Here are some of the key facts and numbers ahead of Nice's game against Montpellier (Friday 24 February at 20:45 CET).

Head to Head :

- In the first meeting between the sides this season (MHSC 1-1 OGC Nice in W5), Boudebouz opened the scoring for Montpellier Hérault SC (67th minute) before Belhanda levelled the score with a late equaliser (85th minute).

- Montpellier Hérault SC are one of only two teams who opened the scoring against OGC Nice in the first half of this season in Ligue 1 (alongside SM Caen in W12).- Nice have lost only 2 of their last 8 games against MHSC (3W, 3D, 2L, all in Ligue 1), including none of the last 3 games (2W, 1D).

- OGC Nice have scored in every game against MHSC in all competitions (10 games) since their defeat against MHSC on January 28, 2012 (OGC Nice 0-1 MHSC in Ligue 1).

- The Aiglons have avoided defeat in their last 4 home games against MHSC (2W, 2D, all in Ligue 1). They had lost the previous 3 games, also all in Ligue 1.

OGC Nice : 

- Lucien Favre's squad have scored 12 goals in the first fifteen minutes in Ligue 1, more than any other team this season.

- OGC Nice (7W, 6D, 1L) and AS Monaco (10W, 3D, 1L) are the only teams who have lost only one match since week 13 in Ligue 1.

- OGC Nice are unbeaten in their last 18 home matches in Ligue 1 (15W, 3D), their longest streak since February 2007-January 2008 in the league (20 matches from February 3, 2007, to January 20, 2008).

- Only 2 teams are still unbeaten at home in Ligue 1 this season : Nice and Paris SG.

Montpellier HSC :

 

- MHSC have won 3 of their last 4 Ligue 1 games (3W, 1L). They had failed to win in their previous 4 games (1D, 3L).

- Montpellier have won their last 2 Ligue 1 matches (ASNL 0-3 MHSC in W25 and MHSC 2-1 ASSE in W26), they have never won 2 consecutive games in this competition this season.

- "Les Pailladins" won their last away game in Ligue 1 (ASNL 0-3 MHSC in W25). They had failed to win any of their previous 13 away games in this competition (4D, 9L).

- MHSC kept a clean sheet in their last away match in Ligue 1 (ASNL 0-3 MHSC in W25). They have conceded at least one goal in their previous 14 games in this competition (36 goals conceded).

- Steve Mounié has scored 10 goals in Ligue 1, including 9 goals in his last 16 games in this competition.

COMMON STATISTICS :

- Montpellier Hérault SC have completed 24.2% of their open play crosses, only OGC Nice (25.4%) have a higher percentage in Ligue 1 this season.

 

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