Saint-Etienne vs Montpellier

10 May 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Gaetan Laborde 64’

Match summary

Montpellier beat Saint-Etienne 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Gaetan Laborde put Montpellier ahead in the 64th minute, set up by Ellyes Skhiri.

The chances backed that up: Montpellier created 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Saint-Etienne's 0.77 from 16. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

Saint-Etienne Montpellier
16 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 4
11 Corners 1
3 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 1
0.77 xG 1.54
0.77 Non-penalty xG 1.54
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Saint-Etienne Montpellier
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
64’
Gaetan Laborde
Assist: Ellyes Skhiri0-1 (Montpellier)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Saint-Etienne
  • Rémy Cabella
  • Arnaud Nordin
Montpellier
  • Daniel Congré
  • Benjamin Lecomte
  • Mathías Suárez
  • Ellyes Skhiri
  • Florent Mollet

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 0.77 1.54 64’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), 0-1 64’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.77 1.54 64’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), 0-1 Laborde 64’
Saint-Etienne 0.77 xGMontpellier 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Saint-Etienne attacking 
38’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 68’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 85’ Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 32’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 73’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90+4’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 59’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 10’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Daniel Congré (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 59’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 37’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 64’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 66’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Rémy Cabella (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Rémy Cabella (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Loic Perrin (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+9’ Pierre-Yves Polomat (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Yannis Salibur (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+6’ Loic Perrin (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 38’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 68’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 85’ Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 32’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 73’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90+4’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 59’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 10’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Daniel Congré (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 59’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 64’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 66’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Rémy Cabella (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 88’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Rémy Cabella (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Loic Perrin (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+6’ Loic Perrin (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+9’ Pierre-Yves Polomat (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Yannis Salibur (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Stéphane Ruffier GK900 0.000.000
Mathieu Debuchy DEF901 0.040.042
William Saliba DEF900 0.000.000
Loic Perrin DEF902 0.030.000
Pierre-Yves Polomat DEF901 0.010.061
Yann M'Vila MID900 0.000.052
Youssef Ait Bennasser MID700 0.000.000
Arnaud Nordin MID714 0.210.000
Rémy Cabella MID632 0.050.092
Wahbi Khazri MID903 0.080.334
Robert Beric FWD902 0.340.000
Valentin Vada Sub200 0.000.000
Yannis Salibur Sub191 0.010.011
Lamine Ghezali Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Saint-Etienne win 55% Bet365 odds 1.75
Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.80
Montpellier win 20% Bet365 odds 4.75

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Saint-Etienne DWWWW
Montpellier LWWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Montpellier 0-0 Saint-Etienne, 25 Aug 18 Next meeting: Saint-Etienne 0-0 Montpellier, 24 Nov 19  All Saint-Etienne 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.