Nantes vs Montpellier

22 October 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Marc Bollengier

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Florent Mollet 44’
  • Abdoul Kader Bamba 74’

Match summary

Nantes beat Montpellier 2-0. Nantes led 1-0 at half-time.

Florent Mollet put Nantes ahead in the 44th minute and Abdoul Kader Bamba made it 2-0 in the 74th minute, set up by Moses Simon.

The chances backed that up: Nantes created 1.75 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Montpellier's 0.50 from 11.

Match stats

Nantes Montpellier
14 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.75 xG 0.50
1.75 Non-penalty xG 0.50
8 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Nantes Montpellier
Kick-off
Florent Mollet1-0 (Nantes)
44’
Half-time1-0
Abdoul Kader Bamba
Assist: Moses Simon2-0 (Nantes)
74’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Nantes
  • Florent Mollet
  • Abdoul Kader Bamba
Montpellier
  • Kiki Kouyate

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.75 0.50 44’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), 1-0 44’ 74’ Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes), 2-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.75 0.50 44’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), 1-0 Mollet 44’ 74’ Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes), 2-0 Bamba 74’
Nantes 1.75 xGMontpellier 0.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Nantes attacking 
74’ Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 44’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 50’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 63’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 87’ Quentin Merlin (Nantes), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 27’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 59’ Adson (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 69’ Kelvin Yeboah (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 70’ Adson (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 16’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 56’ Akor Adams (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 54’ Akor Adams (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 6’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 62’ Issiaga Sylla (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 65’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 67’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 88’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 1’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Quentin Merlin (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 56’ Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 90+5’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 44’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 50’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 63’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 87’ Quentin Merlin (Nantes), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 27’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 69’ Kelvin Yeboah (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 59’ Adson (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 70’ Adson (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 56’ Akor Adams (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 54’ Akor Adams (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 6’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Téji Savanier (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 62’ Issiaga Sylla (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 67’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 1’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+1’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Quentin Merlin (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 56’ Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 90+5’ Mousa Al Tamari (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alban Lafont GK900 0.000.000
Marcus Coco DEF820 0.000.131
Jean-Kevin Duverne DEF900 0.000.000
Eray Cömert DEF900 0.000.000
Quentin Merlin DEF902 0.140.000
Samuel Moutoussamy MID902 0.180.123
Pedro Chirivella MID900 0.000.000
Moussa Sissoko MID610 0.000.000
Florent Mollet FWD9014 0.450.031
Matthis Abline FWD602 0.040.141
Moses Simon FWD9011 0.130.641
Adson Sub302 0.170.000
Abdoul Kader Bamba Sub2911 0.640.121
Ronael Pierre Gabriel Sub80 0.000.000
Jaouen Hadjam Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 32% Avg odds 3.03
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.56
Montpellier win 41% Avg odds 2.32

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

Form going into the game

Nantes DWWLW
Montpellier LLDDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nantes 0-3 Montpellier, 20 May 23 Next meeting: Montpellier 1-1 Nantes, 26 Apr 24  All Nantes vs Montpellier 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.