In a mid week match on Monday Jan 2nd, in week 17, Montpellier hosts Olympique Marseille at Stade De La Mosson in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Montpellier sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Lorient. Teji Savanier struck first for Montpellier in the 3rd minute, then Wahi added another in the 22nd minute In the end, Lorient couldn’t muster any offence and Montpellier ran away with the shutout win. Montpellier looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while olympique Marseille is fresh off their 6-1 blowout win against Toulouse. Valentin Rongier struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 13th minute on a feed from Samuel Gigot, then Rasmus Nicolaisen added another on an own goal in the 41st minute. Olympique Marseille should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Olympique Marseille and Montpellier battled to a 1-1 draw. Arkadiusz Milik scored the first goal for Olympique Marseille in the 74th minute, then got the equalizer for Montpellier in the 80th minute on a feed from Mamadou Sakho squeezing out at least the one point for Montpellier.
Olympique Marseille’s top weapon lately has been Sead Kolašinac, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Montpellier is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Wahi and Teji Savanier each having 2 goals in their last 5
Theo Sainte Luce, Wahbi Khazri, Nicolas Cozza and Dimitry Bertaud are unavailable to play for Romain Pitau’s team, while Mattéo Guendouzi and Amine Harit are unavailable to play for Igor Tudor’s team.