MHR – Usap: attack, top scorers, attendance, history… the key figures of the meeting

À l’aller, l’Usap l’avait emporté de peu. MAXPPP – GOT OLIVIER

Saturday April 27, at 5 p.m. at the GGL Stadium in Montpellier, the ex-Languedoc-Roussillon derby between the MHR and the Usap promises to be hot, both in the race for the top 6 than in the race for maintenance. Discover in figures the keys to the opposition…

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Eighth in the standings and with a points difference still in the negative (-57), Perpignan can boast of having the third best attack in the championship, in terms of number of tries scored, with 64 units in 21 days. Only Toulouse (81) and Racing 92 (67) are doing better this season in the Top 14. The MHR, worst attack in terms of points scored with 418 points scored, also shares, with Stade Français, the lowest total of tries registered, five days before the end of the championship: 46.

Also read: The compositions of MHR-Usap: Chalureau rather than Duguid, Bridge back, on the heavy Catalan side

At home, the Cistes are the worst attack in the championship, scoring on average 20.7 points per match.

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At the center of debates for a month, when the Catalans stormed the ticket offices, at least computer ones, of the GGL Stadium, the stadium attendance should be at 100%. % Saturday. In terms of occupancy, the MHR manages to fill its stadium at 85 % on average this season, with an average attendance of 10 200spectators per match, 12th in the ranking, ahead of Castres and Oyonnax.

L’Usap, whose fervor of supporters is no longer in doubt, has an occupancy rate of 94 % in their lair at Aimé-Giral. The meeting against Clermont, in two weeks, should be sold out, for the 7th time this season. On average, there are 13 600 lining the bays of "The Cathedral" every other weekend this season.

Also read: MHR-Usap: Takeover bid on the stands, mockery on social networks, Catalan supporters launched hostilities, birth of a rivalry between the two clubs

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He has been walking on water since the start of the season. Tavite Veredamu, is second best scorer in the Top 14 with 11 tries scored (behind Baptiste Couilloud, 12). The former Nîmes legionnaire, almost 35 years old, has never seemed so strong. Behind the winger of Fijian origin, there are three to have scored 5 tries this season: Jacobus Van Tonder, Lucas Velarte and Tommaso Allan.

On the MHR side, Cobus Reinach and Nicolaas Janse Van Rensburg share the honorary title of top scorers of the club with 4 tries.

𝗙𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗦 🔍

On révise le derby face à l'@usap_officiel ce samedi à 17h00 au GGL Stadium ! 📚#TeamMHR 🔵⚪️ #MHRUSAP

— Montpellier Rugby (@MHR_officiel) April 25, 2024

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Far from record holder George Moala (70), Montpellier number 8 Sam Simmonds broke 51tackles in 17 matches played this season. Saturday, on the Montpellier pitch, he will be one of the main dangers to watch out for on the Usap side. Among the Catalans, it's Tavite Veredamu, who, once again, stands out with 48 broken tackles in 17 matches.

Also read: MHR-Usap: "We all know that Montpellier is out of place", Catalan manager Franck Azéma talks about his team's status as favorites

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With 83 balls scratched since the start of the season, Usap is the team that has recovered the most balls in the rucks. The Catalan club can rely on its third line Patrick Sobela, best scorer in the Top 14, with 14 units but not only that. Posolo Tuilagi (8), Jeronimo De la Fuente (6) and Sootala Fa’aoso (6) are also effective in this sector. Montpellier is not ridiculous either since the Hérault club points to 4th place with 68 scratches and Christopher Tolofua (10) and Baptiste Erdocio (8) at the forefront.

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Since their first official match in the Top 14 (ex-Top 16), in 2003-2004, the MHR and the Usap are perfectly tied, with each 13 victories and a draw.