Marseille vs. Montpellier PREVIEW (27.01.2017)
Marseille vs. Montpellier PREVIEW (27.01.2017)

Marseille vs. Montpellier PREVIEW (27.01.2017)

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Marseille

January 27, 2017 19:45 -
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Montpellier

Ligue 1 Standings

# Team Played Points Goals
1 Monaco 21 48 64 : 21
2 Nice 21 46 35 : 14
3 Paris SG 21 45 41 : 15
4 Lyon 20 37 39 : 23
5 Guingamp 21 31 27 : 23
6 St Etienne 21 30 21 : 18
7 Marseille 21 30 24 : 26
8 Rennes 21 29 21 : 25
9 Bordeaux 21 29 22 : 27
10 Toulouse 21 26 22 : 23
11 Nantes 21 25 14 : 28
12 Nancy 20 24 16 : 23
13 Montpellier 21 23 29 : 34
14 Lille 21 23 19 : 26
15 Metz 20 23 20 : 36
16 Dijon 21 21 27 : 30
17 Bastia 21 21 18 : 25
18 Caen 20 21 23 : 35
19 Angers 21 20 17 : 27
20 Lorient 21 18 23 : 43
Direct Matches: Marseille - Montpellier
4th November 2016 Ligue 1 Montpellier Marseille 3:1
2nd February 2016 Ligue 1 Montpellier Marseille 0:1
6th December 2015 Ligue 1 Marseille Montpellier 2:2
9th January 2015 Ligue 1 Montpellier Marseille 2:1
17th August 2014 Ligue 1 Marseille Montpellier 0:2
11th April 2014 Ligue 1 Montpellier Marseille 2:3
29th November 2013 Ligue 1 Marseille Montpellier 2:0

PREVIEW&TIPS FOR Marseille vs. Montpellier

 

Olympique Marseille and Montpellier meet at the Stade Vélodrome in a match for the 22nd matchday of Ligue 1. Montpellier won at home (3-1) for the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league, 04-11-2016. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 6 games won 3, drew 1 and lost 2. In fact, in the last confrontation in this stadium, for Coupe de France, on 01-20-2016, Olympique Marseille won by (2-0). Olympique Marseille’s goals were scored by Lucas Silva (42 ‘), R. Bensebaini (41’ Autogolo) and B. Dja Djédjé (55 ‘). The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a game between the 7th and 13th of the overall standings, it is actually a confrontation between the 6th place in home games and the 18th as a visitor.

The home team is currently in 7th place with 30 points, after 8 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate game, lost at home against Monaco by (1-4). In the latter, he lost out against Olympique Lyonnais by (3-1). This is a stronger team in their field, where they won 21 points, against only 9 in their games as a visitor. For the championship, Olympique Marseille had 21 points from 30 goals after 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in their last 10 matches at their stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 6 of their 10 matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home games there is a tendency to few goals, since 5 of their last 10 games for this competition ended with less than 1.5 goals. In 21 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 8 times and only got 1 turnaround.

Olympique Marseille’s team start on the road with a 3-1 loss at Lyon, adding to their second disappointment in the French championship: Doria scored the only goal of the team. Despite the defeat, coach Rudi Garcia should keep the team in 4-3-3 with Gomis being responsible for throwing the panic on his opponent’s line of defense: the Frenchman is the top scorer with 10 goals scored. It is important to point out that homemakers perform well at home, having only 1 loss in 10 games. For this game the home captain can not count on Diaby, Bedimo, Kamara and Hubocan, players recovering from injury.

The visiting team is currently in 13th place with 23 points, after 5 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate game, drew at home against Dijon for (1-1). In the last game, lost out against Metz by (2-0). This is a stronger team in their field, where they won 19 points, against only 4 in their games as a visitor. In the last 10 out-of-competition games, Montpellier had 4 draws and 6 defeats, so they had 4 points out of 30.

In this competition, you have lost the last 4 games as a visitor and have not won any of the last 11 games you played as a visitor. The team conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 21 games in this event, he never got around to scoring in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Like their opponents, the Montpellier side arrive in this game with a 2-0 away defeat by Metz, registering their third consecutive game without a win in the competition. In this away game, it is expected that coach Frédéric Hantz will play in 4-3-3 privileging the defensive organization and the counter-attacks, that is, to defend with the surrounding sectors, looking for the back of the Marseille defensive line. Watching the 11 games played away from home it is possible to notice that the visitors present major defensive failures: they suffered on average 2.45 goals per game. It is important to note that Ryad Boudebouz is the highlight of this formation with 7 goals and 2 assists, however, continues to recover from injury. In addition to this player, the coach can not count on Congre, Ninga and Poaty, injured, in addition to Sylla, player who contests the CAN.



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