Toulouse favourites for feisty fight facing Montpellier

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 02.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium de Toulouse

Ligue 1: The middle-of-the-table placements shows the journey Toulouse and Montpellier have undertaken so far. Both sides are eager to play; let's bake this cake!

Insights:
  • Toulouse have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Montpellier have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Ligue 1

Toulouse 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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Toulouse form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Toulouse have to build on here at Stadium de Toulouse in the Ligue 1.

The supporters are hoping that Toulouse will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Lille (placed 7th). Dallinga, an attacker, was the declared top performer for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.8 (out of 10). Dallinga served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Reims.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Toulouse have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 1, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Montpellier had fun at their own home (Stadium de Toulouse) last time out, beating Strasbourg 2-1. Savanier and Nordin scored. Late drama in the previous game, when Savanier scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Strasbourg. Midfielder Savanier was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.32. Savanier scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 1-2 defeat away at Angers SCO before that.

We have checked recent matches where Montpellier have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Montpellier are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (10 goals from 3 away games). Montpellier have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest games featuring these opponents have all finished as Montpellier victories. More of the same or streak broken?

Toulouse missing players

Montpellier missing players

Toulouse Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 0 3 8
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
9 4 1 Scored S 0 10 19
13 6 1 Conceded C 0 7 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 88%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 67% 38%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 75%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3.9
5.4 6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6.1
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
11.9 11.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 10.2
4 4.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 4.4
28% 24% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 77% 54%
 
13.4 14 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.3 14.5
4.9 5.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.7 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Montpellier's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Montpellier have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Montpellier have scored more than double the goals of Toulouse.
  • Montpellier have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Ligue 1
  • Montpellier have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toulouse have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Toulouse 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 8 7 1 0 26 4 3 2 1 0 7 3 5 5 0 0 19 1 22 22
2 Olympique Marseille 8 6 2 0 16 5 5 4 1 0 10 4 3 2 1 0 6 1 11 20
3 Lorient 8 6 1 1 17 12 3 3 0 0 8 4 5 3 1 1 9 8 5 19
4 Lens 8 5 3 0 16 7 4 4 0 0 11 5 4 1 3 0 5 2 9 18
5 Monaco 8 4 2 2 13 12 4 1 1 2 6 10 4 3 1 0 7 2 1 14
6 Olympique Lyonnais 8 4 1 3 16 10 5 4 0 1 13 4 3 0 1 2 3 6 6 13
7 Lille 8 4 1 3 16 16 4 2 0 2 8 11 4 2 1 1 8 5 0 13
8 Rennes 8 3 3 2 14 8 4 3 0 1 10 3 4 0 3 1 4 5 6 12
9 Montpellier 8 4 0 4 19 15 5 3 0 2 9 8 3 1 0 2 10 7 4 12
10 Troyes 8 3 1 4 14 16 3 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 0 3 10 11 -2 10
11 Clermont 8 3 1 4 9 13 4 2 0 2 4 8 4 1 1 2 5 5 -4 10
12 Toulouse 8 2 2 4 9 13 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 1 0 3 5 7 -4 8
13 Nice 8 2 2 4 5 9 4 0 1 3 1 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 -4 8
14 Angers SCO 8 2 2 4 9 18 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 1 1 2 4 10 -9 8
15 Nantes 8 1 4 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 4 5 4 0 2 2 4 6 -3 7
16 Auxerre 8 2 1 5 8 19 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 1 0 3 4 12 -11 7
17 Reims 8 1 3 4 10 17 4 0 2 2 4 9 4 1 1 2 6 8 -7 6
18 Strasbourg 8 0 5 3 6 9 4 0 3 1 3 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 -3 5
19 Brest 8 1 2 5 8 18 4 0 2 2 2 10 4 1 0 3 6 8 -10 5
20 Ajaccio 8 1 1 6 4 11 4 0 1 3 1 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 -7 4

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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.