Nantes vs Montpellier: Soccer match betting guide

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

Nantes are willing to ignore the league table before this game against Montpellier. Here's everything you must know before the game!

Insights:
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Nantes and Montpellier 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.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes have collected 20 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-8-5.

Nantes haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 270 minutes ago. Guessand scored that one.

Nantes drew their last game, 0-0 away at Toulouse (placed 13th). Nantes's goalie Lafont played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Toulouse with a stunning six saves. Lafont, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.62 out of 10 in that game. Lafont topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Nantes lost 0-2 at home to Strasbourg.

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 Nantes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The Nantes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 17 matches. Nantes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Montpellier form and stats

Playing away, Montpellier have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 9 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

Montpellier delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Lorient (placed 9th) in their previous game. The draw against Lorient came from a losing position. The Montpellier manager Zakarian brought on Maouassa as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Kouyaté was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Kouyaté won 10 of 14 duels.

A 4-5 defeat away at Olympique Lyonnais before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Montpellier playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Montpellier wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Montpellier has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 17 games. Montpellier have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head match ended Montpellier - Nantes 0-3, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Nantes won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Montpellier have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The games between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

MontpellierT. Savanier
T. Savanier
10 goals
NantesM. Abdallah
M. Abdallah
8 goals

Nantes missing players

Montpellier missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 6 17 35
6 4 2 Won W 4 6 13
15 8 3 Drew D 0 2 5
14 5 1 Lost L 2 9 17
35 19 7 Scored S 12 30 57
50 23 7 Conceded C 4 32 58
83% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 89%
46% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 60%
29% 35% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 35% 29%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 29% 20%
49% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 17% 47% 57%
29% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 35% 29%
40% 41% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 18% 14%
 
5 5.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.9 5.1
5.1 5.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4 4.6
1.6 1.4 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 1.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 10
 
12 13.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.8 11.7
4.3 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 4.4
23% 25% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 46% 37%
 
12.7 12.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 12.6 13.9
5.1 4.9 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 4.8 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 35 26 3 6 84 35 18 13 2 3 43 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 49 81
2 Lens 35 22 9 4 59 27 18 16 1 1 38 13 17 6 8 3 21 14 32 75
3 Olympique Marseille 35 22 7 6 65 35 18 10 4 4 34 22 17 12 3 2 31 13 30 73
4 Monaco 35 19 8 8 68 51 18 9 3 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 65
5 Lille 35 17 9 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 18 6 5 7 24 18 19 60
6 Rennes 35 18 5 12 60 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 22 59
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 16 8 11 58 43 17 8 5 4 29 18 18 8 3 7 29 25 15 56
8 Clermont 35 15 8 12 39 45 18 8 3 7 18 28 17 7 5 5 21 17 -6 53
9 Lorient 35 14 10 11 49 47 17 8 4 5 23 17 18 6 6 6 26 30 2 52
10 Nice 35 13 12 10 42 34 17 6 6 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 51
11 Reims 35 12 14 9 42 37 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 50
12 Montpellier 35 13 5 17 57 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 44
13 Toulouse 35 12 7 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 43
14 Strasbourg 35 9 11 15 48 55 18 5 6 7 24 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -7 38
15 Brest 35 9 11 15 39 50 17 6 5 6 21 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -11 38
16 Auxerre 35 8 10 17 32 57 17 5 7 5 16 23 18 3 3 12 16 34 -25 34
17 Nantes 35 6 15 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 18 2 7 9 16 27 -15 33
18 Ajaccio 35 6 5 24 22 66 17 3 3 11 9 25 18 3 2 13 13 41 -44 23
19 Troyes 35 4 10 21 42 77 17 1 9 7 17 28 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 22
20 Angers SCO 35 3 5 27 29 77 18 2 3 13 18 35 17 1 2 14 11 42 -48 14

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  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 35 26 3 6 84 35 18 13 2 3 43 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 49 81
2 Lens 35 22 9 4 59 27 18 16 1 1 38 13 17 6 8 3 21 14 32 75
3 Olympique Marseille 35 22 7 6 65 35 18 10 4 4 34 22 17 12 3 2 31 13 30 73
4 Monaco 35 19 8 8 68 51 18 9 3 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 65
5 Lille 35 17 9 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 18 6 5 7 24 18 19 60
6 Rennes 35 18 5 12 60 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 22 59
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 16 8 11 58 43 17 8 5 4 29 18 18 8 3 7 29 25 15 56
8 Clermont 35 15 8 12 39 45 18 8 3 7 18 28 17 7 5 5 21 17 -6 53
9 Lorient 35 14 10 11 49 47 17 8 4 5 23 17 18 6 6 6 26 30 2 52
10 Nice 35 13 12 10 42 34 17 6 6 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 51
11 Reims 35 12 14 9 42 37 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 50
12 Montpellier 35 13 5 17 57 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 44
13 Toulouse 35 12 7 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 43
14 Strasbourg 35 9 11 15 48 55 18 5 6 7 24 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -7 38
15 Brest 35 9 11 15 39 50 17 6 5 6 21 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -11 38
16 Auxerre 35 8 10 17 32 57 17 5 7 5 16 23 18 3 3 12 16 34 -25 34
17 Nantes 35 6 15 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 18 2 7 9 16 27 -15 33
18 Ajaccio 35 6 5 24 22 66 17 3 3 11 9 25 18 3 2 13 13 41 -44 23
19 Troyes 35 4 10 21 42 77 17 1 9 7 17 28 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 22
20 Angers SCO 35 3 5 27 29 77 18 2 3 13 18 35 17 1 2 14 11 42 -48 14

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.