Nantes visit Stade de la Mosson on Friday for the Ligue 1 meeting with home team Montpellier.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Montpellier v Nantes are shown below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Montpellier
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Montpellier will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-2 Ligue 1 success over Reims.
In that game, Montpellier managed 47% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Montpellier, goals were scored by Modibo Sagnan (26') and Mousa Tamari (87'). At the other end, Reims got 22 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Emmanuel Agbadou (66') was the scorer for Reims.
Montpellier have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.
They have totted up the amount of 11 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 9. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, of course.
Nantes
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Since a loss in their previous game against Rennes in Ligue 1 action, Nantes will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Nantes had 44% possession and 6 shots on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Rennes had 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. Arnaud Kalimuendo (67'), Benjamin Bourigeaud (76') and Amine Gouiri (91') scored for Rennes.
The stats don’t lie, and Nantes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 12 goals overall. Defensively, Nantes certainly have room for improvement.
Coming into this meeting, Nantes are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 23/05/2021, there has been little between the sides with Montpellier winning 3 of those games, Nantes 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.
A sum of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 of them from La Paillade and 8 netted by Les Canaris. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league match between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 9 on 22/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Nantes 2-0 Montpellier.
That day, Nantes managed 57% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Florent Mollet (44') and Kader Bamba (74').
For their opponents, Montpellier got 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target.
The match was refereed by Marc Bollengier.
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Team News: Montpellier
The Montpellier boss Michel Der Zakarian doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match with a fully healthy group available to select from.
It looks as if La Paillade should employ a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Benjamin Lecomte, Enzo Tchato, Becir Omeragic, Modibo Sagnan, L. Mincarelli Davin, Leo Leroy, Joris Chotard, Arnaud Nordin, Teji Savanier, Tanguy Coulibaly and Wahbi Khazri.
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Team News: Nantes
Nantes boss Antoine Kombouaré has not got a full squad to pick from. Bastien Meupiyou (Meniscus damage), Moses Simon (Broken fibula) and Ignatius Ganago (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.
We reckon that Les Canaris will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Alban Lafont, Jean-Kevin Duverne, J. Castelletto, Nicolas Pallois, Kelvin Amian, Samuel Moutoussamy, Pedro Chirivella, Florent Mollet, Moussa Sissoko, Abdoul Kader Bamba and Mostafa Mohamed.
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Prediction
We think that Nantes will really need to work well to put one past this Montpellier lineup who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.
That’s why we have predicted a very competitive game with a 1-0 win for Montpellier at the end of the 90 minutes.
Looking forward to watching this one unfold.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
09:12 26/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Montpellier
Formed: 1919
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson (32,900)
Captain: Téji Savanier
Chairman: Laurent Nicollin
Manager: Michel Der Zakarian
Competitions: Ligue 1 position 13
🔑 Key Man: Akor Adams
Typically taking to the field in the Striker position, Akor Adams was born in Nigeria. After having made a senior debut playing for Sogndal in the 2018 season, the goalscoring Forward has got 7 league goals in this Ligue 1 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 28 appearances.