Red Star FC vs Montpellier HSC, Ligue 2 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Red Star FC vs Montpellier HSC — Ligue 2 at Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer).
- Red Star FC 34 games · 58 pts (2026/27)
- Montpellier HSC 34 games · 51 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Aurelien Petit
- Assistant 1 Vianney Rozand (France)
- Assistant 2 Christopher Spadafora (France)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 ES Troyes AC 34 67 2 Le Mans FC 34 62 3 AS Saint-Étienne 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 historyRed Star FC are 4th (58 pts). Montpellier HSC are 8th (51 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer) that hosts another battle between Red Star FC and Montpellier HSC.
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Dylan Durivaux made 328 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 10' 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.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yael Mouanga, as he is very good at scoring at Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer) with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' The travelling Montpellier HSC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' Red Star FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
- 30' Ryad Hachem needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Montpellier HSC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 37' A meaty challenge results in booking for Enzo Tchato on 37.
- 42' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 43' Goal! Kevin Cabral scores his 27 goal in 367 matches.
- 48' It’s high time Grégory Poirier made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 53' 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.
- 58' It looks surprising Red Star FC does not make any changes. Balthazar Pierret has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 61' A meaty challenge results in booking for Josue Escartin on 61.
- 66' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 71' Damien Durand has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 76' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 76 minutes.
- 81' 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.
- 86' 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 Josue Escartin suffering a number of foals already.
- 88' What an equalizer from Nicolas Pays!
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
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
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kevin Cabral 1 Nicolas Pays 1 Red Star FC Form
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Predictions
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.