On the 23rd of January, Montpellier will play host to Monaco in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Montpellier recorded a 1-3 loss against Strasbourg. Florent Mollet struck first for Montpellier in the 11th minute on a feed from Mihailo Ristić, then Majeed Waris tied it up for Strasbourg in the 77th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 84th minute on a goal by Adrien Thomasson to cap off a wild match. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Montpellier should be reasonably happy with their performance, while monaco sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Clermont. Sofiane Diop struck first for Monaco in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Wissam Ben Yedder added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Caio Henrique In the end, Clermont couldn’t muster any offence and Monaco ran away with the shutout win. Monaco is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
Montpellier and Monaco last played eachother at the Stade Louis Ii. on Oct 24th. Monaco won by a score of 3 to 1. Kevin Volland scored the first goal for Monaco in the 12th minute, then Wissam Ben Yedder added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Kevin Volland.
Wissam Ben Yedder has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored six goals for Monaco. Montpellier is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Stephy Mavididi and Teji Savanier each having 2 goals in their last 5
Montpellier will be without Pedro Mendes and Maxime Esteve, while Philippe Clement’s Monaco squad will be without Krépin Diatta, Aleksandr Golovin, Axel Disasi and Wissam Ben Yedder.