Week 35 brings us a match on May 1st where Montpellier and Metz will play a match in Montpellier in a clash of the Ligue 1. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Montpellier is fresh off their 2-5 loss against Olympique Lyonnais. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 26th minute, then Thiago Mendes added another in the 43rd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while metz sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Brest. Youcef Belaïli struck first for Brest in the 27th minute on a feed from Irvin Cardona, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Metz couldn’t manage to score, and Brest took the shutout win. Metz looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
Metz and Montpellier last played eachother at the Stade Saint-symphorien on Dec 1st. Montpellier won by a score of 3 to 1. Teji Savanier struck first for Montpellier in the 36th minute, then Stephy Mavididi added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
Metz hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Ibrahim Amadou and Didier Lamkel Ze, and they each have 1 goal. Teji Savanier has been the most prolific scorer on Montpellier in the last five matches with 2 goals
Montpellier will be without Pedro Mendes and Mihailo Ristić, while Frédéric Antonetti’s Metz squad will be without Manuel Cabit, Matthieu Udol and Fali Cande.