Bookmakers forecast undemanding win for Paris Saint Germain when Montpellier stop by

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

It's match week two of the Ligue 1 campaign and important points to play for. Read our in-depth preview of Paris Saint Germain-Montpellier!

This could be an engaging match with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

The season before, Paris Saint Germain's league stats were 26 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, producing 1st place in the Ligue 1. From these 38 matches they scored 90 goals and let in 36. Performing as the host team in the previous season Paris Saint Germain produced 16-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 49 goals and 12 conceded.

Paris Saint Germain are confident in defense, having played 311 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

PSG enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Clermont's place. The match ended 5-0 with Marquinhos, Neymar, Messi (2) and Hakimi scoring. As mentioned above, Paris Saint Germain "killed" Clermont in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Neymar and Messi, having scored in three games in a row. Messi, a striker, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 9.94 (out of 10). Messi scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 52 successful passes (of 61 total).

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. In their match history 10 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Paris Saint Germain has won 10 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Paris Saint Germain has won by at least two goals 10 times when in this position.

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Montpellier form and stats

Let's have a look at how Montpellier performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 7 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 61 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 12 with 22/35 goals scored/conceded.

Montpellier are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the game against Troyes (placed 14th). Montpellier goalie Omlin was high and low in the Troyes game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Midfield player Savanier was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.6/10. Savanier scored two goals, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 49 successful passes (of 61 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Angers SCO's place.

Head 2 Head

Paris Saint Germain have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (6-1-0) when facing Montpellier.

Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): PSG won eight games, one match ended with a tie and Montpellier managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one One of the players to grab the headlines has been Mbappé with 9 goals scored against Montpellier in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainL. Messi
L. Messi
2 goals
MontpellierT. Savanier
T. Savanier
2 goals
Paris Saint GermainA. Hakimi Mouh
A. Hakimi Mouh
1 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Montpellier missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Saint Germain Montpellier
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 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%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 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
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
12 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
42% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
 
8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 17
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 10
Paris Saint Germain Last season Montpellier
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
26 16   Won W   5 12
8 3   Drew D   2 7
4 0   Lost L   12 19
90 49   Scored S   22 49
36 12   Conceded C   35 61
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
89% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 76%
66% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
42% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 39%
21% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 18%
58% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
34% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
13% 5%   Failed to Score F T   32% 32%
 
5.3 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.7
4.1 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.3
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
4 1   Red cards R C   7 9
 
15.4 16.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 11.4
6 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.9
39% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 33%
 
11 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   18.6 15.9
3.8 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.2 5.6

  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 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 Lille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Lens 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Montpellier 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lorient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Angers SCO 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Brest 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Troyes 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rennes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Clermont 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 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 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

Paris Saint Germain:
Montpellier:
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 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 Lille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Lens 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Montpellier 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lorient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Angers SCO 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Brest 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Troyes 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rennes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Clermont 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0

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