Nantes vs Montpellier

17 May 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Moses Simon 18’ (pen)
  • Francis Coquelin 31’
  • Matthis Abline 79’

Match summary

Nantes won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Montpellier. Nantes led 2-0 at half-time.

Moses Simon put Nantes ahead from the penalty spot in the 18th minute, Francis Coquelin made it 2-0 in the 31st minute, and Matthis Abline made it 3-0 in the 79th minute, set up by Moses Simon.

The chances backed that up: Nantes created 3.01 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Montpellier's 0.61 from 9.

Match stats

Nantes Montpellier
18 Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 0
7 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.01 xG 0.60
2.25 Non-penalty xG 0.60
3 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Nantes Montpellier
Kick-off
Moses Simon
Penalty1-0 (Nantes)
18’
Francis Coquelin2-0 (Nantes)
31’
Half-time2-0
Matthis Abline
Assist: Moses Simon3-0 (Nantes)
79’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Nantes
  • Nicolas Pallois
  • Sorba Thomas
  • Francis Coquelin
Montpellier
  • Théo Chennahi

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 3.01 0.61 18’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 1-0 18’ 31’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), 2-0 31’ 79’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), 3-0 79’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.01 0.61 18’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 1-0 Simon 18’ 31’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), 2-0 Coquelin 31’ 79’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), 3-0 Abline 79’
Nantes 3.01 xGMontpellier 0.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Nantes attacking 
18’ Moses Simon (Nantes), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 79’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 22’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.54 xG, blocked 69’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 82’ Lucas Mincarelli Davin (Montpellier), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 46’ Tanguy Coulibaly (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 6’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 40’ Louis Leroux (Nantes), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 89’ Nathan Zeze (Nantes), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 34’ Junior Ndiaye (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 75’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 28’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Lucas Mincarelli Davin (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 40’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Lucas Mincarelli Davin (Montpellier), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Théo Chennahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 56’ Pedro Chirivella (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 43’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Kelvin Adou (Nantes), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Stefan Dzodic (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 6’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90’ Becir Omeragic (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Moses Simon (Nantes), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 79’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 22’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.54 xG, blocked 69’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 82’ Lucas Mincarelli Davin (Montpellier), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 46’ Tanguy Coulibaly (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 6’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 40’ Louis Leroux (Nantes), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 34’ Junior Ndiaye (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 89’ Nathan Zeze (Nantes), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 75’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 28’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 40’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 35’ Lucas Mincarelli Davin (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Lucas Mincarelli Davin (Montpellier), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Théo Chennahi (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 56’ Pedro Chirivella (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 43’ Joris Chotard (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Kelvin Adou (Nantes), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Stefan Dzodic (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 6’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90’ Becir Omeragic (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
Anthony Lopes GK900 0.000.000
Jean-Charles Castelletto DEF903 0.580.000
Kelvin Adou DEF901 0.030.000
Nicolas Pallois DEF750 0.000.000
Sorba Thomas MID760 0.000.745
Louis Leroux MID901 0.110.061
Douglas Augusto MID903 0.360.000
Pedro Chirivella MID901 0.040.392
Francis Coquelin MID7614 0.310.000
Matthis Abline FWD9011 0.590.021
Moses Simon FWD90113 0.900.591
Nathan Zeze Sub151 0.090.000
Johann Lepenant Sub140 0.000.081
Fabien Centonze Sub140 0.000.000
Dehmaine Assoumani Sub10 0.000.091
Bahereba Guirassy Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 61% Avg odds 1.55
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.18
Montpellier win 16% Avg odds 6.02

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

Form going into the game

Nantes LDDLD
Montpellier LLDLL

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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.