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Ligue 1 · 2024

Angers 2–0 Montpellier · Ligue 1

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2–0Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Angers won 2–0.

Shots
105
Shots on target
42
Expected goals
1.350.38
Possession
37%63%

Full time

What the match recorded

Angers beat Montpellier 2–0. Recorded in this match (Angers – Montpellier): shots 10–5, shots on target 4–2, expected goals 1.35–0.38, possession 37%–63%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Montpellier's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Montpellier's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.72 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0 goals/match0.72 goals/match1.43 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots10 shots5 shotsAngers 10 shots, Montpellier 5 shots
  • Shots on target4 shots2 shotsAngers 4 shots, Montpellier 2 shots
  • Expected goals1.35 xG0.38 xGAngers 1.35 xG, Montpellier 0.38 xG
  • Possession37%63%Angers 37%, Montpellier 63%
  • Corners6 corners1 cornerAngers 6 corners, Montpellier 1 corner
  • Fouls12 fouls13 foulsAngers 12 fouls, Montpellier 13 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

Esteban Lepaul · Angers · 67′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedFarid El Melali · Angers · 55′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedJean-Eudes Aholou · Angers · 30′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedJordan Lefort · Angers · 32′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedThéo Sainte-Luce · Montpellier · 23′ · 0.06 xG · on targetFarid El Melali · Angers · 7′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blockedFarid El Melali · Angers · 45′ · 0.08 xG · on targetTanguy Coulibaly · Montpellier · 47′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedNicolas Pays · Montpellier · 74′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedRabby Nzingoula · Montpellier · 84′ · 0.08 xG · on targetEsteban Lepaul · Angers · 2′ · 0.10 xG · goalYassin Belkhdim · Angers · 55′ · 0.14 xG · on targetEsteban Lepaul · Angers · 43′ · 0.18 xG · goalLucas Mincarelli · Montpellier · 85′ · 0.20 xG · off target or blockedFarid El Melali · Angers · 30′ · 0.59 xG · off target or blocked
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Angers: 10 shots, 4 on target, 1.33 xG. Montpellier: 5 shots, 2 on target, 0.50 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

00.751.50′HT90′Esteban Lepaul · Angers · 2′Esteban Lepaul · Angers · 43′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Angers 1.33 xG · Montpellier 0.50 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Angers
0Draws
2Montpellier
Montpellier — Angers · Ligue 11–3
Montpellier — Angers · Ligue 15–0
Angers — Montpellier · Ligue 12–1
Angers — Montpellier · Ligue 12–0
Montpellier — Angers · Ligue 14–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Angers favored in 7 of 11 directional metrics · Montpellier in 2 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Angers29 matchesMontpellier29 matches
0.97 goals/match ▲Goals scored29/290.72 goals/match
1.59 goals/match ▲Goals allowed29/292.28 goals/match
1.08 xG/matchExpected goals28/291.11 xG/match
9.29 shots/matchShots28/29▲ 11.4 shots/match
2.89 shots/matchShots on target28/29▲ 3.79 shots/match
41%Possession28/29● 45.6%
3.57 corners/matchCorners28/29● 4.79 corners/match
11.1 fouls/matchFouls28/2912.3 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples29 / 29home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 13 Apr 2025, 19:15 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Ligue 1

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsAngersMontpellier
CompetitionLigue 1Ligue 1 2024/25
Head-to-headAngers — Montpellier
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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