Olympique Lyonnais club members are optimistic for points in home game versus Montpellier

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

A story of good and bad for these two participants this season, situated in positions near the middle of the Ligue 1 table. Here's the Olympique Lyonnais - Montpellier latest:

Insights:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

9 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Olympique Lyonnais have to build on here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the Ligue 1. Two home wins in a row for Olympique Lyonnais bring valid hopes of a third.

Olympique Lyonnais are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Brest. Tetê, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.42 (out of 10). Tetê served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 8 of 10 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Ahead of that match, Lyon won a home game hosting Bordeaux (6-1).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympique Lyonnais home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.

Olympique Lyonnais have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Montpellier form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Montpellier playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Montpellier have lost on their last two travels.

Montpellier have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 270 minutes ago. Savanier was the goal scorer.

Two away games in a row for Montpellier, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Lens. Midfield player Cabella was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.1/10. Cabella hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 70 successful passes (of 78 total).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Reims.

The visiting Montpellier have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Montpellier have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Montpellier - Lyon 0-1 was the output when this pair of squads last played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympique Lyonnais three wins, three draws and Montpellier four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
15 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
10 goals
Olympique LyonnaisL. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
8 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Montpellier missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Lyonnais Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 5 16 33
13 9 1 Won W 1 5 12
11 5 1 Drew D 1 2 6
9 3 2 Lost L 3 9 15
51 34 4 Scored S 8 19 44
43 21 5 Conceded C 9 26 46
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
79% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 73%
48% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 42%
30% 35% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 36%
21% 24% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 18%
67% 76% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 45%
24% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 30%
15% 6% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 30%
 
4.8 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.9
4.6 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.4 5.5
1.7 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.9
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 7 9
 
14.1 14.8 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 7.9 11.1
4.9 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.9
32% 36% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 41% 34%
 
12.1 10.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 18.4 15.6
4.8 4.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.1 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Montpellier have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 33 24 5 4 75 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 77
2 Olympique Marseille 33 18 8 7 55 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 16 10 3 3 26 14 22 62
3 Rennes 33 17 5 11 70 36 16 11 1 4 41 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 34 56
4 Strasbourg 33 15 11 7 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 15 16 5 7 4 23 20 20 56
5 Monaco 33 16 8 9 51 34 17 10 4 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 17 56
6 Nice 33 16 7 10 42 29 16 8 4 4 21 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 13 54
7 Lens 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 9 5 3 31 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 11 53
8 Olympique Lyonnais 33 13 11 9 51 43 17 9 5 3 34 21 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 49
9 Lille 33 12 12 9 41 40 16 6 7 3 20 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 1 48
10 Nantes 33 13 8 12 43 38 16 9 3 4 25 15 17 4 5 8 18 23 5 47
11 Montpellier 33 12 6 15 44 46 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 2 9 19 26 -2 42
12 Brest 33 11 9 13 42 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 17 5 5 7 18 24 -6 42
13 Reims 33 9 13 11 36 36 16 5 6 5 22 17 17 4 7 6 14 19 0 40
14 Angers SCO 33 8 10 15 36 49 17 6 2 9 17 22 16 2 8 6 19 27 -13 34
15 Lorient 33 8 10 15 33 52 16 6 5 5 18 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -19 34
16 Troyes 33 8 9 16 30 46 17 4 7 6 15 16 16 4 2 10 15 30 -16 33
17 Clermont 33 8 8 17 33 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 32
18 Saint-Étienne 33 7 10 16 37 64 17 4 6 7 22 32 16 3 4 9 15 32 -27 31
19 Bordeaux 33 5 12 16 44 79 17 3 6 8 25 32 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 27
20 Metz 33 4 12 17 29 59 16 1 7 8 17 28 17 3 5 9 12 31 -30 24

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 33 24 5 4 75 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 77
2 Olympique Marseille 33 18 8 7 55 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 16 10 3 3 26 14 22 62
3 Rennes 33 17 5 11 70 36 16 11 1 4 41 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 34 56
4 Strasbourg 33 15 11 7 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 15 16 5 7 4 23 20 20 56
5 Monaco 33 16 8 9 51 34 17 10 4 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 17 56
6 Nice 33 16 7 10 42 29 16 8 4 4 21 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 13 54
7 Lens 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 9 5 3 31 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 11 53
8 Olympique Lyonnais 33 13 11 9 51 43 17 9 5 3 34 21 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 49
9 Lille 33 12 12 9 41 40 16 6 7 3 20 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 1 48
10 Nantes 33 13 8 12 43 38 16 9 3 4 25 15 17 4 5 8 18 23 5 47
11 Montpellier 33 12 6 15 44 46 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 2 9 19 26 -2 42
12 Brest 33 11 9 13 42 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 17 5 5 7 18 24 -6 42
13 Reims 33 9 13 11 36 36 16 5 6 5 22 17 17 4 7 6 14 19 0 40
14 Angers SCO 33 8 10 15 36 49 17 6 2 9 17 22 16 2 8 6 19 27 -13 34
15 Lorient 33 8 10 15 33 52 16 6 5 5 18 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -19 34
16 Troyes 33 8 9 16 30 46 17 4 7 6 15 16 16 4 2 10 15 30 -16 33
17 Clermont 33 8 8 17 33 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 32
18 Saint-Étienne 33 7 10 16 37 64 17 4 6 7 22 32 16 3 4 9 15 32 -27 31
19 Bordeaux 33 5 12 16 44 79 17 3 6 8 25 32 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 27
20 Metz 33 4 12 17 29 59 16 1 7 8 17 28 17 3 5 9 12 31 -30 24

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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.