April 23rd features a match where Olympique Lyonnais will host Montpellier at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Olympique Lyonnais sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 6-1 blowout win against Bordeaux. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 20th minute, then Karl Toko Ekambi added another in the 27th minute. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Montpellier is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Reims. Montpellier had 14 on net, and Reims had 14, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Montpellier looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On Nov 28th, Montpellier hosted Olympique Lyonnais in their last match together. Olympique Lyonnais took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Lucas Paquetá struck first for Olympique Lyonnais in the 17th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Montpellier couldn’t manage to score, and Olympique Lyonnais took the shutout win.
Montpellier is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Florent Mollet and Wahi each only have 1 goal in their last five. Olympique Lyonnais is fortunate enough to have Moussa Dembélé in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals
Peter Bosz’s squad will be without Tanguy Ndombélé, Thiago Mendes, Léo Dubois, Rayan Cherki, Jason Denayer, Anthony Lopes, Maxence Caqueret, Karl Toko Ekambi, Tino Kadewere and Sinaly Diomande, while Montpellier will be without Mihailo Ristić.