Nimes Olympique vs Montpellier HSC, Ligue 1 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nimes Olympique vs Montpellier HSC — Ligue 1 at Stade des Costieres.
- Nimes Olympique 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Montpellier HSC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Matthieu Lombard
- Referee Willy Delajod
- Referee Eric Wattellier
- Referee Mehdi Mokhtari
- Referee Julien Haulbert
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 76 2 Racing Club de Lens 34 70 3 Lille OSC 34 61 4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 60 5 Olympique de Marseille 34 59 6 Stade Rennais FC 1901 34 59 7 AS Monaco FC 34 54 8 RC Strasbourg Alsace 34 53 9 FC Lorient 34 45 10 Toulouse FC 33 44 11 Paris FC 34 44 12 Stade Brestois 29 34 39 13 Angers SCO 34 36 14 Le Havre AC 34 35 15 AJ Auxerre 34 34 16 OGC Nice 34 32 17 FC Nantes 33 23 18 FC Metz 34 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Mar Montpellier HSC H 1–1 D 03 Mar OGC Nice A 1–2 L 28 Feb FC Nantes H 1–1 D 24 Feb FC Lorient H 1–0 W 21 Feb FC Girondins de Bordeaux H 2–0 W 14 Feb Dijon Football Cote d'Or A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Mar Nimes Olympique A 1–1 D 03 Mar FC Lorient H 1–1 D 28 Feb Stade de Reims A 0–0 D 21 Feb Stade Rennais FC 1901 H 2–1 W 13 Feb Olympique Lyonnais A 2–1 W 07 Feb Dijon Football Cote d'Or H 4–2 W Key Stats
40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Stade des Costieres that hosts another battle between Nimes Olympique and Montpellier HSC.
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Montpellier HSC that had 407 games and scored 334 goals.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' It’s high time Michel Der Zakarian made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Baptiste Reynet suffering a number of foals already.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 40' Montpellier HSC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 45' The whistle greets Florian Miguel as he departs to be replaced by Gaetan Paquiez.
- 47' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Sofiane Alakouch.
- 52' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Florian Miguel made 340 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 57' Petar Skuletic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 59' GOAL! Andy Delort scores on 59. Assisted by Jordan Ferri
- 63' Goal! Moussa Kone scores his 27 goal in 196 matches.
- 67' The referee calls foul for Lamine Fomba. He receives a Yellow card.
- 72' Lucas Deaux has so much to prove this time. He replaces Moussa Kone on 72 minute.
- 73' Another change for Nimes Olympique made on 73 minute. Yassine Benrahou leaves to be changed by Niclas Eliasson.
- 74' Another change for Montpellier HSC made on 74 minute. Jordan Ferri leaves to be changed by Sepe Elye Wahi.
- 79' Andy Delort with the second goal in the match!
- 84' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 87' Time for substitution for Nimes Olympique. Renaud Ripart is replaced by Nolan Roux.
- 90' Another change for Montpellier HSC made on 90 minute. Andy Delort leaves to be changed by Petar Skuletic.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
Nimes Olympique Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
- 10
- 26
- 20
- 29
- 5
- 12
- 28
- 27
- 18
- 22
Bench
- 7
- 8
- 25
- 21
- 15
- 17
- 16
- 2
- 11
Montpellier HSC Lineups
Starting XI
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9
Andy Delort ↓ Petar Skuletic 90'
- 3
- 4
- 6
- 10
- 25
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12
Jordan Ferri ↓ Sepe Elye Wahi 74'
- 11
- 19
- 1
- 7
Bench
- 31
- 5
- 20
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32
Petar Skuletic ↑ 90'
- 14
- 2
- 30
- 13
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21
Sepe Elye Wahi ↑ 74'
Coach Michel Der Zakarian -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Andy Delort 4 Ambroise Oyongo 1 Gaetan Laborde 1 Andy Delort 1 Ambroise Oyongo 1 Gaetan Laborde 1 Loick Landre 1 Arnaud Souquet 1 Head to Head
Nimes Olympique Form
Montpellier HSC Form
2021-03-14 Nimes Olympique 1–1 Montpellier HSC D 2021-03-03 Montpellier HSC 1–1 FC Lorient D 2021-02-28 Stade de Reims 0–0 Montpellier HSC D 2021-02-21 Montpellier HSC 2–1 Stade Rennais FC 1901 W 2021-02-13 Olympique Lyonnais 1–2 Montpellier HSC W 2021-02-07 Montpellier HSC 4–2 Dijon Football Cote d'Or W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.07 Nimes Olympique xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.01 Montpellier HSC xGI would bet for: Nimes Olympique or Draw 69% + Under 2.5 goals 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.08Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 62% 38% ± 2.5 34% 66% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Nimes Olympique or Draw 69%Draw or Montpellier HSC 63%Nimes Olympique or Montpellier HSC 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 14.9%1 – 1 Actual1 – 0 12.1%0 – 1 11.3%2 – 1 7%2 – 0 6.8%1 – 2 6.6%0 – 2 6.1%2 – 2 3.7%3 – 1 2.5%3 – 0 2.4%1 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — Nimes Olympique
Handicap Nimes Olympique covers Push Montpellier HSC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 10% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 21% 65% -0.5 35% — 65% +0.5 68% — 32% +1 68% 19% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Nimes Olympique keeps clean sheet 37% ✓Montpellier HSC keeps clean sheet 35% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.