3 43 14 50 84
2 Lens 36 23 9 4 62 28 18 16 1 1 38 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 34 78
3 Olympique Marseille 36 22 7 7 66 37 18 10 4 4 34 22 18 12 3 3 32 15 29 73
4 Monaco 36 19 8 9 69 54 18 9 3 6 36 31 18 10 5 3 33 23 15 65
5 Lille 36 18 9 9 62 42 18 12 4 2 38 24 18 6 5 7 24 18 20 63
6 Rennes 36 19 5 12 65 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 27 62
7 Olympique Lyonnais 36 17 8 11 61 44 18 9 5 4 32 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 17 59
8 Clermont 36 15 8 13 40 47 18 8 3 7 18 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -7 53
9 Nice 36 13 13 10 42 34 18 6 7 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 52
10 Lorient 36 14 10 12 50 50 18 8 4 6 24 20 18 6 6 6 26 30 0 52
11 Reims 36 12 15 9 44 39 18 8 6 4 27 20 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 51
12 Montpellier 36 14 5 17 60 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 18 7 2 9 33 32 2 47
13 Toulouse 36 12 8 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 44
14 Brest 36 10 11 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 23 24 18 3 6 9 18 27 -10 41
15 Strasbourg 36 9 12 15 49 56 18 5 6 7 24 25 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 39
16 Auxerre 36 8 10 18 33 59 18 5 7 6 17 25 18 3 3 12 16 34 -26 34
17 Nantes 36 6 15 15 35 53 18 4 8 6 19 26 18 2 7 9 16 27 -18 33
18 Troyes 36 4 11 21 43 78 18 1 10 7 18 29 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 23
19 Ajaccio 36 6 5 25 22 71 18 3 3 12 9 30 18 3 2 13 13 41 -49 23
20 Angers SCO 36 3 6 27 31 79 18 2 3 13 18 35 18 1 3 14 13 44 -48 15

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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 36 27 3 6 86 36 18 13 2 3 43 22 18 14 1 3 43 14 50 84
2 Lens 36 23 9 4 62 28 18 16 1 1 38 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 34 78
3 Olympique Marseille 36 22 7 7 66 37 18 10 4 4 34 22 18 12 3 3 32 15 29 73
4 Monaco 36 19 8 9 69 54 18 9 3 6 36 31 18 10 5 3 33 23 15 65
5 Lille 36 18 9 9 62 42 18 12 4 2 38 24 18 6 5 7 24 18 20 63
6 Rennes 36 19 5 12 65 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 27 62
7 Olympique Lyonnais 36 17 8 11 61 44 18 9 5 4 32 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 17 59
8 Clermont 36 15 8 13 40 47 18 8 3 7 18 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -7 53
9 Nice 36 13 13 10 42 34 18 6 7 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 52
10 Lorient 36 14 10 12 50 50 18 8 4 6 24 20 18 6 6 6 26 30 0 52
11 Reims 36 12 15 9 44 39 18 8 6 4 27 20 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 51
12 Montpellier 36 14 5 17 60 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 18 7 2 9 33 32 2 47
13 Toulouse 36 12 8 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 44
14 Brest 36 10 11 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 23 24 18 3 6 9 18 27 -10 41
15 Strasbourg 36 9 12 15 49 56 18 5 6 7 24 25 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 39
16 Auxerre 36 8 10 18 33 59 18 5 7 6 17 25 18 3 3 12 16 34 -26 34
17 Nantes 36 6 15 15 35 53 18 4 8 6 19 26 18 2 7 9 16 27 -18 33
18 Troyes 36 4 11 21 43 78 18 1 10 7 18 29 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 23
19 Ajaccio 36 6 5 25 22 71 18 3 3 12 9 30 18 3 2 13 13 41 -49 23
20 Angers SCO 36 3 6 27 31 79 18 2 3 13 18 35 18 1 3 14 13 44 -48 15

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.