Montpellier vs Nice

14 September 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee Olivier Thual

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Andy Delort 37’
  • Florent Mollet 56’
  • Adrien Tameze 34’

Match summary

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

Adrien Tameze put Nice ahead in the 34th minute, Andy Delort equalised with a header in the 37th minute, and Florent Mollet won it in the 56th minute, set up by Andy Delort.

The chances backed that up: Montpellier created 2.22 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Nice's 1.06 from 13.

Match stats

Montpellier Nice
17 Shots 13
8 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.22 xG 1.05
2.22 Non-penalty xG 1.05
6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Montpellier Nice
Kick-off
34’
Adrien Tameze0-1 (Nice)
Andy Delort1-1 (Montpellier)
37’
Half-time1-1
Florent Mollet
Assist: Andy Delort2-1 (Montpellier)
56’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Montpellier
  • Pedro Mendes
  • Florent Mollet
Nice
  • Racine Coly
  • Youcef Atal

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.22 1.06 34’ Adrien Tameze (Nice), 0-1 34’ 37’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), 1-1 37’ 56’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), 2-1 56’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.22 1.06 34’ Adrien Tameze (Nice), 0-1 Tameze 34’ 37’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), 1-1 Delort 37’ 56’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), 2-1 Mollet 56’
Montpellier 2.22 xGNice 1.06 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nice attacking Montpellier attacking 
37’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.88 xG, goal 37’ Daniel Congré (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.47 xG, saved 30’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 29’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 78’ Ignatius Ganago (Nice), open play, 0.30 xG, blocked 9’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 71’ Adam Ounas (Nice), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 34’ Adrien Tameze (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 56’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 60’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Ignatius Ganago (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 90+3’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 74’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Andy Pelmard (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 29’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Jordan Ferri (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 68’ Jordan Ferri (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.88 xG, goal 37’ Daniel Congré (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.47 xG, saved 30’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 29’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 78’ Ignatius Ganago (Nice), open play, 0.30 xG, blocked 9’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 71’ Adam Ounas (Nice), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 56’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 34’ Adrien Tameze (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 60’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Ignatius Ganago (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+3’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 62’ Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 85’ Andy Pelmard (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 74’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 68’ Jordan Ferri (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Jordan Ferri (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gerónimo Rulli GK900 0.000.000
Hilton DEF901 0.030.000
Pedro Mendes DEF901 0.040.000
Daniel Congré DEF501 0.470.000
Arnaud Souquet MID901 0.010.000
Damien Le Tallec MID901 0.010.021
Jordan Ferri MID902 0.030.022
Ambroise Oyongo MID902 0.040.142
Florent Mollet MID9012 0.090.584
Andy Delort FWD90113 0.970.482
Gaetan Laborde FWD823 0.530.000
Nicolas Cozza Sub400 0.000.000
Mihailo Ristic Sub80 0.000.000
Keagan Dolly Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 49% Avg odds 1.96
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.36
Nice win 23% Avg odds 4.15

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier LLDWL
Nice WWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nice 1-0 Montpellier, 07 Apr 19 Next meeting: Montpellier 3-1 Nice, 12 Sep 20  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.