Montpellier favourites for feisty fight facing Nîmes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Wed 25.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (32939 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Montpellier in 12th and Nîmes in 11th place.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Montpellier and Nîmes.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Ligue 1. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two home wins in a row for Montpellier bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns to Stade de la Mosson after sharing the points with Olympique Marseille (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Nice.

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 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.

There will be little rest for Montpellier after this match as they are travelling to Strasbourg for a Ligue 1 game in only four days.

The Montpellier fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Montpellier are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de la Mosson in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

The Ligue 1 season is young and Nîmes have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Two points from the last two away games for Nîmes, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The supporters enjoyed Nîmes's previous game versus Toulouse (placed 13th), a Ligue 1 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Dijon that ended 0-0.

Nîmes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

After this away game Nîmes return home for a Ligue 1 game against Saint-Étienne. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Nîmes when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Nîmes have conceded 5 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Montpellier won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Nîmes has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 2

Top Goalscorers

A. Delort
2 goals / 1 assists
A. Denkey
2 goals
R. Philippoteaux
2 goals / 1 assists

Montpellier missing players

Nîmes missing players

Montpellier Nîmes
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 0 3 6
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 3 1 Scored S 0 2 7
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 83%
50% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 67%
17% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
17% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 50%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 33%
 
5.2 7.7 8 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4.3 4.7
4.7 1.3 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4.7 4
2.2 2.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.7 1.8
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
Key stats This season:
  • Montpellier have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Montpellier have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nîmes have yet to win a game away.

Montpellier
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-08-19 L1 Bordeaux 1 - 1 Montpellier
27-08-19 L1 Montpellier 1 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais
31-08-19 L1 Nantes 1 - 0 Montpellier
14-09-19 L1 Montpellier 2 - 1 Nice
21-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 1 Montpellier
25-09-19 L1 Montpellier 17:00 Nîmes
29-09-19 L1 Strasbourg 13:00 Montpellier
05-10-19 L1 Montpellier 18:00 Monaco
19-10-19 L1 Reims 18:00 Montpellier
26-10-19 L1 Montpellier - Angers SCO
Nîmes
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-08-19 L1 Nîmes 1 - 2 Nice
25-08-19 L1 Monaco 2 - 2 Nîmes
31-08-19 L1 Nîmes 3 - 0 Brest
14-09-19 L1 Dijon 0 - 0 Nîmes
21-09-19 L1 Nîmes 1 - 0 Toulouse
25-09-19 L1 Montpellier 17:00 Nîmes
29-09-19 L1 Nîmes 15:00 Saint-Étienne
06-10-19 L1 Lille 13:00 Nîmes
19-10-19 L1 Nîmes 18:00 Amiens SC
26-10-19 L1 Reims - Nîmes

  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 5 4 0 1 11 2 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 9 12
2 Nice 6 4 0 2 10 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 12
3 Olympique Marseille 6 3 2 1 8 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 11
4 Rennes 5 3 1 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 1 0 3 0 3 10
5 Nantes 6 3 1 2 6 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 10
6 Bordeaux 6 2 3 1 9 7 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 9
7 Lille 5 3 0 2 7 5 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 9
8 Angers SCO 5 3 0 2 9 9 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 2 1 8 0 9
9 Olympique Lyonnais 5 2 2 1 12 4 2 1 1 0 7 1 3 1 1 1 5 3 8 8
10 Reims 6 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 8
11 Nîmes 6 2 2 2 7 7 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 0 2 1 2 5 0 8
12 Montpellier 6 2 2 2 5 5 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 8
13 Toulouse 6 2 2 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 2 2 3 8 -2 8
14 Amiens SC 6 2 1 3 7 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 7
15 Brest 6 1 4 1 5 7 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 6 -2 7
16 Strasbourg 6 1 3 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 6
17 Saint-Étienne 5 1 2 2 5 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 5
18 Metz 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 4
19 Monaco 6 0 3 3 7 14 3 0 1 2 5 9 3 0 2 1 2 5 -7 3
20 Dijon 6 0 1 5 2 9 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 1 5 -7 1

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