With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Montpellier fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Toulouse.
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
Montpellier are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade de la Mosson. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
Montpellier manager M. Der Zakarian and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Metz (placed 19th) in the Ligue 1. Previous to that game, a Coupe de la Ligue home match hosting Nancy in a game that was won 3-2.
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Metz last time out, but a goal from S. Sambia completed a comeback to a draw result for Montpellier.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Montpellier handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D3-L4.
The Montpellier fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Montpellier have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Toulouse form and stats
There's been little loot from Toulouse's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Ligue 1. Toulouse, who have the most conceded goals (13) away in Ligue 1, only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
The manager A. Kombouare was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade de la Mosson. Toulouse suffered a 2-3 loss to Olympique Lyonnais (placed 10th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Niort at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Toulouse are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Toulouse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Toulouse have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Montpellier victories, 2 draws and 4 Toulouse wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Delort 4 goals |   E. Koulouris 4 goals |  M. Gradel 3 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Toulouse missing players
| Montpellier | Toulouse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 25% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- 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.
- Montpellier have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Toulouse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Toulouse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Toulouse have yet to win a game away.
- Toulouse 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 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Nantes | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 5 | Lille | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Reims | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Saint-Etienne | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Brest | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Amiens SC | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Nice | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Rennes | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 15 | Monaco | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Dijon | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Toulouse | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 19 | Metz | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 11 |