It's game two of the Ligue 1 campaign and all to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Olympique Lyonnais-Montpellier!
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.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The season before, Olympique Lyonnais's league statistics were 18 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, providing 7th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored {65 goals} and gave away 47. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Olympique Lyonnais produced 10-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with {35 goals} and 19 conceded.
Olympique Lyonnais lost their last game at Strasbourg (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Tolisso got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, the max score being 10. Tolisso hit three key passes and had 75 successful passes (of 82 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Nice.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lyon matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
Montpellier form and stats
Let's have a look at how Montpellier performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 5 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 65 and conceded {62 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 36/33 goals scored/conceded.
Montpellier's last game was the home draw against Le Havre (2-2). Attacker Adams got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Adams scored two goals.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Reims.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Montpellier playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Lyonnais have been victorious in every one of the 4 latest fixtures against this opponent. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
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Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Olympique Lyonnais | Last season | Montpellier | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 65 | 35 | Scored | S | 36 | 65 | ||
| 47 | 19 | Conceded | C | 33 | 62 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 89% | ||
| 63% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 63% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 21% | ||
| 68% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 58% | ||
| 21% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 29% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 13% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 10 | ||
| 13.9 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | ||
| 11.3 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 14 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rennes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Monaco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Brest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Toulouse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Le Havre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Nice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Lille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | PSG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lorient | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Lens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Reims | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Olympique Lyonnais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Nantes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Clermont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Metz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | PSG | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 89 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 49 | 85 |
| 2 | Lens | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 39 | 84 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 27 | 73 |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 39 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 68 |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 67 |
| 6 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 58 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 65 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 65 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 62 |
| 8 | Clermont | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 49 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | -4 | 59 |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 58 |
| 10 | Lorient | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 53 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 32 | -1 | 55 |
| 11 | Reims | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 51 |
| 12 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 65 | 62 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 50 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 48 |
| 14 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 54 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -10 | 44 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 59 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | -8 | 40 |
| 16 | Nantes | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 55 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -18 | 36 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 63 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 35 | -28 | 35 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 44 | -51 | 26 |
| 19 | Troyes | 38 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 81 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 51 | -36 | 24 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 81 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 45 | -48 | 18 |