Nantes vs Montpellier

31 August 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee Karim Abed

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Abdoulaye Touré 84’

Match summary

Nantes saw off Montpellier 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Abdoulaye Touré put Nantes ahead in the 84th minute, set up by Moses Simon.

There was little between the sides on chances: Nantes created 0.83 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Montpellier 0.77 from 8.

Match stats

Nantes Montpellier
14 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.83 xG 0.77
0.83 Non-penalty xG 0.77
3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Nantes Montpellier
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Abdoulaye Touré
Assist: Moses Simon1-0 (Nantes)
84’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Nantes
  • Mehdi Abeid
  • Abdoul Kader Bamba
Montpellier
  • Pedro Mendes
  • Gaetan Laborde

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 0.83 0.77 84’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), 1-0 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 0.77 84’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), 1-0 Touré 84’
Nantes 0.83 xGMontpellier 0.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Nantes attacking 
41’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), set piece, 0.44 xG, saved 90+2’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 51’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 49’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 1’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 45’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+4’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Mehdi Abeid (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Andrei Girotto (Nantes), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 72’ Mehdi Abeid (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Mehdi Abeid (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Mehdi Abeid (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 64’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 41’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), set piece, 0.44 xG, saved 90+2’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 51’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 49’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 1’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 45’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+4’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Mehdi Abeid (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Andrei Girotto (Nantes), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 72’ Mehdi Abeid (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Mehdi Abeid (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Mehdi Abeid (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 23’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 64’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alban Lafont GK900 0.000.000
Fabio DEF900 0.000.102
Andrei Girotto DEF901 0.020.000
Nicolas Pallois DEF900 0.000.000
Charles Traore DEF900 0.000.021
Mehdi Abeid MID904 0.070.000
Abdoulaye Touré MID9012 0.110.052
Abdoul Kader Bamba MID900 0.000.042
Imran Louza MID834 0.180.000
Moses Simon MID9012 0.110.525
Kalifa Coulibaly FWD901 0.330.071
Cristian Benavente Bristol Sub70 0.000.000
Samuel Moutoussamy Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 38% Avg odds 2.52
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.04
Montpellier win 31% Avg odds 3.07

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

Form going into the game

Nantes DLLDW
Montpellier DLLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Montpellier 1-1 Nantes, 18 May 19 Next meeting: Montpellier 1-1 Nantes, 09 Jan 21  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.