Ligue 1 prediction: Home win expected when Paris Saint Germain takes on Montpellier

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Paris Saint Germain - Montpellier!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Paris Saint Germain and Montpellier.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

8-1-1 is the performance here at Parc des Princes so far in the Ligue 1, giving Paris Saint Germain a total of 25 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results!

Happy days for Paris Saint Germain in their previous game, a Coupe de France match away at Pau that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that match, a Ligue 1 win away at Lille.

Paris Saint Germain are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Parc des Princes with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 18 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Paris Saint Germain has won 16 times, drawn 1 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Paris Saint Germain has won by at least two goals 14 times when in this position.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paris Saint Germain as they are travelling to their away game against Nantes in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.

Paris Saint Germain are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (27 goals in 10 games). Paris Saint Germain are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parc des Princes in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-5-4 (10 played).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Belfort in their previous outing. The Coupe de France match ended in a draw 0-0. Before that, Montpellier secured a home win against Dijon with the score 2-1.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played four away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. 1 game were lost by at least two goals margin.

After this away game Montpellier return home for a Ligue 1 game against Metz. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Montpellier as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Montpellier in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Montpellier - Paris Saint Germain 1-3, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Paris Saint Germain, 2 draws and 2 wins for Montpellier. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
13 goals
Paris Saint GermainN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
12 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Icardi Rivero
M. Icardi Rivero
9 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Montpellier missing players

Paris Saint Germain Montpellier
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
17 8 2 Won W 0 1 9
1 1 0 Drew D 1 5 6
3 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
52 27 6 Scored S 1 9 30
14 6 0 Conceded C 2 12 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
86% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 62%
62% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 52%
43% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 29%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
38% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 52%
57% 70% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 29%
5% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 29%
 
6.3 6.1 5 Corners For (avg) C F 1.5 4.2 4.5
3.8 4.3 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 10.5 5.5 4.2
1.7 1.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
345 152 25 Total Shots T S 12 100 278
150 69 13 Shots on Target S O 4 32 95
35% 39% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most clean sheets (12)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (27) at home
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (52)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+21) at home
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+38)
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Montpellier have scored away.
  • Paris Saint Germain haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris Saint Germain is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 21 17 1 3 52 14 10 8 1 1 27 6 11 9 0 2 25 8 38 52
2 Olympique Marseille 21 12 6 3 30 21 11 7 3 1 17 9 10 5 3 2 13 12 9 42
3 Rennes 21 11 4 6 26 19 10 6 1 3 15 11 11 5 3 3 11 8 7 37
4 Montpellier 21 9 6 6 30 21 11 8 1 2 21 9 10 1 5 4 9 12 9 33
5 Olympique Lyonnais 21 9 5 7 34 19 10 4 2 4 14 6 11 5 3 3 20 13 15 32
6 Nantes 21 10 2 9 19 19 11 6 1 4 10 8 10 4 1 5 9 11 0 32
7 Lille 21 9 4 8 24 24 11 8 2 1 18 7 10 1 2 7 6 17 0 31
8 Strasbourg 21 9 3 9 26 26 10 6 2 2 18 12 11 3 1 7 8 14 0 30
9 Angers SCO 21 8 6 7 23 25 11 6 3 2 16 7 10 2 3 5 7 18 -2 30
10 Bordeaux 21 8 5 8 30 24 10 4 2 4 16 9 11 4 3 4 14 15 6 29
11 Reims 21 7 8 6 17 14 11 3 6 2 9 6 10 4 2 4 8 8 3 29
12 Nice 21 8 5 8 30 29 11 6 3 2 21 13 10 2 2 6 9 16 1 29
13 Monaco 21 8 5 8 36 36 11 6 1 4 26 21 10 2 4 4 10 15 0 29
14 Brest 21 7 7 7 28 27 11 5 5 1 17 7 10 2 2 6 11 20 1 28
15 Saint-Etienne 21 8 4 9 24 32 11 4 4 3 13 14 10 4 0 6 11 18 -8 28
16 Metz 21 5 8 8 19 28 10 3 4 3 12 11 11 2 4 5 7 17 -9 23
17 Dijon 21 5 6 10 16 24 10 4 4 2 11 10 11 1 2 8 5 14 -8 21
18 Amiens SC 21 4 6 11 24 41 10 3 3 4 12 16 11 1 3 7 12 25 -17 18
19 Nimes 21 3 6 12 16 35 10 3 2 5 9 11 11 0 4 7 7 24 -19 15
20 Toulouse 21 3 3 15 21 47 10 3 0 7 11 19 11 0 3 8 10 28 -26 12

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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.