On Feb 25th, Montpellier and Rennes will play a match in Montpellier in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 9th placed Montpellier is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Lorient. Teji Savanier scored the first goal for Montpellier in the 56th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Lorient was frustrated by Montpellier’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Montpellier ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Montpellier should be reasonably happy with their performance, while rennes is fresh off their 4-1 win against Troyes. Sehrou Guirassy struck first for Rennes in the 14th minute, then Sehrou Guirassy added another in the 20th minute. Rennes is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Rennes was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over 27000 fans. Martin Terrier struck first for Rennes in the 8th minute, then Lovro Majer added another in the 28th minute on a feed from Gaëtan Laborde In the end, Montpellier couldn’t muster any offence and Rennes ran away with the shutout win.
Rennes is glad to have Sehrou Guirassy in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. For Montpellier, their top scorers are Stephy Mavididi and Wahi, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Pedro Mendes, Mihailo Ristić, Stephy Mavididi and Esteve are unavailable to play for Montpellier, while Bruno Génésio’s squad will be without K. Sulemana, Flavien Tait, Jeremy Doku, Jeremy Gelin, Romain Salin, Ugochukwu and Lorenz Assignon.