Montpellier vs Saint Etienne

Montpellier have lost three of their last four matches against St Etienne in Ligue 1 (W1), after losing only one of the previous eight (W5 D2).

Since the start of last season, the bottom two sides (at the start of the matchday) have met four times in Ligue 1 with all four being won by the side starting the matchday in 17th (Lyon 1-2 Clermont, Metz 1-0 Clermont, Lorient 5-0 Clermont, Le Havre 1-0 Montpellier).

Montpellier have conceded at least once in each of their last 31 Ligue 1 matches (67 goals conceded over the period), the second longest such run in Ligue 1 over the last 40 years, behind Ajaccio over the 2013/14 and 2022/23 seasons (35).

After 10 matches with Eirik Horneland in Ligue 1, St Etienne have taken 3 points less (7 – W1 D4 L5) than in Olivier Dall'Oglio's last 10 (10 – W3 D1 L6).

Montpellier have lost their last three home matches in Ligue 1 but have not had a longer series of defeats at home in the top-flight since May-September 2015 (5). MHSC have also conceded four goals in each of their last two home matches in L1, a first for the club in their history.