Nice vs Montpellier

25 April 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Bastien Dechepy

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Hichem Boudaoui 6’
Jean-Clair Todibo 39’
Alexis Claude Maurice 40’

Gaetan Laborde 3’

Match summary

Nice came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Montpellier. Nice led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gaetan Laborde put Montpellier ahead with a header in the 3rd minute, set up by Andy Delort, Hichem Boudaoui equalised in the 6th minute, set up by Kasper Dolberg, Jean-Clair Todibo put Nice in front in the 39th minute, set up by Alexis Claude Maurice, and Alexis Claude Maurice made it 3-1 in the 40th minute.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 2.38 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Montpellier's 1.76 from 14.

Match stats

18 Shots 14

8 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.38 xG 1.73

2.38 Non-penalty xG 1.73

6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Nice Montpellier

Kick-off

3’

Gaetan Laborde
Assist: Andy Delort0-1

Hichem Boudaoui
Assist: Kasper Dolberg

1-1

6’

Jean-Clair Todibo
Assist: Alexis Claude Maurice

2-1

39’

Alexis Claude Maurice

3-1

40’

Half-time3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Nice

Hichem Boudaoui

Montpellier

Florent Mollet
Sepe Elye Wahi

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 2.38 xGMontpellier 1.76 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
Walter Benítez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Lotomba	DEF	82			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jean-Clair Todibo	DEF	90	1		2	0.44	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hassane Kamara	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.07	1
Morgan Schneiderlin	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Youcef Atal	MID	65			2	0.17	0.00	0
Alexis Claude Maurice	MID	90	1	1	3	0.82	0.84	6
Hichem Boudaoui	MID	65	1		2	0.41	0.00	0
Rony Lopes	MID	90			4	0.29	0.01	1
Kasper Dolberg	FWD	90		1	2	0.17	0.54	3
Pierre Lees-Melou	Sub	25			2	0.05	0.00	0
Flavius Daniliuc	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.14	1
Dan Ndoye	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stanley N'Soki	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Omlin	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Sambia	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Nicolas Cozza	DEF	80			1	0.55	0.00	0
Daniel Congré	DEF	61			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mihailo Ristic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Téji Savanier	MID	90			2	0.09	0.15	3
Jordan Ferri	MID	61			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gaetan Laborde	MID	90	1		6	0.87	0.03	1
Florent Mollet	MID	80			1	0.04	0.09	2
Stephy Mavididi	MID	61			0	0.00	0.01	1
Andy Delort	FWD	90		1	2	0.16	0.73	3
Damien Le Tallec	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joris Chotard	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sepe Elye Wahi	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.07	1
Clement Vidal	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Petar Skuletic	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 34% Avg odds 2.76

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.44

Montpellier win 38% Avg odds 2.52

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

Form going into the game

Nice D W W D L

Montpellier D W D D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Montpellier 3-1 Nice, 12 Sep 20 Next meeting: Nice 0-1 Montpellier, 07 Nov 21 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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