Angers vs Montpellier

11 September 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Adrien Hunou 9’
  • Sofiane Boufal 69’ (pen)
  • Arnaud Nordin 7’

Match summary

Angers came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Montpellier. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Arnaud Nordin put Montpellier ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Faitout Maouassa, Adrien Hunou equalised in the 9th minute, and Sofiane Boufal won it from the penalty spot in the 69th minute.

The chances backed that up: Angers created 3.07 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Montpellier's 1.03 from 7.

Match stats

Angers Montpellier
11 Shots 7
5 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.91 xG 1.03
2.15 Non-penalty xG 1.03
2 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Angers Montpellier
Kick-off
7’
Arnaud Nordin
Assist: Faitout Maouassa0-1 (Montpellier)
Adrien Hunou1-1 (Angers)
9’
Half-time1-1
Sofiane Boufal
Penalty2-1 (Angers)
69’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Angers
  • Batista Mendy
  • Abdoulaye Bamba
Montpellier
  • Bingourou Kamara
  • Jordan Ferri
  • Léo Leroy
  • Wahbi Khazri

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.07 1.03 7’ Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier), 0-1 7’ 9’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), 1-1 9’ 69’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), 2-1 69’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.07 1.03 7’ Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier), 0-1 Nordin 7’ 9’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), 1-1 Hunou 9’ 69’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), 2-1 Boufal 69’
Angers 3.07 xGMontpellier 1.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Angers attacking 
69’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 9’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), set piece, 0.65 xG, goal 82’ Lois Diony (Angers), open play, 0.49 xG, blocked 48’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 7’ Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 72’ Nicolas Cozza (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.38 xG, off target 64’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 82’ Azz-Eddine Ounahi (Angers), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 30’ Azz-Eddine Ounahi (Angers), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 40’ Christopher Jullien (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 81’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 9’ Azz-Eddine Ounahi (Angers), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 31’ Batista Mendy (Angers), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 46’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Christopher Jullien (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Faitout Maouassa (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 9’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), set piece, 0.65 xG, goal 82’ Lois Diony (Angers), open play, 0.49 xG, blocked 48’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 7’ Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 72’ Nicolas Cozza (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.38 xG, off target 64’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 82’ Azz-Eddine Ounahi (Angers), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 30’ Azz-Eddine Ounahi (Angers), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 40’ Christopher Jullien (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 81’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 9’ Azz-Eddine Ounahi (Angers), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 31’ Batista Mendy (Angers), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 46’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Christopher Jullien (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Abdallah Sima (Angers), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Faitout Maouassa (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Yahia Fofana GK900 0.000.000
Yan Valery DEF390 0.000.031
Cédric Hountondji DEF900 0.000.000
Miha Blazic DEF900 0.000.000
Souleyman Doumbia DEF900 0.000.101
Nabil Bentaleb MID900 0.000.000
Batista Mendy MID901 0.070.000
Azz-Eddine Ounahi MID903 0.300.000
Adrien Hunou MID9013 1.340.000
Sofiane Boufal MID9012 0.850.692
Abdallah Sima FWD671 0.030.000
Abdoulaye Bamba Sub510 0.000.000
Lois Diony Sub231 0.490.091
Sada Thioub Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Angers win 39% Avg odds 2.45
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.51
Montpellier win 34% Avg odds 2.84

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Angers DLLLL
Montpellier LLWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Angers 2-0 Montpellier, 21 May 22 Next meeting: Montpellier 5-0 Angers, 05 Mar 23  All Angers vs Montpellier meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.