Montpellier vs Nice

15 December 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Joris Chotard 22’
Theo Sainte Luce 80’

Gaetan Laborde 17’
Badredine Bouanani 28’

Match summary

Montpellier and Nice drew 2-2. Nice led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gaetan Laborde put Nice ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Evann Guessand, Joris Chotard equalised with a header in the 22nd minute, set up by Jordan Ferri, and Badredine Bouanani put Nice back in front in the 28th minute, set up by Pablo Rosario. In the second half, Theo Sainte Luce equalised in the 80th minute, set up by Mousa Al Tamari.

Montpellier had the better of the chances, with 2.45 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Nice's 1.56 from 18.

Match stats

20 Shots 18

8 Shots on Target 6

9 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.45 xG 1.55

2.45 Non-penalty xG 1.55

8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Montpellier Nice

Kick-off

17’

Gaetan Laborde
Assist: Evann Guessand

0-1

Joris Chotard
Assist: Jordan Ferri1-1

22’

28’

Badredine Bouanani
Assist: Pablo Rosario

1-2

Half-time1-2

Theo Sainte Luce
Assist: Mousa Al Tamari2-2

80’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Montpellier

Rabby Nzingoula

Nice

Jonathan Clauss
Badredine Bouanani

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.

Montpellier 2.45 xGNice 1.56 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nice attacking Montpellier attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Benjamin Lecomte	GK	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Enzo Tchato Mbiayi	DEF	62			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nikola Maksimovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Becir Omeragic	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Issiaga Sylla	DEF	76			1	0.18	0.02	1
Joris Chotard	MID	90	1		2	0.37	0.10	1
Jordan Ferri	MID	62		1	1	0.02	0.33	1
Mousa Al Tamari	MID	90		1	4	0.16	0.87	5
Téji Savanier	MID	90			2	0.04	0.43	5
Arnaud Nordin	MID	62			2	0.13	0.00	0
Akor Adams	FWD	76			3	0.15	0.00	0
Modibo Sagnan	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.57	1
Wahbi Khazri	Sub	28			1	0.08	0.00	0
Rabby Nzingoula	Sub	28		1	1	0.08	0.03	1
Theo Sainte Luce	Sub	14	1		2	1.24	0.00	0
Junior Ndiaye	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marcin Bulka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tom Louchet	DEF	72			0	0.00	0.11	2
Moïse Bombito	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Pablo Rosario	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.05	1
Jonathan Clauss	DEF	63			0	0.00	0.08	1
Hichem Boudaoui	MID	90			3	0.10	0.03	1
Badredine Bouanani	MID	90	1		3	0.20	0.00	0
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro	MID	86			1	0.02	0.18	1
Evann Guessand	FWD	90		1	2	0.28	0.05	1
Gaetan Laborde	FWD	90	1		6	0.73	0.00	0
Sofiane Diop	FWD	86			2	0.15	0.14	3
Melvin Bard	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yaël Nandjou	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.10	1
Rares Ilie	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.09	2
Issiaga Camara	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 33% Avg odds 2.90

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.69

Nice win 41% Avg odds 2.30

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier L W L D L

Nice W D W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nice 1-2 Montpellier, 08 Mar 24 Next meeting: Nice 2-0 Montpellier, 23 Feb 25 All Montpellier vs Nice 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.

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