Montpellier 1-2 Clermont result, stats and report

Dunkerque controlled 62 per cent of the ball and created the better chances but could not find a winner, as Opa Sangante's first-half goal earned Clermont a point they will take all day long.

Montpellier took all three points at Dunkerque with a composed 1-0 victory, scoring the only goal of the game through a right-foot shot in the 54th minute. The result continues their excellent away form and exposes a structural problem for Dunkerque that goes well beyond the scoreline.

A match that looked like ending goalless produced two goals in the final minute, with Clermont equalising through a substitute's right-foot finish after Dijon had taken the lead from their own late strike.

Reims host Montpellier on Friday evening with both sides unbeaten in the early Ligue 2 season, but the patterns beneath those results tell very different stories. This is a tactical collision worth watching closely.

Two sides sitting in the bottom half of the early Ligue 2 standings meet on Friday night, with Grenoble's stubborn home record offering a genuine platform and Clermont yet to keep a single clean sheet on the road.

Montpellier host Pau at the Stade de la Mosson on Friday evening sitting second in the early Ligue 2 standings, but their home record carries a warning the numbers make hard to ignore. Pau arrive in poor form and leaking goals at an alarming rate, which makes this a fixture with more tactical texture than the table positions suggest.

Neither Clermont nor Boulogne have won a Ligue 2 match this season, and Friday night at Clermont brings together two sides who badly need three points. The patterns in the data tell a clearer story than the raw results suggest.

Saint-Étienne head into Saturday's Ligue 2 clash as the division's early pace-setters, but Montpellier arrive in Saint-Étienne with a quietly impressive away record that deserves serious attention.