On the 9th of January, Montpellier will host Troyes in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Montpellier recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Strasbourg. Mihailo Ristić struck first for Montpellier in the 20th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Strasbourg couldn’t manage to score, and Montpellier took the shutout win. Montpellier looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10, while 15th placed Troyes is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Brest. Franck Honorat scored the first goal for Brest in the 5th minute, but Adil Rami got the equalizer for Troyes in the 80th minute earning them at least the one point. Troyes is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Troyes and Montpellier battled to a 1-1 draw. Touzghar struck first for Troyes in the 37th minute, then Teji Savanier got the equalizer for Montpellier in the 87th minute on a feed from Nicholas Gioacchini squeezing out at least the one point for Montpellier.
Rominigue Kouame and Renaud Ripart are the top scorers for Troyes in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. For Montpellier, their top scorers are Wahi and Stephy Mavididi, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Pedro Mendes and Maxime Esteve are unavailable to play for Olivier Dall’Oglio’s team, while Troyes will be without Tanguy Banhie-Zoukrou.