Montpellier vs Saint-Étienne Preview & Prediction 02 May 2021

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Montpellier fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Saint-Étienne.

Insights:

Montpellier have the most conceded goals (33) at home in Ligue 1

Montpellier and Saint-Étienne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Saint-Étienne are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Montpellier form and stats

Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Montpellier, who have the most conceded goals (33) at home in Ligue 1, are 7-3-7 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager M. Der Zakarian led his Montpellier to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Nice. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Mosson. Before that match, a Coupe de France win away at Canet Roussillon.

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 four games. Montpellier has won one of these, drawn three and lost zero.

The Montpellier fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 17 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 33 goals have been conceded.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

Saint-Étienne failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 1 home match vs Brest (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that match, the Saint-Étienne manager C. Puel faced defeat when travelling to Paris Saint Germain and losing 2-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Saint-Étienne in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Saint-Étienne, zero draws and four defeats.

Saint-Étienne have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. Saint-Étienne have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Saint-Étienne - Montpellier 0-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Montpellier wins - draws - Saint-Étienne wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Laborde

13 goals

A. Delort

12 goals

S. Mavididi

9 goals

Montpellier missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Montpellier				Saint-Étienne
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
34	17	6	Played	P	6	17	34
12	7	3	Won	W	3	6	10
11	3	2	Drew	D	0	3	9
11	7	1	Lost	L	3	8	15
54	33	13	Scored	S	6	20	39
57	33	9	Conceded	C	9	24	52
97%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	94%	94%
88%	94%	83%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	67%	76%	79%
62%	76%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	33%	47%	47%
47%	59%	50%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	33%	29%	32%
21%	35%	33%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	17%	12%	15%
76%	82%	83%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	47%	50%
12%	0%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	35%	29%
15%	18%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	17%	24%	26%

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	2.5	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2.3	2.1	2.1
6	3	0	Red cards	R C	0	2	2

12.3	14.2	15.5	Shots (avg)	S (	10	10.4	10.4
4.5	5.6	6.5	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.2	3.2	3.4
35%	35%	33%	Goal Efficiency	G E	46%	36%	34%

Montpellier			First Half	Saint-Étienne
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
34	17	6	Played	P	6	17	34
9	5	1	Won	W	1	7	12
14	6	4	Drew	D	2	5	10
11	6	1	Lost	L	3	5	12
21	14	6	Scored	S	2	10	19
26	17	6	Conceded	C	7	11	24
74%	88%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	67%	76%	79%
35%	53%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	33%	24%	29%
18%	24%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	12%	12%
6%	6%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	17%	6%	3%
3%	6%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	17%	6%	3%
26%	35%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	17%	18%	21%
47%	35%	33%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	59%	50%
53%	41%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	67%	47%	50%

Montpellier			Second Half	Saint-Étienne
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
34	17	6	Played	P	6	17	34
11	7	3	Won	W	3	6	10
13	4	1	Drew	D	2	4	12
10	6	2	Lost	L	1	7	12
33	19	7	Scored	S	4	10	20
31	16	3	Conceded	C	2	13	28
88%	94%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	83%	82%	79%
65%	65%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	17%	29%	44%
26%	29%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	12%	12%
6%	12%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	6%	3%
3%	6%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	6%	3%
47%	41%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	17%	18%	21%
29%	24%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	67%	53%	50%
35%	41%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	47%	50%

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 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	Paris Saint Germain	34	23	3	8	77	26	17	11	1	5	38	13	17	12	2	3	39	13	51	72
2	Monaco	34	22	5	7	71	38	17	11	5	1	39	17	17	11	0	6	32	21	33	71
3	Lille	33	20	10	3	54	20	17	9	6	2	26	11	16	11	4	1	28	9	34	70
4	Olympique Lyonnais	33	19	10	4	65	32	16	10	3	3	34	16	17	9	7	1	31	16	33	67
5	Lens	34	15	11	8	54	46	17	7	6	4	28	23	17	8	5	4	26	23	8	56
6	Olympique Marseille	34	15	10	9	49	42	17	9	4	4	28	20	17	6	6	5	21	22	7	55
7	Rennes	34	15	9	10	48	36	17	8	3	6	23	20	17	7	6	4	25	16	12	54
8	Montpellier	34	12	11	11	54	57	17	7	3	7	33	33	17	5	8	4	21	24	-3	47
9	Nice	34	13	7	14	44	45	17	6	3	8	22	26	17	7	4	6	22	19	-1	46
10	Metz	34	11	10	13	37	41	17	5	4	8	18	22	17	6	6	5	19	19	-4	43
11	Reims	34	9	14	11	39	41	17	4	8	5	15	18	17	5	6	6	24	23	-2	41
12	Angers SCO	34	11	8	15	34	51	17	5	3	9	16	25	17	6	5	6	18	26	-17	41
13	Brest	34	11	7	16	47	57	17	8	4	5	31	27	17	3	3	11	16	30	-10	40
14	Saint-Étienne	34	10	9	15	39	52	17	4	6	7	19	28	17	6	3	8	20	24	-13	39
15	Strasbourg	34	10	7	17	43	53	17	4	4	9	18	25	17	6	3	8	25	28	-10	37
16	Bordeaux	34	10	6	18	36	52	17	5	4	8	15	21	17	5	2	10	21	31	-16	36
17	Lorient	34	9	8	17	44	62	17	8	2	7	27	28	17	1	6	10	17	34	-18	35
18	Nantes	34	6	13	15	35	52	17	2	8	7	17	27	17	4	5	8	18	25	-17	31
19	Nîmes	34	8	7	19	33	62	17	3	4	10	18	32	17	5	3	9	15	30	-29	31
20	Dijon	34	3	9	22	23	61	17	1	6	10	7	22	17	2	3	12	16	39	-38	18

Montpellier:

Montpellier HSC

Saint-Étienne:

AS Saint-Étienne

Table

		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	34	23	3	8	77	26	17	11	1	5	38	13	17	12	2	3	39	13	51	72
2	Monaco	34	22	5	7	71	38	17	11	5	1	39	17	17	11	0	6	32	21	33	71
3	Lille	33	20	10	3	54	20	17	9	6	2	26	11	16	11	4	1	28	9	34	70
4	Olympique Lyonnais	33	19	10	4	65	32	16	10	3	3	34	16	17	9	7	1	31	16	33	67
5	Lens	34	15	11	8	54	46	17	7	6	4	28	23	17	8	5	4	26	23	8	56
6	Olympique Marseille	34	15	10	9	49	42	17	9	4	4	28	20	17	6	6	5	21	22	7	55
7	Rennes	34	15	9	10	48	36	17	8	3	6	23	20	17	7	6	4	25	16	12	54
8	Montpellier	34	12	11	11	54	57	17	7	3	7	33	33	17	5	8	4	21	24	-3	47
9	Nice	34	13	7	14	44	45	17	6	3	8	22	26	17	7	4	6	22	19	-1	46
10	Metz	34	11	10	13	37	41	17	5	4	8	18	22	17	6	6	5	19	19	-4	43
11	Reims	34	9	14	11	39	41	17	4	8	5	15	18	17	5	6	6	24	23	-2	41
12	Angers SCO	34	11	8	15	34	51	17	5	3	9	16	25	17	6	5	6	18	26	-17	41
13	Brest	34	11	7	16	47	57	17	8	4	5	31	27	17	3	3	11	16	30	-10	40
14	Saint-Étienne	34	10	9	15	39	52	17	4	6	7	19	28	17	6	3	8	20	24	-13	39
15	Strasbourg	34	10	7	17	43	53	17	4	4	9	18	25	17	6	3	8	25	28	-10	37
16	Bordeaux	34	10	6	18	36	52	17	5	4	8	15	21	17	5	2	10	21	31	-16	36
17	Lorient	34	9	8	17	44	62	17	8	2	7	27	28	17	1	6	10	17	34	-18	35
18	Nantes	34	6	13	15	35	52	17	2	8	7	17	27	17	4	5	8	18	25	-17	31
19	Nîmes	34	8	7	19	33	62	17	3	4	10	18	32	17	5	3	9	15	30	-29	31
20	Dijon	34	3	9	22	23	61	17	1	6	10	7	22	17	2	3	12	16	39	-38	18