📏 Form Guide

Montpellier

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Montpellier will be hoping for a better result following a 5-1 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to Marseille.

In that match, Montpellier had 32% possession and 6 shots on goal with 1 on target. For Montpellier, the goalscorers were Wilfried Ndollo Bille (60' Own goal) and Lucas Mincarelli (83'). Marseille had 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Mason Greenwood (8', 67'), Jonathan Rowe (74') and Adrien Rabiot (90') scored for Marseille.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Montpellier haven’t conceded. In fact, Montpellier have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 13 goals along the way.

Heading into this fixture, Montpellier haven’t won at home in the past 5 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Reims

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Reims will go into this encounter following on from a 1-0 Ligue 1 win with the downing of Toulouse in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Reims had 52% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Reims was Jordan Siebatcheu (39'). Toulouse had 18 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.

A series of effective displays from the Reims defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 8. Despite that, it remains to be seen whether that trend might continue on in this next match or not.

Pre-game facts show that Reims:

• are undefeated by Montpellier when having played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. A very good record, indeed.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 17/04/2022, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Montpellier winning 2 of those games, Reims 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

19 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 9 of them from La Paillade and 10 for Les rouges et blancs. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 7 on 06/10/2024 when it finished Reims 4-2 Montpellier.

In that match, Reims managed 48% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Marshall Munetsi (6'), Keito Nakamura (25'), Oumar Diakité (57') and Teddy Teuma (93').

Montpellier had 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Arnaud Nordin (37', 91') scored.

The referee was Benoît Bastien.

🗞️ Team News: Montpellier

Nicolas Pays (Metatarsal fracture), Glenn Ngosso (Cruciate ligament tear), Enzo Tchato (Dead leg), Christopher Jullien (Cruciate ligament tear) and Nikola Maksimović (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for Montpellier manager Zoumana Camara.

It looks as if La Paillade should use the 3-2-4-1 formation featuring Benjamin Lecomte, Yael Mouanga, Becir Omeragic, L. Mincarelli Davin, W. Ndollo Bille, Theo Sainte-Luce, Tanguy Coulibaly, Rabby Nzingoula, Jordan Ferri, Khalil Fayad and Junior Ndiaye.

📋 Team News: Reims

It’s our belief that Les rouges et blancs seem most likely to make use of a 3-2-4-1 lineup, starting the game with Yehvann Diouf, Mory Gbane, Joseph Okumu, Cedric Kipre, Aurelio Buta, Sergio Akieme, Junya Ito, V. Atangana Edoa, Amadou Kone, Keito Nakamura and Jordan Pefok.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Montpellier are certainly able to score a goal against this Reims outfit, although just one goal possibly won’t be good enough.

We’re therefore tipping a 1-2 win for Reims after the 90. We’ll have to see what happens.

Andre Moura, 15:04 27/04/2025