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

Sun 23rd Feb, 16:15 BST, Allianz Riviera, Nice

Nice and their manager Franck Haise will be aiming to beat Rolf Landerl and his Montpellier side on Sunday afternoon, as the pair clash at the Allianz Riviera in the Ligue 1. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could ever need to make a sound selection is laid out below. Flip between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds for it all.


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Best Tip: Nice to win

As the Nice players ready themselves for this game, the bookmakers are predicting success for them. The odds and our pre-match statistics below suggest the same, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) information we take advantage of in our predictive algorithms. The Allianz Riviera hasn't been a successful away day for Montpellier in the past, and we expect more of the same come Sunday afternoon. A win / draw / win home win is our tip.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Nice are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 72% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.48.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nice
72%
9/2010/21
3%
Draw
17%
7/218/5
6%
Montpellier
11%
11/211/2
18%
Nice 2-0
12%
7/16/1
Nice 1-0
10%
15/213/2
Nice 2-1
9%
15/213/2
Nice 3-0
9%
9/117/2
6%
Draw 1-1
8%
8/17/1
Nice 3-1
7%
10/19/1
5%
Nice 4-0
5%
18/114/1
Draw 0-0
4%
14/111/1
Nice 4-1
4%
18/114/1
Draw 2-2
4%
16/112/1
Montpellier 1-0
3%
18/114/1
Montpellier 2-1
3%
18/114/1
Nice 3-2
3%
22/116/1
Nice 5-0
3%
33/125/1
13%
Nice 5-1
2%
40/125/1
13%
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
8/133/5
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
13/105/4
Home 1st Goal
61%
1/3-
Away 1st Goal
36%
12/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
14/1-
BTTS - Yes
49%
3/43/4
BTTS - No
51%
1/119/20
BTTS - Home Win
31%
2/115/8
BTTS - Draw
13%
9/29/2
BTTS - Away Win
6%
9/117/2
6%
Home/draw
89%
1/91/9
1%
Away/draw
28%
13/813/8
Home/away
83%
2/111/5
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1/52/11
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
7/210/3
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
6/429/20
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
8/151/2
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
10/316/5
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
2/91/5
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
7/113/2
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/121/14
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/331/50
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/111/1
Home DNB
84%
1/62/13
2%
Away DNB
23%
4/119/5
4%
Nice win to nil
41%
13/8-
Montpellier win to nil
5%
12/1-
Nice / Nice
37%
6/523/20
Nice / Montpellier
2%
33/133/1
Nice / Draw
5%
14/114/1
Draw / Nice
19%
10/316/5
Draw / Montpellier
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Draw
12%
6/111/2
Montpellier / Nice
5%
18/116/1
Montpellier / Montpellier
8%
10/117/2
6%
Montpellier / Draw
5%
16/114/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Nice have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Ligue 1 league table. Nice are unbeaten at home after 10 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 6 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Nice have outscored their opponents by 41 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Nice have played 10 games at home winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 25 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Montpellier are in 18th position in the Ligue 1 on 15 points having played 21 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 5 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 3 and won 4. Montpellier have conceded 48 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Nice
Montpellier
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2116503853 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 27
May 11
l
 
6-0A
2
Marseille2113442043 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-5A
Apr 20
3
Nice Home2110741537 
-
-
d
 
2-2A
Feb 23
4
Monaco211146937 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 30
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
5
Lille219841235 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
Mar 9
6
Lyon219661033 
Mar 9
l
 
4-1A
Feb 16
l
 
1-0A
7
Lens21966533 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
8
Brest2210210-332 
May 18
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
May 4
9
Strasbourg21867330 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 13
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
10
Toulouse21768-127 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-2A
11
Auxerre22679-625 
Mar 14
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-2A
Mar 30
12
Rennes217212-123 
w
 
3-2F
May 11
Mar 2
l
 
3-0A
13
Angers216510-923 
Apr 20
w
 
1-4F
l
 
1-3A
Apr 13
14
Reims21579-722 
May 4
w
 
2-4F
Apr 27
l
 
4-2A
15
Nantes21498-821 
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-3A
May 18
16
St Etienne215313-2618 
w
 
8-0F
Mar 1
Mar 16
l
 
1-0A
17
Le Havre215214-2317 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 16
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
18
Montpellier A214314-2815 
Feb 23
d
 
2-2F
-
-
Win / draw / win form
5
Nice have won 5 consecutive home league games
10
Nice have not lost in 10 consecutive home league games
Nice 3RD
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nice2 - 0Lens
Nice2 - 0Marseille
Nice3 - 2Rennes
Nice2 - 1Le Havre
Nice2 - 1Strasbourg
Nice2 - 2Lille
Nice2 - 1Monaco
Nice1 - 1PSG
Nice8 - 0St Etienne
Nice1 - 1Toulouse
Nice1 - 2PSG
Nice1 - 0Le Havre
Nice3 - 0Lorient
Nice1 - 2Nantes
Nice1 - 2Montpellier
Nice0 - 0Clermont
Nice2 - 3Monaco
Nice1 - 0Metz
Nice2 - 0Lens
Nice2 - 1Reims
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNice2 - 0Lens
ANice1 - 1Toulouse
HNice2 - 0Marseille
ANice1 - 2Lille
ANice4 - 2Reims
HNice3 - 2Rennes
ANice2 - 2Montpellier
HNice2 - 1Le Havre
ANice1 - 4Lyon
HNice2 - 1Strasbourg
HNice2 - 2Lille
ANice1 - 0Brest
HNice2 - 1Monaco
ANice1 - 1Nantes
HNice1 - 1PSG
ANice0 - 0Lens
HNice8 - 0St Etienne
ANice0 - 2Marseille
ANice4 - 1Angers
HNice1 - 1Toulouse
Montpellier 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Strasbourg2 - 0Montpellier
Toulouse1 - 2Montpellier
Lyon1 - 0Montpellier
Lens2 - 0Montpellier
St Etienne1 - 0Montpellier
Le Havre1 - 0Montpellier
Reims4 - 2Montpellier
Monaco2 - 1Montpellier
Rennes3 - 0Montpellier
PSG6 - 0Montpellier
Lens2 - 2Montpellier
Toulouse1 - 2Montpellier
Reims1 - 2Montpellier
Clermont1 - 1Montpellier
Le Havre0 - 2Montpellier
Nice1 - 2Montpellier
Marseille4 - 1Montpellier
Rennes2 - 1Montpellier
Brest2 - 0Montpellier
Metz0 - 1Montpellier
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
47
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
4
D
2
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMontpellier0 - 2Strasbourg
HMontpellier0 - 2Lens
AMontpellier2 - 1Toulouse
HMontpellier2 - 1Monaco
HMontpellier1 - 3Angers
AMontpellier0 - 1Lyon
HMontpellier2 - 2Nice
AMontpellier0 - 2Lens
HMontpellier2 - 2Lille
AMontpellier0 - 1St Etienne
HMontpellier3 - 1Brest
AMontpellier0 - 1Le Havre
HMontpellier0 - 3Toulouse
HMontpellier0 - 5Marseille
AMontpellier2 - 4Reims
AMontpellier1 - 2Monaco
HMontpellier3 - 2Auxerre
AMontpellier0 - 3Rennes
HMontpellier1 - 3Nantes
AMontpellier0 - 6PSG
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Nice since 2013
Nice
Montpellier
Goals: Scored
18
9
Games: Scored
9 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
1 / 10
NIC
6
D
2
MTP
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nice
1 - 2Montpellier
Nice6 - 1
0 - 1Montpellier
Nice3 - 1
Nice1 - 0
Nice1 - 0
Nice2 - 1
Nice1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Montpellier since 2014
Montpellier
Nice
Goals: Scored
18
12
Games: Scored
9 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
3 / 12
NIC
2
D
4
MTP
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Montpellier
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 3Nice
Draw0 - 0Draw
Montpellier3 - 1
Montpellier2 - 1
Montpellier1 - 0
Montpellier2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Nice
Montpellier2 - 1
Montpellier3 - 1
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.3 is fairly strong for Nice in their meeting with Montpellier, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 29 consecutive Ligue 1 games.

Nice 3rd Montpellier 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.3
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
10%
1
23%
2
26%
3
21%
4+
21%
There is a 67% probability that Nice will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
46%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Montpellier scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+20
Nice have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted
-12
Montpellier have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Nice
PG (predicted goals)
Montpellier
2.3
0.8
Attack rating
51%
better
NIC
MTP
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Games scored19
11
Failed to score2
10
Scored first14
2
Goals scored41
20
Avg. goals scored2
1
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal5
9
Conversion rate for19
11
Avg. XG for1.8
1.2
KickOff rating
+51%
Defence rating
46%
better
NIC
MTP
view stats
Games conceded16
21
Clean sheets5
0
Conceded first6
19
Goals conceded26
48
Avg. goals conceded1.2
2.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
13
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against12%
18%
Avg. XG against1.3
2
KickOff rating
+46%

Nice v Montpellier Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Nice Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21957
M Bulka E GuessandE GuessandH Boudaoui
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Bulka  GLK21
-
E Guessand FWD2195
2
-
B Bouanani FWD182
2
-
P Rosario MID1711
2
1
H Boudaoui MID1711
7
-
M Cho FWD1733
2
-
S Diop FWD1753
3
-
M Bombito DEF16
1
1
J Clauss  DEF1624
4
-
T Ndombélé MID1612
2
-
Dante DEF15
4
-
G Laborde FWD1582
-
Y Ndayishimiye DEF141
3
-
M Bard DEF141
2
-
A Abdi DEF1322
1
-
T Louchet MID131
1
-
A Mendy DEF11
1
-
Y Moukoko FWD1121
-
J Boga FWD111
-
M Abdelmonem DEF9
2
-
V. Orakpo FWD4
-
B Santamaría MID3
-
A. Doumbouya DEF2
-
Montpellier Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19249
T SavanierM SagnanT SavanierR. Nzingoula
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sagnan DEF202
8
-
W Khazri FWD2011
3
-
T Savanier MID1924
3
1
B Lecomte GLK18
-
B Omeragic DEF17
1
-
R. Nzingoula MID161
9
-
I Sylla DEF151
2
-
J Ferri MID141
4
1
J Chotard MID141
5
-
T Coulibaly FWD131
1
2
F Sacko DEF101
1
-
K Fayad MID10
1
-
N Maksimović DEF7
2
-
T Sainte-Luce  DEF71
1
-
O. Maamma FWD711
1
-
K Kouyaté DEF5
3
1
L. Mincarelli Davin DEF4
-
D Bertaud GLK3
-
A Delort FWD2
-
B Meïté DEF1
1
-
N. Pays MID1
-