Montpellier vs Nice

27 May 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Benoît Millot

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–0

Téji Savanier 7’, 17’ (pen)

Ross Barkley 53’
Gaetan Laborde 67’, 79’

Match summary

Nice came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 away at Montpellier. Montpellier led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Téji Savanier put Montpellier ahead in the 7th minute and Savanier made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 17th minute. In the second half, Ross Barkley pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 53rd minute, set up by Gaetan Laborde, Gaetan Laborde equalised with a header in the 67th minute, and Laborde won it in the 79th minute, set up by Terem Igobor Moffi.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 5.03 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Montpellier's 1.62 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 23

8 Shots on Target 15

2 Corners 10

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.62 xG 4.59

0.86 Non-penalty xG 4.59

1 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Montpellier Nice

Kick-off

Téji Savanier1-0

7’

Téji Savanier
Penalty2-0

17’

Half-time2-0

53’

Ross Barkley
Assist: Gaetan Laborde

2-1

67’

Gaetan Laborde

2-2

79’

Gaetan Laborde
Assist: Terem Igobor Moffi

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Nice

Dante
Hichem Boudaoui
Pablo Rosario

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 1.62 xGNice 5.03 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Benjamin Lecomte	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Falaye Sacko	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Maxime Estève	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiki Kouyate	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Theo Sainte Luce	DEF	63		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joris Chotard	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ferri	MID	74		0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnaud Nordin	MID	90		1	0.07	0.43	4
Téji Savanier	MID	90	2	3	0.86	0.12	3
Wahbi Khazri	MID	48		2	0.14	0.00	0
Stephy Mavididi	FWD	58		3	0.42	0.04	1
Sepe Elye Wahi	Sub	42		1	0.03	0.00	0
Faitout Maouassa	Sub	32		1	0.05	0.00	0
Enzo Tchato Mbiayi	Sub	27		0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Leroy	Sub	16		1	0.01	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Lotomba	DEF	90			1	0.46	0.04	1
Dante	DEF	90			1	0.35	0.31	1
Jean-Clair Todibo	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Melvin Bard	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hichem Boudaoui	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	MID	87	1		3	0.20	0.91	8
Sofiane Diop	MID	78			2	0.48	0.00	0
Gaetan Laborde	FWD	90	2	1	9	2.81	0.14	2
Terem Igobor Moffi	FWD	90		1	2	0.33	1.18	4
Billal Brahimi	FWD	87			2	0.15	0.02	1
Pablo Rosario	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youcef Atal	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Badredine Bouanani	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.46	1
Alexis Beka Beka	Sub	3			1	0.17	0.00	0
Ayoub Amraoui	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 40% Avg odds 2.37

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55

Nice win 33% Avg odds 2.86

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier W W L D W

Nice L W W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nice 6-1 Montpellier, 11 Jan 23 Next meeting: Montpellier 0-0 Nice, 10 Nov 23 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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