Football betting preview: Montpellier with moderate expectations before welcoming Paris Saint Germain

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

The Montpellier & Paris Saint Germain managers M. Der Zakarian and T. Tuchel are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.

Insights:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (30) in Ligue 1

The visiting Paris Saint Germain played their last game only three days ago, a Champions League match. That game, against Manchester United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Paris Saint Germain.

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Montpellier form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Ligue 1 games here at Stade de la Mosson for Montpellier. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Montpellier are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

A strong away win for Montpellier against Lorient the last match, as Petar Škuletić were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Strasbourg in a game that was won 4-3.

The victory against Lorient came after Petar Škuletić's winning goal. The Montpellier manager M. Der Zakarian was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 78th minute.

The Montpellier manager M. Der Zakarian has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Montpellier defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (30) in Ligue 1, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Ligue 1.

It's the second away game in a row for Paris, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Manchester United in the Champions League last time out. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Bordeaux in the Ligue 1.

After this away game Paris return home for a Champions League game against Istanbul Basaksehir. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The Paris manager T. Tuchel has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. Paris Saint Germain are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Montpellier won two, Paris Saint Germain won six and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
9 goals
MontpellierA. Delort
A. Delort
6 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Kean
M. Kean
4 goals

Montpellier missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Montpellier Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 12
7 4 1 Won W 0 4 8
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 3
21 13 2 Scored S 2 14 30
16 11 1 Conceded C 3 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
58% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 67%
42% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 42%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 17% 17%
58% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 17% 25%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 58%
17% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.2
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
11.7 13.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 4 14.5 15.2
4.3 5.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.2 6.2
40% 37% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 41%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most clean sheets (4) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (14) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (30) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+10) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+22) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain 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 Paris Saint Germain 12 8 1 3 30 8 6 4 1 1 16 4 6 4 0 2 14 4 22 25
2 Lille 12 6 5 1 22 8 6 4 2 0 13 2 6 2 3 1 9 6 14 23
3 Olympique Lyonnais 12 6 5 1 21 10 6 4 2 0 14 4 6 2 3 1 7 6 11 23
4 Monaco 12 7 2 3 23 16 7 5 2 0 18 8 5 2 0 3 5 8 7 23
5 Montpellier 12 7 2 3 21 16 6 4 0 2 13 11 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 23
6 Olympique Marseille 10 6 3 1 15 9 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 4 1 0 7 3 6 21
7 Rennes 12 5 4 3 19 16 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 2 3 1 10 8 3 19
8 Angers SCO 12 6 1 5 18 22 6 2 1 3 5 9 6 4 0 2 13 13 -4 19
9 Lens 11 5 3 3 17 18 6 3 2 1 11 9 5 2 1 2 6 9 -1 18
10 Brest 12 6 0 6 21 23 6 4 0 2 13 11 6 2 0 4 8 12 -2 18
11 Nice 11 5 2 4 16 15 6 2 1 3 7 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 1 17
12 Metz 12 4 4 4 12 11 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 1 3 2 4 5 1 16
13 Bordeaux 12 4 4 4 12 13 6 2 3 1 5 2 6 2 1 3 7 11 -1 16
14 Nantes 12 3 4 5 14 18 5 2 2 1 8 8 7 1 2 4 6 10 -4 13
15 Saint-Etienne 12 3 2 7 12 20 6 2 1 3 6 8 6 1 1 4 6 12 -8 11
16 Nimes 12 3 2 7 11 22 6 1 1 4 8 15 6 2 1 3 3 7 -11 11
17 Reims 12 2 3 7 16 22 5 1 0 4 3 8 7 1 3 3 13 14 -6 9
18 Lorient 12 2 2 8 12 22 6 1 1 4 6 9 6 1 1 4 6 13 -10 8
19 Strasbourg 12 2 1 9 14 24 6 1 1 4 4 10 6 1 0 5 10 14 -10 7
20 Dijon 12 1 4 7 8 21 6 0 3 3 3 7 6 1 1 4 5 14 -13 7

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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.