📊 Form Guide

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Montpellier

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Montpellier will be hoping to bounce back here after a 6-0 Ligue 1 losing effort in their last game against Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, Montpellier managed 31% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Paris Saint-Germain got 27 attempts at goal with 11 on target. Bradley Barcola (4', 53'), Marco Asensio (24'), Achraf Hakimi (58'), Warren Zaïre-Emery (60') and Kang-in Lee (82') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Montpellier have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Montpellier have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 13 goals on the way.

Pre-game facts show that Montpellier:

• have not won against Nantes in their previous 2 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league matches.

Nantes

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Nantes will go into the game following a 2-0 Ligue 1 win to defeat AJ Auxerre in their most recent match.

In that game, Nantes had 35% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Nantes, goals were scored by Moses Simon (14') and Bahereba Guirassy (96'). For their opponents, Auxerre had 12 shots at goal with 3 on target.

It is worth noting that Nantes have made hard work of scoring goals over their last 6 clashes, contributing the disappointing return of just 4. In those fixtures, Les Canaris have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 7. Such a trend might not be carried forward into this next game, however.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Nantes:

• have not lost to Montpellier when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 31/10/2021 shows that Montpellier have won 2 of these and Nantes 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 of them for La Paillade and 8 netted by Les Canaris. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 31 on 26/04/2024 and the score finished Montpellier 1-1 Nantes.

That day, Montpellier managed 54% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Akor Adams (2').

For their opponents, Nantes got 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. Matthis Abline (7') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Jérémy Stinat.

ℹ️ Team News: Montpellier

Issiaga Sylla (Dead leg) and Lucas Mincarelli (Inner ligament injury) won’t be playing for Montpellier gaffer Michel Der Zakarian.

It seems likely that La Paillade look set to use the 4-2-3-1 system this time with Benjamin Lecomte, Enzo Tchato, Becir Omeragic, Modibo Sagnan, Falaye Sacko, Jordan Ferri, Joris Chotard, Tanguy Coulibaly, Teji Savanier, Musa Al-Taamari and Akor Adams.

🗞️ Team News: Nantes

Owing to an otherwise available squad, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the Nantes gaffer Antoine Kombouaré to be concerned about. Fabien Centonze (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

We believe Les Canaris seem likely to play in a 4-4-1-1 system, giving starts to Alban Lafont, Marcus Regis Coco, Nicolas Pallois, Nathan Zeze, Kelvin Amian, Sorba Thomas, Douglas Augusto, Pedro Chirivella, Moses Simon, Tino Kadewere and Matthis Abline.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Nantes will manage to breach the defence of this Montpellier outfit, although it probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Montpellier after 90 minutes. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 16:05 31/08/2024