Montpellier will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Olympique Marseille.
- Montpellier have the most conceded goals (33) at home in Ligue 1
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 Olympique Marseille.
Montpellier form and stats
7-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Montpellier, who have the most conceded goals (33) at home in Ligue 1, so far this season. Montpellier has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Lens defeat 70 days ago.
Montpellier drew their last game, also a home match. Olympique Marseille (placed 6th) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. Before that match, a Coupe de France win away at Chateaubriant Voltigeurs.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
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 five games. Montpellier has won one of these, drawn four and lost zero.
Montpellier have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Mosson with 33 goals in 17 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 33 goals have been conceded.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
5 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Olympique Marseille playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Olympique have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Nimes game.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Montpellier (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The Ligue 1 match ended in a draw 3-3. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Dijon.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Montpellier was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? As mentioned above, Olympique drew the match against Montpellier. Manager J. Sampaoli Moya brought on Lucas Perrin to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Olympique Marseille in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Olympique, five draws and one defeat.
Olympique have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Olympique have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Montpellier - Olympique Marseille 3-3 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Montpellier won two, Olympique Marseille won four and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Laborde 12 goals |  A. Delort 11 goals |  S. Mavididi 9 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Montpellier | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 52 | 33 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 43 |
| 53 | 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 39 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 78% |
| 62% | 76% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 44% | 44% |
| 47% | 59% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 22% | 35% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 9% |
| 75% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 25% |
| 16% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 12.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.8 | 9.7 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 35% | 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | 41% |
- Montpellier have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montpellier have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 1
- Montpellier have the most conceded goals (33) at home in Ligue 1
- Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Lille | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 53 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 34 | 69 |
| 2 | PSG | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 71 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 48 | 66 |
| 3 | Monaco | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 62 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 29 | 61 |
| 5 | Lens | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 49 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 49 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 46 |
| 8 | Rennes | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 45 |
| 9 | Nice | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | -1 | 42 |
| 10 | Metz | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -2 | 42 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -10 | 41 |
| 12 | Reims | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 39 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | -7 | 36 |
| 14 | Strasbourg | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 27 | -9 | 36 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -14 | 36 |
| 16 | Brest | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | -11 | 35 |
| 17 | Lorient | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 54 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 32 |
| 18 | Nimes | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -28 | 29 |
| 19 | Nantes | 31 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -16 | 28 |
| 20 | Dijon | 31 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -33 | 15 |