Montpellier vs Nimes

25 September 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Arnaud Souquet 31’

Match summary

Montpellier won 1-0 at home to Nimes. Montpellier led 1-0 at half-time.

Arnaud Souquet put Montpellier ahead in the 31st minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Montpellier created 0.58 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Nimes 0.72 from 15.

Match stats

Montpellier Nimes
12 Shots 15
4 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 8
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.58 xG 0.72
0.58 Non-penalty xG 0.72
5 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Montpellier Nimes
Kick-off
Arnaud Souquet1-0 (Montpellier)
31’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Montpellier
  • Hilton
  • Florent Mollet
  • Andy Delort
Nimes
  • Loïck Landre
  • Florian Miguel
  • Lucas Deaux
  • Lamine Fomba

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.58 0.72 31’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), 1-0 31’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.58 0.72 31’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), 1-0 Souquet 31’
Montpellier 0.58 xGNimes 0.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nimes attacking Montpellier attacking 
57’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 10’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 12’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 20’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 33’ Florian Miguel (Nimes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Lamine Fomba (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 43’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 54’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 4’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 21’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 17’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Anthony Briancon (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 2’ Lucas Deaux (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 82’ Lamine Fomba (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 57’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 10’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 12’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 20’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 33’ Florian Miguel (Nimes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Lamine Fomba (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 43’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 72’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Anthony Briancon (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 2’ Lucas Deaux (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 82’ Lamine Fomba (Nimes), 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 0.130.081
Nicolas Cozza DEF900 0.000.000
Daniel Congré DEF900 0.000.000
Arnaud Souquet MID9012 0.100.000
Joris Chotard MID902 0.030.061
Damien Le Tallec MID900 0.000.021
Ambroise Oyongo MID900 0.000.031
Florent Mollet MID803 0.090.131
Andy Delort FWD903 0.150.112
Gaetan Laborde FWD900 0.000.000
Mihailo Ristic Sub101 0.080.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 47% Avg odds 2.04
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.31
Nimes win 24% Avg odds 3.90

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier DWLWD
Nimes LDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nimes 1-1 Montpellier, 03 Feb 19 Next meeting: Montpellier 0-1 Nimes, 04 Oct 20  All Montpellier vs Nimes 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.