Red Star FC vs Montpellier HSC, Ligue 2 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Red Star FC vs Montpellier HSC — Ligue 2 at Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer).
- Red Star FC 34 games · 58 pts (2025/26)
- Montpellier HSC 34 games · 51 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Aurelien Petit
- Assistant 1 Vianney Rozand (France)
- Assistant 2 Christopher Spadafora (France)
17 games this season 🟨 0.3/game ⚽ 3.5 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 ES Troyes AC 34 67 2 Le Mans FC 34 62 3 AS Saint-Etienne 34 60 4 Red Star FC 34 58 5 Rodez Aveyron Football 34 58 6 Stade de Reims 34 56 7 FC Annecy 34 52 8 Montpellier HSC 34 51 9 Pau FC 34 45 10 USL Dunkerque 34 43 11 En Avant Guingamp 34 40 12 Grenoble Foot 38 34 39 13 Clermont Foot 63 34 37 14 AS Nancy-Lorraine 34 37 15 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 34 36 16 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 34 32 17 SC Bastia 34 28 18 Amiens SC 34 24 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Montpellier HSC H 1–1 D 02 May Amiens SC A 3–1 W 24 Apr En Avant Guingamp H 3–2 W 18 Apr Stade de Reims A 2–3 L 11 Apr SC Bastia H 4–3 W 03 Apr Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Red Star FC A 1–1 D 02 May Clermont Foot 63 H 1–2 L 24 Apr Amiens SC A 2–0 W 17 Apr Grenoble Foot 38 H 2–1 W 10 Apr FC Annecy A 0–0 D 04 Apr ES Troyes AC H 2–2 D Season Stats
Red Star FC Montpellier HSC #4 Position #8 58 Points 51 34 Played 34 16 / 10 / 8 W / D / L 14 / 9 / 11 48 Scored 41 37 Conceded 31 +11 GD +10 1.71 PPG 1.50 47% Win % 41% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history39% Clean Sheets
Red Star FC this season35% Clean Sheets
Montpellier HSC this seasonRed Star FC are 4th (58 pts). Montpellier HSC are 8th (51 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Red Star FC0-152/316-30–/131-454/146-602/161-751/176+4/2■ Scored ■ ConcededMontpellier HSC0-151/116-303/131-451/246-60–/161-751/–76+2/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Red Star FC is hosting Montpellier HSC for another epic battle.
- 5' 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.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Montpellier HSC that had 417 games and scored 379 goals.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' Josue Escartin has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Enzo Molebe, as he is very good at scoring at Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer) with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 35' It looks like no one’s ball. Red Star FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 37' Montpellier HSC receives a card for a hard tackle on 37.
- 42' Red Star FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 43' Red Star FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kevin Cabral on 43.
- 48' Montpellier HSC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 53' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Montpellier HSC winning 0% of all matches.
- 58' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 58 minutes.
- 61' The referee shows Red Star FC player a card on 61.
- 66' 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 Simon Ngapandouetnbu suffering a number of foals already.
- 71' Jovany Ikanga needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 76' It’s high time Zoumana Camara made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 81' Montpellier HSC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 81.
- 86' It looks surprising Red Star FC does not make any changes. Dylan Durivaux has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 88' Goal! Nicolas Pays scores his 1 goal in 417 matches.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Red Star FC Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
- 16
- 91
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 27
- 20
- 2
- 5
- 98
- 23
Bench
- 10
- 1
- 81
- 9
- 22
- 29
- 21
Coach Grégory PoirierMontpellier HSC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 6
- 15
- 31
- 29
- 23
- 21
- 8
- 44
- 14
- 18
- 20
Bench
- 11
- 1
- 17
- 7
- 77
- 3
- 39
Coach Zoumana Camara -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Nicolas Pays 1 Kevin Cabral 1 Red Star FC Form
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Prediction accuracy1 / 41.17 Red Star FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.11 Montpellier HSC xGI would bet for: Red Star FC or Montpellier HSC 70% + Under 2.5 goals 61%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.28Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Red Star FC or Draw 69%Draw or Montpellier HSC 61%Red Star FC or Montpellier HSC 70%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Red Star FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 12.5%1 – 0 10.8%0 – 1 10.2%2 – 1 7.5%1 – 2 7.1%2 – 0 6.7%0 – 2 6.1%2 – 2 4.3%3 – 1 3%1 – 3 2.7%3 – 0 2.6%Asian Handicap — Red Star FC
Handicap Red Star FC covers Push Montpellier HSC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 20% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 19% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Red Star FC keeps clean sheet 34% ✓Montpellier HSC keeps clean sheet 32% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.