Strasbourg supporters put their faith in manager Stéphan to deliver victory against Montpellier

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 16.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

It's been seven days and nights since Strasbourg played against Metz and the score was 2-0. What will the score be vs Montpellier?

Insights:
  • Strasbourg have the most scored goals (23) at home in Ligue 1
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Strasbourg and Montpellier should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Strasbourg form and stats

Strasbourg, who have the most scored goals (23) at home in Ligue 1, have played 10 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Strasbourg against Metz the last match, as Ajorque and Aholou were on target. The gifted forward Ajorque edged out all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Ajorque scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Montpellier (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Strasbourg handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, three draws and five defeats.

There will be little rest for Strasbourg after this match as they are travelling to Clermont for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 10 games), Strasbourg's attacking play is working. Strasbourg have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Montpellier form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Montpellier hope to make it five in this match.

Montpellier go into this game after a win, the home game against Strasbourg that ended 1-0. Ferri got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Ferri served one assist, hit three key passes and had 89 successful passes (of 95 total).

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Angers SCO in the Ligue 1.

We have checked recent matches where Montpellier have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, zero draws and four defeats.

Montpellier has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Montpellier's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Montpellier - Strasbourg 1-1 was the outcome when these two squads last played each other, some time ago this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Strasbourg won two, Montpellier were winners in six and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
10 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
8 goals
StrasbourgA. Thomasson
A. Thomasson
6 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Montpellier missing players

Strasbourg Montpellier
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 1 Played P 3 9 19
8 5 0 Won W 1 3 9
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
6 3 1 Lost L 2 4 6
36 23 0 Scored S 6 14 33
24 12 2 Conceded C 5 14 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 79%
53% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 47%
37% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 42%
16% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 21%
58% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 53%
26% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 32%
16% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
4.8 5.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.2 4.4
5.4 4.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 5.5
1.9 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.6 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
12.5 13.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.1 12
4.1 4.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4.4
46% 51% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 52% 40%
 
11.9 10.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 18.2 15.5
4.1 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.8 4.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Strasbourg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg have the most scored goals (23) at home in Ligue 1
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 14 5 1 40 18 9 8 1 0 21 6 11 6 4 1 19 12 22 47
2 Nice 20 11 4 5 32 17 10 4 3 3 14 12 10 7 1 2 18 5 15 36
3 Olympique Marseille 19 10 6 3 27 15 10 4 4 2 16 10 9 6 2 1 11 5 12 36
4 Rennes 20 9 4 7 34 19 10 6 1 3 19 8 10 3 3 4 15 11 15 31
5 Montpellier 19 9 4 6 33 24 10 6 2 2 19 10 9 3 2 4 14 14 9 31
6 Lens 20 8 6 6 34 28 10 5 4 1 19 9 10 3 2 5 15 19 6 30
7 Monaco 20 8 6 6 29 23 10 5 3 2 19 11 10 3 3 4 10 12 6 30
8 Strasbourg 19 8 5 6 36 24 10 5 2 3 23 12 9 3 3 3 13 12 12 29
9 Nantes 20 8 5 7 25 23 10 5 2 3 14 10 10 3 3 4 11 13 2 29
10 Lille 19 7 7 5 26 26 9 4 4 1 11 10 10 3 3 4 15 16 0 28
11 Olympique Lyonnais 19 6 8 5 27 27 10 4 5 1 18 12 9 2 3 4 9 15 0 25
12 Angers SCO 19 6 7 6 26 27 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 2 6 2 14 15 -1 25
13 Brest 20 6 7 7 26 31 10 3 3 4 13 16 10 3 4 3 13 15 -5 25
14 Reims 20 5 9 6 22 22 9 3 3 3 11 10 11 2 6 3 11 12 0 24
15 Clermont 19 4 6 9 20 32 9 2 4 3 10 11 10 2 2 6 10 21 -12 18
16 Troyes 19 4 5 10 18 28 10 2 4 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 7 16 -10 17
17 Bordeaux 20 3 8 9 30 44 11 1 4 6 15 21 9 2 4 3 15 23 -14 17
18 Lorient 19 3 7 9 15 31 9 3 3 3 8 9 10 0 4 6 7 22 -16 16
19 Metz 20 3 7 10 23 41 10 1 4 5 14 21 10 2 3 5 9 20 -18 16
20 Saint-Etienne 19 2 6 11 17 40 10 1 4 5 10 21 9 1 2 6 7 19 -23 12

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.