This Saturday in Angers, the 2021-2022 championship of our men’s flag team ended. The opportunity for the last (small) comeback in stats
COUNTER-ATTACKS
Adept at possession, the MHSC scored 5 counterattack goals this season in Ligue 1, only Rennes did better (7). MHSC had scored no more such goals than in 2011/12 (6) since Opta collected this data (2006/07).
CANON SHOTS
MHSC are the team who have taken the most direct free-kick attempts in Europe’s Top 5 in 2021/22 (38), and the team who have scored the most in this way in Ligue 1 this season (3 – all by Teji Savanier – like Nantes).
TIMING
The MHSC have only conceded 10 goals between the 30th and 60th minute of play in Ligue 1 this season, no other team has done better (10 also for Strasbourg).
SET KICKS
MHSC are the team that have conceded the lowest percentage of their goals from set play in Ligue 1 2021/22 (19% – 12/61).
YOUTH
MHSC are the only Ligue 1 side to not have played a player aged 33 or over this season. The oldest Montpellier resident to have played in the top flight in 2021/22 is Mamadou Sakho (32 years and 97 days). Olivier Dall’Oglio has started 7 players in the elite this season (Guermouche Esteve, Thuler, Makouana, Leroy, Gioacchini and Tchato).
EXpLOIT
The MHSC became, against Bordeaux on March 20, the first team to win a match without conceding a goal despite 2 red cards received before half-time in Ligue 1 in the last 30 years.
REVELATION
Elye Wahi has scored 10 goals in Ligue 1 this season, more than any other player in Europe’s top 5 leagues born from 2003. He became, at 19 years and 3 months, the youngest player to reach the 10 mark goals in the same Ligue 1 season with Montpellier, after his 10th achievement scored against Metz on May 1. Elye Wahi has been involved in 12 Ligue 1 goals this season (10 goals, 2 assists), only Florian Wirtz (17 with Leverkusen) does better among players born in 2003 or later in the 5 major European leagues.
KING OF LIGUE 1
Stephy Mavididi now has 22 Ligue 1 goals, only Glenn Hoddle (27) has done better among England’s top flight players over the past 70 years.
TEJI, PLEASURE TO OFFER
Téji Savanier has been a scorer and decisive passer in 3 different matches in Ligue 1 2021/22, only Kylian Mbappé (8 with Paris) has done better in the top flight this season. The Montpellier n°11 has delivered 7 assists in Ligue 1 this season, no Montpellier midfielder has done better since Ryad Boudebouz in 2016/17 (9). Téji Savanier is the player who has attempted (54) and targeted (25) the most shots from outside the box this season in Ligue 1. Finally, he has managed 76 dribbles in Ligue 1 2021/22, higher total for a Montpellier player in the same season since Ryad Boudebouz in 2016/17 (88).
A WALL NAMED OMLIN
Jonas Omlin has made 120 saves in Ligue 1 this season, more than any other goalkeeper.
FERRI LE STAKHANOVISTE
Author of a great season, Jordan Ferri recovered 300 balls in Ligue 1 2021/22, more than any other player this season. He has (completed 380 passes in the last 30 meters in Ligue 1 2021/22, only Johan Gastien (411 with Clermont) has done better this season. Finally, he has completed 216 long passes in Ligue 1 this season, only Johan Gastien ( 298 with Clermont) did better among outfield players.
CHOTARD’S MASTERPIECE
Joris Chotard became, against Clermont on May 8, the youngest Montpellier midfielder to score in Ligue 1 (20 years and 226 days) since Jonathan Ikoné in December 2017 (19 years and 232 days against Bordeaux).
THE RETURN OF MAMAD’
Mamadou Sakho has blocked 34 shots in Ligue 1 2021/22, only Wout Faes (37 with Reims) has done better in the top flight this season.
JOKER
Nicholas Gioacchini has entered the game 25 times in Ligue 1 this season, only Serhou Guirassy (30 for Rennes) has entered more often.
A DIFFICULT END OF YEAR
MHSC have the lowest total points in the return phase of Ligue 1 2021/22 (12 – 3 wins, 3 draws, 13 losses). He ends this Ligue 1 season in 13th place, his worst ranking in the same year since 2016/17 (15th). The MHSC had finished in the 1st part of the table for the last 4 seasons. The Hérault club have lost 19 times in Ligue 1 this season, their 3rd worst total in the same exercise in the top flight behind 1981/82 and 2003/04 (23 each). The MHSC has lost 13 of its 19 Ligue 1 matches in 2022, that’s already more than in each of the previous 4 years (7 in 2018, 12 in 2019, 10 in 2020 and 12 in 2021).
GOAL STORIES
MHSC have scored 49 goals this season (1.3 per game on average). 41 were scored from inside the box and 8 from outside the box. In terms of body area, 5 were scored with the head, 31 with the right foot, 11 with the left foot, one by other body part and one against his side. 36 goals were scored in the game, 13 from set pieces (3 from penalties, 5 from corners, 3 from direct free kicks, 2 from indirect free kicks. In addition, the MHSC conceded 19 goals in the last quarter of an hour (5 in the first half of the season and 14 after the break). The Pailladin club, on the other hand, scored 10 goals in the 1is quarter of an hour of his matches, but there too, the fire starts faded in 2th part of the season (6 goals scored in the 1is quarter of an hour before December, 4 after December).
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