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Montpellier v Nice : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 15th Dec, 14:00 BST, Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Franck Haise will be hoping for a crucial away win in the Ligue 1 on Sunday afternoon, as he takes his Nice side to the Stade de la Mosson to visit Montpellier and Michel Der Zakarian. Ligue 1 statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head history included too. There's so much to explore, with infographics and the best odds available for every betting markets via the tabs.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Studying our match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant statistics, there's one market which jumps out ahead of the rest for this tie: both teams to score. In Montpellier and Nice we have two sides going head-to-head that regularly score, but equally have trouble shutting the opposition out, and we expect them to maintain that reputation on Sunday afternoon. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.62.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 45% chance of Nice coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Montpellier 32%	19/10 19%	2/1 17%
Draw 23%	13/5 3%	5/2 3%
Nice 45%	13/10 18%	5/4 13%
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	11/2
Nice 2-1 9%	17/2 12%	7/1
Nice 1-0 8%	17/2 6%	15/2 6%
Montpellier 2-1 7%	10/1 8%	17/2 14%
Nice 2-0 6%	11/1 9%	10/1 16%
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	10/1
Montpellier 1-0 6%	10/1 15%	17/2 14%
Nice 3-1 5%	16/1 13%	12/1 8%
Draw 0-0 4%	12/1	9/1
Montpellier 2-0 4%	14/1 21%	12/1 13%
Nice 3-0 4%	22/1 35%	16/1 13%
Nice 3-2 4%	22/1 10%	16/1
Montpellier 3-1 4%	20/1 19%	16/1 11%
Montpellier 3-2 3%	25/1 10%	20/1 9%
Nice 4-1 2%	40/1 41%	25/1 24%
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	8/11	8/11 2%
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	11/10	21/20
Home 1st Goal 47%	6/5 8%	-
Away 1st Goal 51%	8/11 7%	-
No 1st Goal 2%	12/1	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	8/13	8/13
BTTS - No 38%	6/5	6/5 2%
BTTS - Home Win 18%	4/1 17%	4/1 13%
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 4%	16/5 3%
BTTS - Away Win 25%	10/3 15%	29/10 11%
Home/draw 55%	4/7 13%	8/13 10%
Away/draw 68%	2/5 9%	4/11 5%
Home/away 77%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	2/9	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	10/3	14/5 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	7/4	7/4 2%
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	4/9	2/5 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	4/1	4/1 4%
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/6	2/13 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	9/1	17/2 6%
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/16	1/20
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/25	1/25 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	12/1	9/1 9%
Home DNB 48%	11/10 20%	23/20 17%
Away DNB 61%	4/6 16%	8/13 13%
Montpellier win to nil 14%	9/2 21%	-
Nice win to nil 20%	10/3 15%	-
Montpellier / Montpellier 17%	15/4 21%	18/5 16%
Montpellier / Nice 4%	22/1 10%	18/1 12%
Montpellier / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	11/1
Draw / Montpellier 12%	11/2 19%	11/2 13%
Draw / Nice 14%	5/1 20%	9/2 10%
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 8%	4/1 5%
Nice / Montpellier 3%	25/1 10%	20/1 9%
Nice / Nice 22%	11/4 17%	5/2 17%
Nice / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Montpellier have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Montpellier have conceded 36 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 7 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Montpellier have played 7 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Nice lay in 6th place on 23 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 14 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 20 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Nice have conceded 7 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Nice have played 7 away games, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Montpellier Nice
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSG	14	10	4	0	26	34	May 11	l 6-0A	d 1-1F	Apr 27
2	Marseille	14	9	2	3	14	29	l 0-5A	Apr 20	Jan 26	l 2-0A
3	Monaco	14	9	2	3	12	29	Jan 19	l 2-1F	w 2-1A	Mar 30
4	Lille	14	7	5	2	10	26	d 2-2A	Mar 9	d 2-2A	Jan 19
5	Lyon	14	7	4	3	9	25	Feb 16	Jan 4	Mar 9	l 4-1A
6	Nice Away	14	6	5	3	9	23	Dec 15	Feb 23	-	-
7	Lens	14	6	5	3	5	23	Feb 2	l 2-0A	Feb 9	d 0-00-0
8	Auxerre	14	6	2	6	0	20	w 3-2A	Mar 30	Mar 16	l 2-1F
9	Reims	14	5	4	5	2	19	Apr 27	l 4-2A	May 4	Jan 12
10	Toulouse	14	5	3	6	-1	18	l 0-3A	Jan 26	d 1-1F	Feb 2
11	Brest	14	5	1	8	-6	16	w 3-1F	May 4	May 18	w 0-1F
12	Rennes	14	4	2	8	-2	14	Mar 2	l 3-0A	Jan 3	May 11
13	Nantes	14	3	5	6	-4	14	l 1-3A	May 18	Apr 6	d 1-1A
14	Strasbourg	14	3	5	6	-5	14	d 1-1A	Feb 9	w 2-1A	Apr 13
15	Angers	14	3	4	7	-10	13	Jan 12	Apr 13	Apr 20	w 1-4F
16	St Etienne	14	4	1	9	-21	13	Mar 16	l 1-0A	w 8-0F	Mar 2
17	Le Havre	14	4	0	10	-15	12	Apr 6	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	Feb 16
18	Montpellier H	14	2	2	10	-23	8	-	-	Feb 23	Dec 15

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Montpellier	2 - 2	Lille
Montpellier	3 - 1	Brest
Montpellier	0 - 3	Toulouse
Montpellier	0 - 5	Marseille
Montpellier	3 - 2	Auxerre
Montpellier	1 - 3	Nantes
Montpellier	1 - 1	Strasbourg
Montpellier	0 - 2	Monaco
Montpellier	1 - 1	Nantes
Montpellier	2 - 0	Lorient
Montpellier	2 - 6	PSG
Montpellier	2 - 2	Strasbourg
Montpellier	3 - 0	Metz
Montpellier	1 - 2	Lyon
Montpellier	0 - 0	Lille
Montpellier	1 - 1	Marseille
Montpellier	0 - 0	Lens
Montpellier	1 - 1	Clermont
Montpellier	1 - 3	Brest
Montpellier	0 - 0	Nice

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Montpellier	0 - 2	Lens
H	Montpellier	2 - 2	Lille
A	Montpellier	0 - 1	St Etienne
H	Montpellier	3 - 1	Brest
A	Montpellier	0 - 1	Le Havre
H	Montpellier	0 - 3	Toulouse
H	Montpellier	0 - 5	Marseille
A	Montpellier	2 - 4	Reims
A	Montpellier	1 - 2	Monaco
H	Montpellier	3 - 2	Auxerre
A	Montpellier	0 - 3	Rennes
H	Montpellier	1 - 3	Nantes
A	Montpellier	0 - 6	PSG
H	Montpellier	1 - 1	Strasbourg
A	Montpellier	2 - 2	Lens
H	Montpellier	0 - 2	Monaco
A	Montpellier	2 - 1	Toulouse
H	Montpellier	1 - 1	Nantes
A	Montpellier	2 - 1	Reims
A	Montpellier	1 - 1	Clermont

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon	4 - 1	Nice
Brest	0 - 1	Nice
Nantes	1 - 1	Nice
Lens	0 - 0	Nice
Marseille	2 - 0	Nice
Angers	1 - 4	Nice
Auxerre	2 - 1	Nice
Lille	2 - 2	Nice
Strasbourg	1 - 3	Nice
Marseille	2 - 2	Nice
Reims	0 - 0	Nice
Lens	1 - 3	Nice
Toulouse	2 - 1	Nice
Lyon	1 - 0	Nice
Brest	0 - 0	Nice
Rennes	2 - 0	Nice
Le Havre	3 - 1	Nice
Nantes	1 - 0	Nice
Montpellier	0 - 0	Nice
Clermont	0 - 1	Nice

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Nice	2 - 1	Le Havre
A	Nice	1 - 4	Lyon
H	Nice	2 - 1	Strasbourg
H	Nice	2 - 2	Lille
A	Nice	1 - 0	Brest
H	Nice	2 - 1	Monaco
A	Nice	1 - 1	Nantes
H	Nice	1 - 1	PSG
A	Nice	0 - 0	Lens
H	Nice	8 - 0	St Etienne
A	Nice	0 - 2	Marseille
A	Nice	4 - 1	Angers
H	Nice	1 - 1	Toulouse
A	Nice	1 - 2	Auxerre
A	Nice	2 - 2	Lille
H	Nice	1 - 2	PSG
H	Nice	1 - 0	Le Havre
A	Nice	3 - 1	Strasbourg
A	Nice	2 - 2	Marseille
H	Nice	3 - 0	Lorient

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Montpellier

Nice

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

7 / 11

Clean sheets

4 / 11

3 / 11

MTP

NIC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Montpellier
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	2 - 3	Nice
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Montpellier	3 - 1
Montpellier	2 - 1
Montpellier	1 - 0
Montpellier	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 2	Nice
Montpellier	2 - 1
Montpellier	3 - 1

Nice

Montpellier

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

1 / 10

MTP

NIC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nice
	1 - 2	Montpellier
Nice	6 - 1
	0 - 1	Montpellier
Nice	3 - 1
Nice	1 - 0
Nice	1 - 0
Nice	2 - 1
Nice	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Nice have been consistent in attack of late, scoring in 8 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Montpellier on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Montpellier 18th	Nice 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Montpellier will score 1 or more goals	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Nice will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Montpellier have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-11 Nice have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season

MTP

NIC

47%

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Games scored	7		12
Failed to score	7		2
Scored first	2		7
Goals scored	13		26
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.9
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	9		6
Conversion rate for	11		18
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.8
KickOff rating		+47%

MTP

NIC

46%

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Games conceded	14		11
Clean sheets	0		3
Conceded first	12		6
Goals conceded	36		17
Avg. goals conceded	2.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	13		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		9
Conversion rate against	20%		12%
Avg. XG against	2		1.3
KickOff rating		+46%

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Montpellier Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
13	4	3	6
A Nordin	A Nordin	T Savanier	R. Nzingoula

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Sagnan DEF	13	1		5 -
A Nordin FWD	13	4		2 -
W Khazri FWD	13	1	1	2 -
T Savanier MID	12	1	3	3 1
A Adams FWD	12	3	1	2 -
B Lecomte GLK	11			-
I Sylla DEF	10	1		1 -
F Sacko DEF	10		1	1 -
J Ferri MID	10			4 -
R. Nzingoula MID	10	1		6 -
T Coulibaly FWD	10	1		1 2
B Omeragic DEF	9			1 -
M Tamari FWD	9			2 -
J Chotard MID	8			3 -
G Bares MID	6			-
L. Mincarelli Davin DEF	4			-
K Fayad MID	4			-
D Bertaud GLK	3			-
O. Maamma FWD	3		1	-
K Kouyaté DEF	2			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	12	3	14
A Nordin	A Nordin	T Savanier	T Savanier

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Nordin FWD	4	12		9
A Adams FWD	3	10	1	8
M Sagnan DEF	1	3		3
I Sylla DEF	1	2		2
R. Nzingoula MID	1	3		1
T Coulibaly FWD	1	3		6
T Savanier MID	1	8	3	14
W Khazri FWD	1	3	1	7
F Sacko DEF			1	5
J Ferri MID		2		2
B Omeragic DEF		1		1
M Tamari FWD		4		1
J Chotard MID				3
L. Mincarelli Davin DEF		1		1
K Fayad MID		2		3
O. Maamma FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
572	25	86
T Savanier	M Sagnan	A Nordin

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Savanier MID	572	13	58
M Sagnan DEF	517	25	55
J Ferri MID	449	19	42
F Sacko DEF	397	13	26
B Lecomte GLK	378		2
B Omeragic DEF	324	17	30
I Sylla DEF	265	17	39
J Chotard MID	262	17	36
A Nordin FWD	249	21	86
R. Nzingoula MID	224	22	66
W Khazri FWD	173	14	36
M Tamari FWD	151	11	40
K Fayad MID	139	14	27
A Adams FWD	126	3	35
T Coulibaly FWD	114	9	33
L. Mincarelli Davin DEF	100	4	12
D Bertaud GLK	77
G Bares MID	39	2	4
K Kouyaté DEF	27	4	8
O. Maamma FWD	8		5

Nice Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	6	3	4
M Bulka	E Guessand	J Clauss	H Boudaoui

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Bulka GLK	14			-
P Rosario MID	14	1		2 -
E Guessand FWD	14	6	2	1 -
M Bombito DEF	12			1 1
T Ndombélé MID	11	1	1	1 -
M Cho FWD	11	2	1	1 -
S Diop FWD	11	3	2	1 -
J Clauss DEF	10	1	3	2 -
H Boudaoui MID	10	1	1	4 -
J Boga FWD	10		1	-
Dante DEF	9			4 -
T Louchet MID	9	1		1 -
A Mendy DEF	8			1 -
Y Ndayishimiye MID	8	1		-
G Laborde FWD	8	2	2	-
M Abdelmonem DEF	7			2 -
M Bard DEF	7	1		2 -
Y Moukoko FWD	7	2	1	-
V. Orakpo FWD	4			-
A. Doumbouya DEF	2			-
J Lotomba DEF	2			-
B Brahimi FWD	2			-
R Ilie MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	14	3	12
E Guessand	E Guessand	J Clauss	J Boga

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Guessand FWD	6	14	2	11
S Diop FWD	3	5	2	9
M Cho FWD	2	8	1	11
G Laborde FWD	2	5	2	1
Y Moukoko FWD	2	2	1	5
T Louchet MID	1	1		4
M Bard DEF	1	3		2
T Ndombélé MID	1	2	1	5
J Clauss DEF	1	2	3	11
H Boudaoui MID	1	8	1	3
P Rosario MID	1	4		7
Y Ndayishimiye MID	1	1		1
B Brahimi FWD		1
M Bulka GLK				1
J Boga FWD		9	1	12
M Bombito DEF		1		1
R Ilie MID		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
680	31	78
M Bombito	H Boudaoui	E Guessand

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Bombito DEF	680	17	44
Dante DEF	586	22	49
P Rosario MID	478	12	38
H Boudaoui MID	407	31	65
M Bulka GLK	394		6
Y Ndayishimiye MID	376	16	37
J Clauss DEF	329	24	32
T Ndombélé MID	319	24	59
M Abdelmonem DEF	274	15	38
M Bard DEF	236	19	39
E Guessand FWD	229	14	78
A Mendy DEF	210	19	36
M Cho FWD	206	6	44
S Diop FWD	204	10	19
T Louchet MID	203	15	30
J Boga FWD	186	6	31
G Laborde FWD	81	6	12
Y Moukoko FWD	35	2	8
B Brahimi FWD	32		1
A. Doumbouya DEF	21	1	2
V. Orakpo FWD	17		5
J Lotomba DEF	16		1
R Ilie MID	5	1	3

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Montpellier v Nice : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Montpellier have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Nice lay in 6th place on 23 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 14 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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