SM Caen vs Montpellier HSC, Ligue 1 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
SM Caen vs Montpellier HSC — Ligue 1 .
- SM Caen 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Montpellier HSC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Antony Gautier
- Referee Mickael Annonier
- Referee Jeremy Stinat
- Referee Cedric Dos Santos
- Referee Nicolas Henninot
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Sep Montpellier HSC H 2–2 D 22 Sep AS Saint-Etienne A 1–2 L 15 Sep Olympique Lyonnais H 2–2 D 01 Sep Dijon Football Cote d'Or A 2–0 W 25 Aug FC Nantes A 1–1 D 18 Aug OGC Nice H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Sep SM Caen A 2–2 D 22 Sep OGC Nice H 1–0 W 15 Sep RC Strasbourg Alsace H 1–1 D 01 Sep Stade de Reims A 1–0 W 25 Aug AS Saint-Etienne H 0–0 D 18 Aug Amiens SC A 2–1 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for SM Caen to score. At the same time, Montpellier HSC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Montpellier HSC that had 408 games and scored 335 goals.
- 10' What a strike from Saif-Eddine Khaoui! The score is 1-0.
- 15' 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.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' 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.
- 30' Montpellier HSC is showing some good football. However, Montpellier HSC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 35' Montpellier HSC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 37' GOAL! Andy Delort scores on 37. Assisted by Petar Skuletic
- 42' It looks surprising SM Caen does not make any changes. Damien Le Tallec has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 47' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 51' Goal! Damien Le Tallec scores his 8 goal in 408 matches.
- 56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 60' Another change for SM Caen made on 60 minute. Jessy Deminguet leaves to be changed by Casimir Ninga.
- 62' Montpellier HSC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 63' Goal! Yacine Bammou scores his 19 goal in 399 matches.
- 66' Another change for Montpellier HSC made on 66 minute. Florent Mollet leaves to be changed by Gaetan Laborde.
- 71' 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 Emmanuel Imorou suffering a number of foals already.
- 76' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 79' The referee shows SM Caen player a Yellow card on 79.
- 83' Montpellier HSC player sees a Red card in front of him.
- 83' The supporters are chanting for Ellyes Skhiri. He replaces Andy Delort on 83 minute.
- 88' Frederic Guilbert needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 89' SM Caen receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 89.
- 90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Junior Sambia.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
SM Caen Lineups
Starting XI
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- 7
- 10
- 30
- 21
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17
Jessy Deminguet ↓ Casimir Ninga 60'
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- 6
- 15
- 12
Bench
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18
Yacine Bammou ↑ 60'
- 23
- 22
- 8
- 9
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11
Casimir Ninga ↑ 60'
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Coach Fabien MercadalMontpellier HSC Lineups
Starting XI
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11
Andy Delort ↓ Ellyes Skhiri 83'
- 40
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 31
- 5
- 7
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25
Florent Mollet ↓ Gaetan Laborde 66'
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32
Petar Skuletic ↓ Junior Sambia 66'
- 14
Bench
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13
Ellyes Skhiri ↑ 83'
- 16
- 23
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Junior Sambia ↑ 66'
- 19
- 17
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Gaetan Laborde ↑ 66'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Gaetan Laborde 1 Paul Baysse 1 Andy Delort 1 Damien Le Tallec 1 Andy Delort 1 Damien Le Tallec 1 Saif-Eddine Khaoui 1 Yacine Bammou 1 Head to Head
SM Caen Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.52 SM Caen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.49 Montpellier HSC xGI would bet for: SM Caen or Montpellier HSC 73% + Both teams to score 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.01Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
SM Caen or Draw 66%Draw or Montpellier HSC 61%SM Caen or Montpellier HSC 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.1%2 – 1 8.2%1 – 2 8%0 – 0 6.7%1 – 0 6.7%0 – 1 6.5%2 – 2 Actual2 – 0 5.7%0 – 2 5.4%3 – 1 4.1%1 – 3 4%3 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — SM Caen
Handicap SM Caen covers Push Montpellier HSC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 11% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 19% 63% -0.5 37% — 63% +0.5 64% — 36% +1 64% 18% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 11% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
SM Caen keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Montpellier HSC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.