Montpellier vs Angers

After 17 games, Montpellier are the quickest team to reach the 40 goals conceded mark in a Ligue 1 season (42) since Nice in 1978-79 (42 also, but after 16 games).

Montpellier have nine points after 17 Ligue 1 games, the lowest tally at this stage of the season since... Angers in 2022-23 (8). Of the 17 teams to have scored fewer than ten points after 17 games (counting 3 units for a win), only Sète in 1947-48 (9 pts, 16th at the end) and Ajaccio in 2011-12 (9 pts, 16th at the end) have managed to avoid relegation at the end of the season.

Angers have five wins in 17 games in Ligue 1 2024-25 (D4 L8), which is already one more than in their entire previous season in the top-flight (4 in 38 games in 2022-23).

Montpellier have won six of their nine Ligue 1 meetings with Angers (D2 L1), which represents a 66.7% winning ratio, the best for MHSC at home against any current top-flight team.

With nine points in 2024-25, Montpellier are the 17th team in the 21st century to have fewer than 10 points after 16 matches in a Ligue 1 season, and the first since Angers in 2022-23 (8). Of the first 16 teams to do so since 2001, only one has stayed up at the end of the season: Ajaccio in 2011-12 (16th).

Against Brest last weekend, Angers won for the fourth time in Ligue 1 2024-25, already equalling their tally of wins in their previous season in the top-flight (4 in 2022-23).

Montpellier are the only team in Europe’s big five leagues to have picked up all of their points at home in 2024-25 (9/9). MHSC are unbeaten in their last three Ligue 1 home matches (W1 D2) and could record a four-game unbeaten run for the first time since November 2023-January 2024.

Angers have lost two of their last three Ligue 1 away games, having lost just one of their first five this season (W1 D3).