Lyon vs Montpellier – Preview, Tips and Odds

France: Ligue 1

Lyon

Full Time

1:4

Montpellier

Highlights and Stats

Groupama Stadium will welcome the teams of Lyon and Montpellier on Saturday for a meeting of the 2nd round of Ligue 1. Lyon is currently occupying 16th place in the standings with no points of yet, while Montpellier is sitting in 10th place with 1 point.

Lyon vs Montpellier Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2023/05/07	Last 20 Games
Lyon	win	? Whome Waway Whome Waway Lhome Laway Laway Whome Daway Daway Waway Laway Dhome Waway Whome Whome Waway Lhome Waway Whome
Montpellier	loss	? Laway Lhome Laway Lhome Waway Whome Whome Laway Dhome Dhome Lhome Whome Daway Lhome Laway Laway Lhome Waway Lhome Laway

Worth Mentioning

When Lyon last faced Montpellier, the game finished with the score of 5:4 to Lyon. The two teams met each other on the 7th of May 2023. Lyon are currently on a run of four consecutive victories. During the previous 10 encounters, the home side did not enjoy a significant advantage as the 5 wins at home and 3 wins away clearly indicated. No more than 2 of the 10 latest meetings ended in draws. The last five clashes between the clubs ended with four producing over 2.5 goals and four witnessing goals at both ends of the pitch. Over this span of time, Lyon proved successful in keeping one clean sheet, whereas Montpellier failed to prevent their opponents from scoring. The recent encounters between the opponents turned out to be high scoring affairs with a total of 23 goals across the previous 5 clashes.

Lyon vs Montpellier Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 20 games

LyonMontpellier

• Goals

  2.50

  1.45

• Fouls

  9.88

  11.00

• Corners

  5.53

  4.29

• Offsides

  2.00

  1.82

• Cards

  2.00

  2.35

• Posession

  60%

  40%

2023/05/07 Ligue 1

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  5

  4

• Fouls

  12

  14

• Corners

  3

  5

• Offsides

  2

  3

• Cards

  0

  3

• Posession

  70%

  30%

2022/10/22 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  18

  9

• Corners

  7

  4

• Offsides

  3

  2

• Cards

  4

  4

• Posession

  63%

  37%

2022/04/23 Ligue 1

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  5

  2

• Fouls

  13

  10

• Corners

  8

  2

• Offsides

  1

  0

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  52%

  48%

2021/11/28 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  1

  0

• Fouls

  15

  7

• Corners

  5

  8

• Offsides

  1

  1

• Cards

  4

  1

• Posession

  56%

  44%

2021/02/13 Ligue 1

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  9

  12

• Corners

  6

  1

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  0

  1

• Posession

  54%

  46%

2020/09/15 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  13

  13

• Corners

  11

  4

• Offsides

  0

  2

• Cards

  4

  5

• Posession

  56%

  44%

2019/08/27 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  0

  1

• Fouls

  11

  14

• Corners

  2

  8

• Offsides

  0

  0

• Cards

  6

  2

• Posession

  50%

  50%

2019/03/17 Ligue 1

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  3

  2

• Fouls

  7

  11

• Corners

  8

  6

• Offsides

  2

  3

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  65%

  35%

2018/12/22 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  11

  19

• Corners

  2

  6

• Offsides

  2

  2

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2018/03/04 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  6

  15

• Corners

  4

  4

• Offsides

  3

  3

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  65%

  35%

2018/02/07 Cup

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  12

  11

• Corners

  3

  3

• Offsides

  4

  2

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  53%

  47%

2017/12/13 League Cup

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  1

  4

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2017/11/19 Ligue 1

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  11

  9

• Corners

  9

  6

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  62%

  38%

2017/05/14 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  3

  1

• Fouls

  10

  16

• Corners

  1

  4

• Offsides

  2

  5

• Cards

  1

  3

• Posession

  58%

  42%

2017/01/08 Cup

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  5

  0

• Fouls

  10

  12

• Corners

  8

  5

• Offsides

  4

  1

• Cards

  0

  3

• Posession

  69%

  31%

2016/09/21 Ligue 1

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  5

  1

• Fouls

  10

  15

• Corners

  11

  1

• Offsides

  3

  1

• Cards

  0

  3

• Posession

  66%

  34%

2016/04/08 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  1

  4

• Offsides

  4

  1

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  64%

  36%

2015/11/27 Ligue 1

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  2

  4

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  5

  2

• Offsides

  2

  2

• Cards

  3

  4

• Posession

  65%

  35%

2015/03/08 Ligue 1

LyonHMontpellier

• Goals

  5

  1

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2014/10/19 Ligue 1

HLyonMontpellier

• Goals

  5

  1

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

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Lyon Form

In their last match Lyon suffered a 2:1 away defeat to Strasbourg in Ligue 1 on August 13. Currently, the outfit is on a streak of two consecutive defeats. In the last 10 encounters of Lyon, playing at home proved to be very beneficial. The hosting side enjoyed a win 7 times and lost on 3 occasions. No draw has been registered across the outfit’s last 10 clashes. Each one of the preceding five Lyon meetings resulted in over 2.5 goals, with both sides scoring in four of those. Throughout the period, the squad was capable of limiting its opponent to no goals in one game, while managing to find the back of the net at least once on every occasion. When looking at statistics, we notice that the average number of goals scored during the team’s most recent 5 clashes is 3.40.

• Goals
  2.20
• Fouls
  12.20
• Corners
  4.30
• Offsides
  2.00
• Cards
  2.10
• Posession
  59%

Montpellier Form

In their most recent match Montpellier played against Le Havre on Sunday, with the final score of the game being a 2:2 draw at home. The team is presently unbeaten in two games, registering one draw and one win within this period. The home crowd, usually referred to as the “12th player”, has failed to signficantly impact Montpellier’s recent ten meetings, as they ended in 3 home wins and 5 away wins. Just two of those last 10 clashes were draws. All bar one out of the last five encounters of the team featured over 2.5 goals, with four witnessing goals at both ends of the field. Montpellier’s defensive efforts proved enough to limit the opposition to no goals in one of these games and they scored on their own at least once in all. The team’s last five outings finished with 3.6 goals on average.

• Goals
  2.20
• Fouls
  12.90
• Corners
  5.80
• Offsides
  2.00
• Cards
  1.70
• Posession
  44%

Formations and Lineups

Lyon

Formation:4-2-3-1

• G17Rémy Riou
• D20Sael Kumbedi
• D55Duje Ćaleta-Car
• D2Sinaly Diomandé
• D3Nicolás Tagliafico
• M6Maxence Caqueret
• M24Johann Lepenant
• M26Bradley Barcola
• M18Rayan Cherki
• M47Jeffinho
• F10Alexandre Lacazette

17 Rémy Riou 20 Sael Kumbedi 55 Duje Ćaleta-Car 2 Sinaly Diomandé 3 Nicolás Tagliafico 6 Maxence Caqueret 24 Johann Lepenant 26 Bradley Barcola 18 Rayan Cherki 47 Jeffinho 10 Alexandre Lacazette

Montpellier

Formation:4-2-3-1

• G40Benjamin Lecomte
• D77Falaye Sacko
• D6Christopher Jullien
• D4Boubakar Kouyaté
• D3Issiaga Sylla
• M13Joris Chotard
• M12Jordan Ferri
• M9Mousa Al-Taamari
• M11Teji Savanier
• M7Arnaud Nordin
• F8Akor Adams

40 Benjamin Lecomte 77 Falaye Sacko 6 Christopher Jullien 4 Boubakar Kouyaté 3 Issiaga Sylla 13 Joris Chotard 12 Jordan Ferri 9 Mousa Al-Taamari 11 Teji Savanier 7 Arnaud Nordin 8 Akor Adams

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last Lyon	Last Montpellier	Probability	Value Odds Over
Lyon WIN	5/10	6/10	-	52.91%	1.89
DRAW	2/10	0/10	2/10	13.59%	7.36
Montpellier WIN	3/10	-	4/10	33.50%	2.99
Over 2.5 Goals	6/10	10/10	8/10	78.00%	1.28
BTTS	8/10	9/10	7/10	80.00%	1.25
Over 4.5 Cards	4/10	3/10	2/10	31.00%	3.23
Over 10.5 Corners	4/10	2/10	6/10	40.00%	2.50
Lyon over 1.5 Goals	4/10	6/10	-	49.00%	2.04
Montpellier over 1.5 Goals	5/10	-	6/10	54.50%	1.83

Match Details

LyonvsMontpellier

• 90+4`
  

  (in) B. Omeragic(out) J. Ferri
• 90+4`
  

  (in) S. Delaye(out) M. Al-Tamari
• 89`
  1 - 4

  

  A. AdamsL. Leroy
• 89`
  

  (in) L. Leroy(out) T. Savanier
• 83`
  N. TagliaficoFoul

  
• 80`
  A. LacazetteElbowing

  
• 69`
  A. LacazetteS. Kumbedi

  

  1 - 3
• 69`
  (in) A. Maitland-Niles(out) M. Caqueret

  
• 69`
  (in) A. Sarr(out) Jeffinho

  
• 66`
  0 - 3

  

  M. Al-TamariB. Lecomte
• 63`
  

  (in) W. Khazri(out) A. Nordin
• 51`
  

  K. KouyateTripping
• 45+3`
  S. KumbediFoul

  
• 39`
  0 - 2

  

  M. Al-Tamari
• 29`
  

  A. AdamsGoal Disallowed - offside
• 29`
  J. LepenantHolding

  
• 20`
  0 - 1

  

  A. Nordin
• 13`
  S. DiomandeRoughing

  

Players Ratings

LyonvsMontpellier

• 

  18Rayan Cherki

  7.9 / 10

• 

  10Alexandre Lacazette

  7 / 10

• 

  24Johann Lepenant

  6.9 / 10

• 

  98Ainsley Maitland-Niles

  6.9 / 10

• 

  20Sael Kumbedi

  6.7 / 10

• 

  6Maxence Caqueret

  6.7 / 10

• 

  47Jeffinho

  6.7 / 10

• 

  26Bradley Barcola

  6.5 / 10

• 

  7Amin Sarr

  6.5 / 10

• 

  2Sinaly Diomandé

  6.3 / 10

• 

  55Duje Ćaleta-Car

  6.2 / 10

• 

  3Nicolás Tagliafico

  6.2 / 10

• 

  17Rémy Riou

  5.9 / 10

• 

  9Mousa Al-Taamari

  8.6 / 10

• 

  7Arnaud Nordin

  8 / 10

• 

  13Joris Chotard

  7.3 / 10

• 

  40Benjamin Lecomte

  7.2 / 10

• 

  8Akor Adams

  7 / 10

• 

  77Falaye Sacko

  6.9 / 10

• 

  6Christopher Jullien

  6.9 / 10

• 

  11Teji Savanier

  6.9 / 10

• 

  10Wahbi Khazri

  6.9 / 10

• 

  4Boubakar Kouyaté

  6.7 / 10

• 

  3Issiaga Sylla

  6.6 / 10

• 

  12Jordan Ferri

  6.2 / 10