In a weekend match in week 15, on Sun Nov 28th, Montpellier hosts Olympique Lyonnais in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Montpellier sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Rennes. Martin Terrier scored the first goal for Rennes in the 8th minute, then Lovro Majer added another in the 28th minute In the end, Montpellier was frustrated by Rennes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rennes ended the match with the shutout victory. Montpellier is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while olympique Lyonnais sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Rennes. Gaëtan Laborde struck first for Rennes in the 45th minute on a feed from Benjamin Bourigeaud, then Hamari Traore added another in the 51st minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Olympique Lyonnais should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Montpellier won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Karl Toko Ekambi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for Olympique Lyonnais. Montpellier’s most prolific scorer has been Florent Mollet. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Pedro Mendes and Jordan Ferri are unavailable to play for Olivier Dall’Oglio’s team, while Olympique Lyonnais will be without Léo Dubois, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde and Damien Da Silva.