Troyes - Montpellier: Small difference between teams in Ligue 1 clash

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Aube (20400 seats)

Troyes are ready to battle it out with Montpellier in this Ligue 1 fixture. All you need to know about the fixture is found right here!

Insights:
  • Troyes have the fewest points (0) at home in Ligue 1
  • Montpellier have the most points from losing position (4) in Ligue 1

Troyes 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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Troyes form and stats

Troyes are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Ligue 1 games here at Stade de l'Aube. Troyes are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade de l'Aube, having lost their two previous games here.

It's back home for Troyes, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Metz away with the result 2-0. Xavier Chavalerin and Gerson Rodrigues found the net in that victory. Midfield player Xavier Chavalerin got a match rating of 8.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Chavalerin scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was the home game against Monaco that was lost 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Troyes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won six, drawn zero and lost one.

The manager L. Batlles will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Olympique Lyonnais in only three days.

Troyes has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Montpellier form and stats

The Ligue 1 season is young and Montpellier have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Montpellier won their last game, 2-0 versus Saint-Étienne played at home. Midfielder Teji Savanier was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Savanier served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Prior to that match, the Montpellier manager O. Dall’Oglio faced defeat when travelling to Lille and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Montpellier in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Montpellier, four draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Montpellier are hosting Bordeaux in the Ligue 1 only three days away.

Montpellier have the goal stats of 4-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Troyes victory, four draws and five Montpellier wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MontpellierG. Laborde
G. Laborde
3 goals
MontpellierS. Mavididi
S. Mavididi
2 goals

Troyes missing players

Montpellier missing players

Troyes Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 2 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
3 2 0 Lost L 1 1 2
5 2 0 Scored S 4 4 11
7 4 0 Conceded C 5 5 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 40%
60% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 80%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.5 5.8
4.2 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.5 5.6
1.4 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.2 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 15
4.6 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 5.6
22% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 57% 39%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Montpellier's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Troyes's home-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 Troyes.
  • Montpellier have the most points from losing position (4) in Ligue 1
  • Montpellier have yet to win a game away.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Troyes have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Troyes have the fewest points (0) at home in Ligue 1
  • Troyes have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Troyes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Troyes Last season Montpellier
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
23 15   Won W   7 14
8 3   Drew D   8 12
7 1   Lost L   4 12
60 32   Scored S   26 60
36 15   Conceded C   27 62
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
74% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 87%
53% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 63%
24% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 45%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 21%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   74% 76%
45% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 13%
11% 0%   Failed to Score F T   11% 16%
 
5.6 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.8
3.1 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.6
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.7
4 1   Red cards R C   3 7
 
11 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 11.8
4.7 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.3
34% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 36%

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

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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.