Week 10 features a match on Sun Oct 9th, where Monaco and Montpellier will play a match in Montpellier in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Montpellier sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-4 loss against Toulouse. Nicolas Cozza scored the first goal for Montpellier in the 7th minute, then in the 18th minute, Fares Chaibi sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Stijn Spierings But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 24th minute on a goal by Zakaria Aboukhlal. Montpellier is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Monaco recorded a 4-1 win against Nantes. Breel Embolo struck first for Monaco in the 2nd minute, then Wissam Ben Yedder added another in the 6th minute on a feed from Breel Embolo. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Monaco should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Wissam Ben Yedder has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Monaco. Montpellier is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Arnaud Nordin and Sepe Elye Wahi each having 3 goals in their last five
Montpellier will be without Faitout Maouassa, Pedro Mendes, Theo Sainte Luce, Stephy Mavididi, Dimitry Bertaud, Jonas Omlin and Esteve, while Philippe Clement’s Monaco squad will be without Ruben Aguilar and Guillermo Maripán.