Betting preview: Montpellier faced with a tough challenge when Paris Saint Germain visits

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (22000 seats)

A key match in Ligue 1 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 6th position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It's no vacation for neither Montpellier nor Paris Saint Germain as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

D W D W D

Montpellier form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 8 Ligue 1 games here at Stade de la Mosson for Montpellier. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Montpellier has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade de la Mosson, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Montpellier manager M. Der Zakarian and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Dijon (placed 16th) in the Ligue 1. Ahead of that match, Montpellier won a home game hosting Amiens SC (4-2).

A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league 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 5 from 8 matches.

W D W W W

Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain, who have the most scored goals (32) in Ligue 1, have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 5-0-2 from 7 games.

198 minutes! That's how long the Paris Saint Germain goalkeeper Keylor Navas Gamboa and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Paris Saint Germain won their last game, 2-0 versus Nantes played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Real Madrid.

After this away game Paris Saint Germain return home for a Champions League game against Galatasaray. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Paris Saint Germain has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Paris Saint Germain as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Montpellier-Paris Saint Germain H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Montpellier 2 wins, Paris Saint Germain 6 wins, 2 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainÁ. Di María
Á. Di María
6 goals
Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé
K. Mbappé
6 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Icardi
M. Icardi
6 goals

Montpellier missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Montpellier Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 0 Played P 1 7 15
6 6 0 Won W 1 5 12
6 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
20 14 0 Scored S 1 12 32
14 5 0 Conceded C 0 6 8
88% 88% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 80%
38% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 53%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 27%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
44% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 27%
31% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 67%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
4.9 5.4 0 Corners For (avg) C F 9 8.1 6.9
4.6 3.4 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 2.7 3.5
2 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.9
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
218 137 0 Total Shots T S 22 125 243
76 51 0 Shots on Target S O 8 44 96
26% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 27% 33%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most clean sheets (10)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most points (15) away
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (32)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (16)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+24)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+6) away
  • Paris Saint Germain have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Paris Saint Germain have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • 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 15 12 0 3 32 8 8 7 0 1 20 2 7 5 0 2 12 6 24 36
2 Olympique Marseille 16 9 4 3 22 18 8 5 2 1 11 7 8 4 2 2 11 11 4 31
3 Bordeaux 16 7 5 4 27 17 8 4 2 2 15 6 8 3 3 2 12 11 10 26
4 Lille 16 7 4 5 20 15 8 6 2 0 15 4 8 1 2 5 5 11 5 25
5 Saint-Étienne 16 7 4 5 20 20 8 3 4 1 11 7 8 4 0 4 9 13 0 25
6 Montpellier 16 6 6 4 20 14 8 6 1 1 14 5 8 0 5 3 6 9 6 24
7 Rennes 15 7 3 5 20 16 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 3 2 3 8 7 4 24
8 Angers SCO 16 7 3 6 19 21 9 6 1 2 15 6 7 1 2 4 4 15 -2 24
9 Nantes 16 7 2 7 14 16 8 5 1 2 8 5 8 2 1 5 6 11 -2 23
10 Olympique Lyonnais 16 6 4 6 24 16 8 3 2 3 11 5 8 3 2 3 13 11 8 22
11 Reims 15 5 6 4 11 8 8 2 5 1 5 3 7 3 1 3 6 5 3 21
12 Brest 16 5 6 5 21 19 9 4 4 1 15 6 7 1 2 4 6 13 2 21
13 Monaco 15 6 3 6 23 25 7 4 1 2 16 13 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 21
14 Nice 16 6 2 8 21 26 8 4 2 2 13 11 8 2 0 6 8 15 -5 20
15 Strasbourg 16 5 3 8 16 21 8 4 2 2 12 9 8 1 1 6 4 12 -5 18
16 Dijon 16 4 4 8 11 18 8 3 3 2 8 8 8 1 1 6 3 10 -7 16
17 Amiens SC 15 4 4 7 19 28 7 3 1 3 9 12 8 1 3 4 10 16 -9 16
18 Metz 16 3 6 7 13 21 8 2 3 3 10 10 8 1 3 4 3 11 -8 15
19 Nîmes 15 2 6 7 12 24 6 2 2 2 7 5 9 0 4 5 5 19 -12 12
20 Toulouse 16 3 3 10 17 31 8 3 0 5 9 13 8 0 3 5 8 18 -14 12

Read more about Ligue 1

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.