📏 Form Guide

Montpellier

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Montpellier will be looking for an improved result here following a 1-0 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against St Etienne.

In that game, Montpellier had 67% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Saint-Etienne had 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Benjamin Bouchouari (47') scored for St Etienne.

Matches featuring Montpellier have usually been engaging ones recently with high scoring anticipated. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum of 20 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 5 of them accredited to Montpellier.

Coming into this fixture, Montpellier have not registered a win against Lille in their last 12 matches in the league.

Lille

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Lille will go into this clash following on from a 1-2 Champions League win with the eclipse of Bologna in their previous fixture.

In that match, Lille managed 43% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The only player to score for Lille was Ngal'ayel Mukau (44', 66'). On the other side, Bologna got 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. Jhon Lucumí (63') scored for Bologna.

In their previous 6 clashes, Lille have helped themselves to a tally of 9 goals. Lille have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 5 goals go against them. We will find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Their previous form shows that Lille:

• have not lost to Montpellier when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league matches. A solid away record against them.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking over past results between these clubs going back to 29/08/2021 reveals that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Montpellier. They’ve not been able to get any victories at all whereas Lille have remained in the ascendancy, finishing as winners in 83% of those ties.

A combined total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for La Paillade and 9 being from LOSC. The average goals per game has been 2.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 19 on 28/01/2024 and the score finished Montpellier 0-0 Lille.

In that match, Montpellier managed 40% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target.

At the other end, Lille got 12 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Hakim Ben El Hadj.

🗞️ Team News: Montpellier

Becir Omeragic (Hamstring injury), Théo Sainte-Luce (Muscle injury), Khalil Fayad (Dead leg), Lucas Mincarelli (Muscle injury), Kiki Kouyaté (Knee injury), Glenn Ngosso (Cruciate ligament tear) and Christopher Jullien (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Montpellier gaffer Jean-Louis Gasset.

In our view, La Paillade should use the 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Benjamin Lecomte, Enzo Tchato, Nikola Maksimovic, Modibo Sagnan, Issiaga Sylla, Jordan Ferri, Joris Chotard, Mousa Al-Taamari, Teji Savanier, Arnaud Nordin and Wahbi Khazri.

📰 Team News: Lille

Lille boss Bruno Génésio has not got a full squad to pick from. Samuel Umtiti (Knee surgery), André Gomes (Dead leg), Nabil Bentaleb (heart problems), Tiago Santos (Cruciate ligament tear), Ethan Mbappé (Torn thigh muscle) and Angel Gomes (Calf injury) are not ready for selection.

We believe LOSC might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Lucas Chevalier, Thomas Meunier, Alexsandro Ribeiro, Bafode Diakite, Ismaily, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Benjamin Andre, Rafael Fernandes, Remy Cabella, H. Arnar Haraldsson and Jonathan David.

💭 Prediction

In this game, Montpellier will surely be able to find the net against this Lille team, however a single goal is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’ve gone for both teams to score in a 1-2 advantage for Lille after the 90. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 13:02 01/12/2024