Nice vs Montpellier

11 January 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Bastien Dechepy

Full time 6 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Nicolas Pepe 15’, 56’
Kephren Thuram 35’
Andy Delort 75’
Ross Barkley 82’, 85’

Téji Savanier 80’

Match summary

Nice won comfortably, 6-1 at home to Montpellier. Nice led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Nicolas Pepe put Nice ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Kephren Thuram and Kephren Thuram made it 2-0 in the 35th minute, set up by Dante. In the second half, Pepe made it 3-0 in the 56th minute, set up by Aaron Ramsey, Andy Delort made it 4-0 in the 75th minute, set up by Gaetan Laborde, Téji Savanier pulled one back to make it 4-1 with a direct free kick in the 80th minute, Ross Barkley made it 5-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Badredine Bouanani, and Barkley made it 6-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Andy Delort.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 3.48 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Montpellier's 0.23 from 4.

Match stats

16 Shots 4

10 Shots on Target 2

3 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

3.48 xG 0.23

3.48 Non-penalty xG 0.23

11 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Nice Montpellier

Kick-off

Nicolas Pepe
Assist: Kephren Thuram

1-0

15’

Kephren Thuram
Assist: Dante

2-0

35’

Half-time2-0

Nicolas Pepe
Assist: Aaron Ramsey

3-0

56’

Andy Delort
Assist: Gaetan Laborde

4-0

75’

80’

Téji Savanier4-1

Ross Barkley
Assist: Badredine Bouanani

5-1

82’

Ross Barkley
Assist: Andy Delort

6-1

85’

Full-time6-1

Bookings

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

Nice

Nicolas Pepe

Montpellier

Wahbi Khazri

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.

Nice 3.48 xGMontpellier 0.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Montpellier attacking Nice attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Lotomba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dante	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.47	1
Jean-Clair Todibo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Melvin Bard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Kephren Thuram	MID	80	1	1	3	0.68	0.71	3
Hichem Boudaoui	MID	42			0	0.00	0.08	1
Nicolas Pepe	MID	69	2		3	0.81	0.23	2
Aaron Ramsey	MID	69		1	2	0.15	0.13	1
Sofiane Diop	MID	69			1	0.03	0.23	1
Gaetan Laborde	FWD	90		1	3	0.45	0.33	1
Mario Lemina	Sub	48			1	0.04	0.00	0
Andy Delort	Sub	21	1	1	1	0.33	0.69	2
Ross Barkley	Sub	21	2		2	0.98	0.00	0
Badredine Bouanani	Sub	21		1	0	0.00	0.43	1
Pablo Rosario	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.04	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Omlin	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Falaye Sacko	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Christopher Jullien	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Maxime Estève	DEF	76		0	0.00	0.00	0
Faitout Maouassa	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ferri	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Leroy	MID	63		1	0.06	0.04	1
Béni Makouana	MID	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Téji Savanier	MID	90	1	2	0.13	0.00	0
Stephy Mavididi	MID	63		1	0.04	0.00	0
Sepe Elye Wahi	FWD	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnaud Nordin	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.00	0
Valère Germain	Sub	27		0	0.00	0.00	0
Wahbi Khazri	Sub	27		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mamadou Sakho	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 51% Avg odds 1.86

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60

Montpellier win 22% Avg odds 4.33

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

Form going into the game

Nice W W D D L

Montpellier L D D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Montpellier 0-0 Nice, 12 Mar 22 Next meeting: Montpellier 2-3 Nice, 27 May 23 All Nice 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.

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