Montpellier vs Rennes match preview: Even contest expected at Stade de la Mosson

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Mosson (32939 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Montpellier welcome Rennes for the opening game at Stade de la Mosson. Read on!

Rennes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Montpellier form and stats

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 seven games. Montpellier has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Montpellier have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Montpellier scored 7 goals and let in 5 goals during these three games.

Last season, Montpellier's league statistics were 15 wins, 14 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Montpellier managed 8-8-3 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 20 conceded.

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Rennes form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Rennes in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Rennes, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Just as the home team, Rennes have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Rennes wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how Rennes performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 13 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 28/34 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montpellier 2 wins, 5 draws and Rennes 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.

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Montpellier Rennes
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Montpellier Last season Rennes
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
15 8   Won   5 13
14 8   Drew   6 13
9 3   Lost   8 12
53 31   Scored   28 55
42 20   Conceded   34 52
92% 95%   Over 0.5   100% 95%
74% 84%   Over 1.5   95% 84%
45% 47%   Over 2.5   68% 53%
24% 26%   Over 3.5   42% 37%
11% 11%   Over 4.5   16% 11%
55% 58%   BTTS   79% 63%
32% 37%   Clean Sheets   16% 29%
21% 11%   Failed To Score   5% 13%
 
4.5 4.8   Corners For (avg)   3.9 5
4.7 3.8   Corners Against (avg)   4.5 4.4
1.6 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.8 1.8
4 0   Red Cards   2 3
Key stats last season:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rennes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Montpellier
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-05-19 L1 Montpellier 1 - 1 Nantes
24-05-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 0 Montpellier
12-07-19 CF Montpellier 2 - 2 Béziers
18-07-19 CF Saint-Étienne 2 - 4 Montpellier
27-07-19 CF Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Montpellier
03-08-19 CF Girona 18:30 Montpellier
10-08-19 L1 Montpellier 18:00 Rennes
17-08-19 L1 Bordeaux 18:00 Montpellier
27-08-19 L1 Montpellier 17:00 Olympique Lyonnais
31-08-19 L1 Nantes 18:00 Montpellier
Rennes
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-05-19 L1 Rennes 1 - 1 Guingamp
18-05-19 L1 Strasbourg 0 - 2 Rennes
24-05-19 L1 Rennes 3 - 1 Lille
13-07-19 CF Celtic 0 - 0 Rennes
23-07-19 CF Brest 1 - 0 Rennes
03-08-19 SC PSG 11:30 Rennes
10-08-19 L1 Montpellier 18:00 Rennes
18-08-19 L1 Rennes 19:00 PSG
25-08-19 L1 Strasbourg 15:00 Rennes
01-09-19 L1 Rennes 13:00 Nice

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 38 29 4 5 105 35 19 17 2 0 63 10 19 12 2 5 42 25 70 91
2 Lille 38 22 9 7 68 33 19 13 4 2 42 11 19 9 5 5 26 22 35 75
3 Olympique Lyonnais 38 21 9 8 70 47 19 12 4 3 38 19 19 9 5 5 32 28 23 72
4 Saint-Étienne 38 19 9 10 59 41 19 13 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 25 27 18 66
5 Olympique Marseille 38 18 7 13 60 52 19 11 4 4 31 17 19 7 3 9 29 35 8 61
6 Montpellier 38 15 14 9 53 42 19 8 8 3 31 20 19 7 6 6 22 22 11 59
7 Nice 38 15 11 12 30 35 19 10 4 5 19 14 19 5 7 7 11 21 -5 56
8 Reims 38 13 16 9 39 42 19 8 7 4 21 18 19 5 9 5 18 24 -3 55
9 Nîmes 38 15 8 15 57 58 19 9 5 5 30 20 19 6 3 10 27 38 -1 53
10 Rennes 38 13 13 12 55 52 19 8 7 4 27 18 19 5 6 8 28 34 3 52
11 Strasbourg 38 11 16 11 58 48 19 6 8 5 31 25 19 5 8 6 27 23 10 49
12 Nantes 38 13 9 16 48 48 19 9 4 6 35 24 19 4 5 10 13 24 0 48
13 Angers SCO 38 10 16 12 44 49 19 5 9 5 24 22 19 5 7 7 20 27 -5 46
14 Bordeaux 38 10 11 17 34 42 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 3 5 11 10 21 -8 41
15 Amiens SC 38 9 11 18 31 52 19 7 5 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 11 30 -21 38
16 Toulouse 38 8 14 16 35 57 19 4 9 6 20 26 19 4 5 10 15 31 -22 38
17 Monaco 38 8 12 18 38 57 19 4 6 9 19 29 19 4 6 9 19 28 -19 36
18 Dijon 38 9 7 22 31 60 19 6 4 9 18 29 19 3 3 13 13 31 -29 34
19 Caen 38 7 12 19 29 54 19 4 5 10 16 27 19 3 7 9 13 27 -25 33
20 Guingamp 38 5 12 21 28 68 19 3 7 9 16 27 19 2 5 12 12 41 -40 27

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