Media365 editorial team, published on Saturday January 4, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
Lyon hosts Montpellier this Saturday evening (9 p.m.) for the 16th day of Ligue 1. Here is everything you need to know about this meeting.
In the fight for European places at the end of the season, Lyon (6th, 25 points) will have no room for error this Saturday evening against a team at its worst this season. Indeed, Montpellier (18th, 9 points) is currently bottom of the table after a first part of the season that will quickly be forgotten.
The stats to know (with Opta)
Lyon and Montpellier will face each other for the 60th time in L1. Among the current elite clubs, MHSC is the 3rd team against which Les Gones have most often won (49.2%), behind Strasbourg (51.6%) and Angers (50%).
Montpellier has lost in 5 of its last 6 meetings against Lyon (1 victory), after winning each of the previous 3. The MHSC’s last two successes over Les Gones were acquired on the road (4-1 in August 2023 and 2-1 in February 2021).
Lyon have not won any of their previous 3 first matches of a calendar year in Ligue 1 (1 draw, 2 defeats) and could experience their longest run of this kind since 1978-93 (11 matches, 2 draws, 9 losses). ).
Montpellier, defeated 4-0 by Le Puy in the Coupe de France in its last match, the largest defeat of an elite club against a club beyond the 3rd national level in the history of the competition, counts 9 points after 15 Ligue 1 matches 2024-25. 16 of the last 17 teams with this total or less at this point in the 21st century have gone down late in the season.
Montpellier has lost each of its last 4 inaugural matches of a calendar year in Ligue 1, the longest series of its kind in its history.
Lyon have won their last two home matches in Ligue 1 (1-0 against Saint-Etienne, 4-1 against Nice), as many as in their first five of the season (1 draw, 2 defeats). The Rhone club has only had 3 successes in its lair under Pierre Sage, last April – May against Brest, Monaco then Strasbourg.
Montpellier have lost their last seven away games in Ligue 1 and could, in the event of a setback, experience their longest series of away defeats in the top flight since November 2003 – March 2004 (9).
