Ligue 1 duel: Close contest expected between Strasbourg and Montpellier

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (26109 seats)

Strasbourg will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Montpellier.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Strasbourg form and stats

Strasbourg have played 16 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The points were shared in Strasbourg's previous game, also at home. Visiting Guingamp travelled back with a point after a 3-3 scoreline. A 2-2 draw away before that, with PSG the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Strasbourg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Strasbourg as a small favourite), we find ten games. Strasbourg has won 7 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Strasbourg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Meinau with 29 goals in 16 matches. Strasbourg have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Montpellier form and stats

As the visiting team Montpellier have produced an overall stat of 5-6-5 so far. 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 won their last game, 2-1 versus Toulouse played at home. Prior to that match, the Montpellier manager M. Der Zakarian faced defeat when travelling to Nice and losing 0-1.

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 45 relevant matches. Results were 14 Montpellier wins, 16 draws and 15 defeats.

Montpellier have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, 16 away games. As opposed to that, Montpellier have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Montpellier - Strasbourg 1-1. Last seven meetings between the teams: Strasbourg won 2, Montpellier won 1 and 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

A. Delort
11 goals / 7 assists
G. Laborde
10 goals / 3 assists
Nuno Da Costa
8 goals / 5 assists

Strasbourg missing players

Montpellier missing players

Strasbourg Montpellier
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 16 Played 16 32
54 29 Scored 18 44
40 19 Conceded 20 36
94% 100% Over 0.5 88% 91%
84% 88% Over 1.5 69% 75%
56% 56% Over 2.5 44% 47%
38% 38% Over 3.5 19% 22%
16% 12% Over 4.5 12% 9%
69% 69% Both teams to score 56% 53%
22% 25% Clean Sheet 25% 34%
16% 6% Failed To Score 31% 22%
 
4.1 4.3 Corners For (avg) 3.8 4.2
5.3 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 5.3 4.8
1.9 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.6
4 2 Red Cards (total) 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • Strasbourg hasn'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 D P
1 PSG 31 26 3 2 90 23 16 15 1 0 55 8 15 11 2 2 35 15 67 81
2 Lille 32 19 7 6 54 28 16 10 4 2 31 11 16 9 3 4 23 17 26 64
3 Olympique Lyonnais 32 16 8 8 53 40 16 10 3 3 30 16 16 6 5 5 23 24 13 56
4 Saint-Étienne 32 15 8 9 48 37 16 11 2 3 29 13 16 4 6 6 19 24 11 53
5 Olympique Marseille 32 15 6 11 49 43 16 10 4 2 29 12 16 5 2 9 20 31 6 51
6 Montpellier 32 12 12 8 44 36 16 7 6 3 26 16 16 5 6 5 18 20 8 48
7 Reims 32 11 15 6 32 32 16 7 7 2 18 12 16 4 8 4 14 20 0 48
8 Nice 32 13 9 10 23 29 15 8 3 4 13 12 17 5 6 6 10 17 -6 48
9 Strasbourg 32 10 14 8 54 40 16 6 7 3 29 19 16 4 7 5 25 21 14 44
10 Nîmes 32 12 7 13 47 47 16 7 5 4 25 16 16 5 2 9 22 31 0 43
11 Rennes 32 11 10 11 43 43 16 7 5 4 21 14 16 4 5 7 22 29 0 43
12 Angers SCO 32 9 14 9 39 38 16 5 7 4 21 18 16 4 7 5 18 20 1 41
13 Bordeaux 32 9 11 12 30 34 16 7 6 3 22 16 16 2 5 9 8 18 -4 38
14 Toulouse 32 8 11 13 30 46 16 4 7 5 16 19 16 4 4 8 14 27 -16 35
15 Nantes 31 9 7 15 35 40 15 6 4 5 26 19 16 3 3 10 9 21 -5 34
16 Monaco 32 7 11 14 31 46 17 3 6 8 15 26 15 4 5 6 16 20 -15 32
17 Amiens SC 32 8 8 16 26 45 16 6 3 7 18 21 16 2 5 9 8 24 -19 32
18 Dijon 32 6 7 19 24 48 16 3 4 9 11 25 16 3 3 10 13 23 -24 25
19 Guingamp 32 5 9 18 23 57 16 3 5 8 13 22 16 2 4 10 10 35 -34 24
20 Caen 32 4 11 17 24 47 16 2 5 9 12 24 16 2 6 8 12 23 -23 23

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