This has all the signs of yet another engrossing run-in at Stade de la Mosson in the Ligue 1. Montpellier is in 11th place and receive Saint-Étienne in 16th spot. Read all about the fixture here!
- Montpellier have the most points from losing position (4) in Ligue 1
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Montpellier form and stats
Only two Ligue 1 home games for Montpellier so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Montpellier lost their last game at Lille (placed 10th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Teji Savanier (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.25/10. Savanier hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match, Montpellier won a home game hosting Lorient (3-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Montpellier have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost zero.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Montpellier at home in the league. 5 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
The Ligue 1 season is young and Saint-Étienne have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Saint-Étienne lost away at Olympique Marseille (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Adil Aouchiche got a player rating of 7.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Aouchiche served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Lille.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Saint-Étienne in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Saint-Étienne, zero draws and four defeats.
3 goals so far away for Saint-Étienne, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: six wins for Montpellier, two draws and two wins for Saint-Étienne. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Laborde 3 goals |   W. Khazri 2 goals |  N. Cozza 1 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Montpellier | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 20 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 12.2 |
| 5.2 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 43% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 33% |
- Montpellier have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Ligue 1
- Montpellier have the most points from losing position (4) in Ligue 1
| Montpellier | Last season | Saint-Étienne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 60 | 34 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 62 | 35 | Conceded | C | 25 | 54 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 74% | ||
| 63% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 45% | ||
| 45% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 29% | ||
| 21% | 32% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 76% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 47% | ||
| 13% | 5% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 29% | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Clermont | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Nice | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Lens | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Lorient | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Rennes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Lille | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Nantes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Monaco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Metz | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Reims | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Brest | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 20 | Troyes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 41 | 83 |
| 2 | PSG | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 58 | 82 |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 34 | 78 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 38 | 76 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 60 |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 58 |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 57 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 27 | -2 | 54 |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | -3 | 52 |
| 10 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | -4 | 47 |
| 11 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | -12 | 46 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 35 | -14 | 45 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -18 | 44 |
| 14 | Reims | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 29 | -8 | 42 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 49 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | -9 | 42 |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 68 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 39 | -18 | 42 |
| 17 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 66 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 33 | -16 | 41 |
| 18 | Nantes | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | -8 | 40 |
| 19 | Nimes | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 71 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 32 | -31 | 35 |
| 20 | Dijon | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -48 | 21 |