Angers vs Montpellier

Angers have won their first Ligue 1 game since February 2025 (1-0 v Reims), ending a six-game winless streak in the top-flight (D1 L5).

Angers are Ligue 1's most successful team in meetings between teams in the bottom five places in the standings this season (17 points from 8 games – W5 D2 L1). By contrast, Montpellier have taken zero points from seven such encounters in L1 2024/25 (L7).

Montpellier have 22 defeats after 29 games in Ligue 1 2024/25, the joint-highest tally of losses at this stage for a team in the history of the top-flight (along with Avignon in 1975/76, Lens in 1988/89 and Angers in 2022/23).

Angers have won four of their last five home games against Montpellier in all competitions (D1), after winning only one of the first 10 (D4 L5).

Only Leicester City (8) are on a run of more games without scoring than Angers (5) and Montpellier (6) in the five major European leagues. MHSC are also the club that remains on the longest losing streak in the European big five leagues (9).

Montpellier have not taken any points in their six games against clubs currently in the bottom five places of the Ligue 1 table this season. Angers are the most have the most points in these meetings between sides at the bottom of the table (14 in 7 matches).

Montpellier are 59 points behind Paris SG, now champions of France (15 vs 74), equalling the largest gap between the first and the last of the table after 28 games played, previously established in 2015-16 (73 for PSG, 14 for Troyes).

Angers have failed to score in their last four home games in Ligue 1, as many as in their previous 28 home matches in the top-flight. SCO have never had a longer streak without scoring at home in Ligue 1.