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Our expert Jack Wright has dived head first into Ligue 1 and came out with a Montpellier vs Lyon prediction, team news, standings and lineups preview. Neither side will be content with where they sit in the Ligue 1 standings, with eyes on climbing the table as France’s top-flight edges into the business stages.
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Montpellier vs Lyon Prediction, Team News, Standings and Lineups Preview
In this article:
- Montpellier vs Lyon Team News and Possible Lineups
- The Predicted Montpellier vs Lyon, Ligue 1 Standings
- Montpellier vs Lyon Stats
- How to watch Montpellier vs Lyon
- Safer Gambling
Montpellier vs Lyon Prediction: Alexandre the Great to Strike Again
France, Ligue 1, Sunday, February 11th, 16:05 (UK)
Montpellier remain winless in the league in 2024 after slipping to a 2-1 defeat at an inform Rennes side last weekend. Michel Der Zakarian has seen his side struggle for goals all campaign, scoring 20 times across their opening 20 fixtures. But what will alarm him is the ease his defence was cut open by the slick hosts at Roazhon Park.
That will be music to the ears of Lyon and, in particular, their top goalscorer Alexandre Lacazette. The visitors have spent much of the season at the bottom of Ligue 1 and, as a result, are on their third manager in Pierre Sage.
The club had only one once prior to Sage taking over, but six wins in his ten games in charge have at least moved them out of the drop zone. Three points clear of Metz in the relegation play-off spot and now level on points with their faltering hosts here.
Music To The Ears
Arguably, their biggest success of the season came last weekend with a 1-0 victory over Marseille in Derby des Olympiques. As has been the case for much of the campaign, captain Lacazette looked like their most threatening player, and so it came to pass as he scored what turned out to be the only goal of the game.
Like the home side, Lyon has only scored 20 goals this term, but Lacazette has exactly half of them. Only Wissam Ben Yedder of Monaco and PSG’s Kyllian Mbappe have more league goals to their name.
The 32-year-old has hit the back of the net in each of his last four Ligue 1 games for Lyon and has seven goals in his last six appearances. Despite suffering a 4-1 thrashing in the reverse fixture, Lacazette was once again on the scoresheet.
- Montpellier vs Lyon Prediction: Alexandre Lacazette to Score (TRACKED BET)
- Best Odds: 2.75
- Bookmaker: bet365
- Stakes: 7/10
Montpellier vs Lyon Prediction odds via bet365 as at 10:00, February 6th, 2024. Odds may now differ.
Montpellier vs Lyon Team News and Possible Lineups: A January Gift
Akor Adamas is a major doubt for Lyon’s victory through injury, alongside Arnaud Ordin. Montpellier’s two internationals still away from domestic responsibilities in Bertaud and Musa-Al-Taamari will also miss the contest.
Gift Orban made his debut off the bench for Lyon at the weekend in their significant win over Marseille and could feature here once again from the off. It saw Rayan Cherki as an unused substitute at the weekend following reports of him linked with a Premier League move. January arrival Nemanja Matic also started at the weekend and is expected to keep his place in the team alongside Orban.
Montpellier possible starting lineup:
Lecomte; Hefti, Omeragic, Jullien, Sagnan; Mincarelli, Nordin, Chotard, Savanier, Adams; Khazri
Lyon possible starting lineup:
Lopes; Mata, Lovren, O’Brien; Tagliafico, Matic, Caqueret, Maitland-Niles; Cherki, Lacazette, Orban
The Predicted Montpellier vs Lyon, Ligue 1 Standings by BETSiE
Our in-house predictive model, BETSiE, has had a go at predicting the Ligue 1 standings ahead of the Montpellier vs Lyon, 13th vs 15th, fixture by utilising the underlying data from the 2023/24 season up until this point.
For more league-specific BETSiE content including standings, probabilities and predictions, visit her page here – it’s worth it.
Montpellier vs Lyon Standings
| POSITION | CLUB | GAMES | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris SG | 34 | 22.3 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 78.2 | 33.2 | 45.1 | 74.6 |
| 2 | Nice | 34 | 18.2 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 41.4 | 23.5 | 17.9 | 64.2 |
| 3 | Brest | 34 | 17.1 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 52.0 | 31.8 | 20.3 | 60.8 |
| 4 | Monaco | 34 | 16.4 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 59.3 | 45.1 | 14.2 | 57.6 |
| 5 | Lille | 34 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 7.1 | 48.3 | 29.6 | 18.7 | 57.5 |
| 6 | Marseille | 34 | 14.3 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 50.7 | 35.5 | 15.2 | 54.4 |
| 7 | Lens | 34 | 14.9 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 45.4 | 37.8 | 7.6 | 53.0 |
| 8 | Reims | 34 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 12.7 | 46.0 | 44.1 | 2.0 | 50.6 |
| 9 | Rennes | 34 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 51.6 | 42.0 | 9.6 | 50.3 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 34 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 38.3 | 43.4 | -5.1 | 44.1 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 34 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 40.2 | 43.5 | -3.3 | 40.4 |
| 12 | Le Havre | 34 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 38.0 | 45.5 | -7.4 | 39.2 |
| 13 | Lyon | 34 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 17.0 | 38.9 | 55.1 | -16.2 | 36.4 |
| 14 | Toulouse | 34 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 14.8 | 35.5 | 50.6 | -15.1 | 34.9 |
| 15 | Nantes | 34 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 18.2 | 36.5 | 55.9 | -19.4 | 33.2 |
| 16 | Lorient | 34 | 5.8 | 10.2 | 18.0 | 38.6 | 66.5 | -27.9 | 27.7 |
| 17 | Clermont | 34 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 18.8 | 27.6 | 57.3 | -29.7 | 27.2 |
| 18 | Metz | 34 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 20.1 | 27.6 | 53.9 | -26.3 | 26.8 |
Match Stats: Can Lacazette come up trumps again?
- Montpellier’s 5.2 Shots on Target average per90 in Ligue1 ranks them fourth best in the division.
- Only Lille (14.5 per90) have been fouled more times on average in Ligue 1 than Montpellier (13.9)
- Lyon average the third-highest fouls per90 figure (14) this term.
- Lacazette is the third-highest goalscorer in Ligue 1 this season with ten goals.
How To Watch
- Montpellier vs Lyon, Ligue 1.
- Date and Time: Sunday, February 11th, 16:05 (UK)
- How to Watch or Stream on TV (UK): bet365
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