With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Montpellier fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Strasbourg.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Montpellier form and stats
3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Montpellier so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Montpellier, their manager M. Der Zakarian and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Montpellier goalkeeper Dimitry Bertaud is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 215 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 1.
Happy days for Montpellier in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Bordeaux (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Saint-Étienne with a 1-0 scoreline.
A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Strasbourg form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Strasbourg playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
The manager T. Laurey was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade de la Meinau. Strasbourg suffered a 0-1 loss to Olympique Marseille (placed 4th). Prior to that match, the Strasbourg manager T. Laurey faced defeat when travelling to Reims and losing 1-2.
The visiting Strasbourg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Strasbourg have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Montpellier wins - draws - Strasbourg wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Delort 4 goals |  T. Savanier 3 goals |   L. Ajorque 3 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Strasbourg missing players
| Montpellier | Strasbourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 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 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | 62 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 45 | 107 |
| 39 | 25 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 41% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 41% | 34% |
- All of Strasbourg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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.
- Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Strasbourg 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 | PSG | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| 2 | Lille | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Rennes | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Monaco | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Nice | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Metz | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 11 | Lens | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Brest | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Nantes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Reims | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Lorient | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Nimes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Dijon | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 4 |