Montpellier vs Strasbourg Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Montpellier have won only 20% of their games against Strasbourg (6/30), only enduring a worse percentage against Monaco (11.3%, 6/53) among opponents faced at least 15 times. However, a third of those wins have come in their last three meetings in the top-flight (W2 D1).
Montpellier have lost only two of their 15 home games against Strasbourg in Ligue 1 (W4 D9), scoring in each of their last 14 (21 goals).
Montpellier have won their last two games in Ligue 1 without conceding a goal, last enjoying a better such run in October-November 2018 (3).
Strasbourg have won only two of their last 13 games in Ligue 1 (D2 L9), against Dijon in September (1-0) and Brest in October (3-0).
Montpellier have lost their last two home games in Ligue 1 without scoring a single goal, last enduring a worse such run in February-March 2004 (4).
Strasbourg have won only one of their last seven away games in Ligue 1 (D1 L5), after winning four of their previous six (L2).
Montpellier have blocked 42 opposition shots in Ligue 1 2020/21, more than any other side.
Strasbourg have won 70% of their tackles in Ligue 1 2020/21 (112/160), with only Paris posting a higher tackle success percentage (71%).
Stephy Mavididi has scored his two goals with Montpellier in Ligue 1 from outside the box and could become the first MHSC striker to score three consecutive goals from outside the box in the top-flight since Opta started analysing the competition (2006/07).
The fastest player to reach 20 goals for Strasbourg in Ligue 1 since Mamadou Niang (54), Ludovic Ajorque (60) will equal the Senegalese as RCSA’s top scorer in L1 in the 21st century with one more goal (21).
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