Lille vs Montpellier Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th April 2023

The Ligue 1 clash at Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy this coming Sunday sees home team Lille battling it out for three points with Montpellier.

Lille approach round 31 as number five in the Ligue 1 table with 52 points on their account so far. With 30 rounds behind them, Montpellier have amassed 37 points, placing them as number 13 in the standings.

Aiming for a place inside the top six, Lille need to strut their stuff against Montpellier this coming Sunday. The latter might not look like a team currently possessing the qualities to stop the home side from claiming a win, but they will be eager to spring a surprise.

When it comes to goal-scoring Lille could be more prolific, scoring 19 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.9 goals per game in which, they conceded 12 times. This is an average of 1.2 a game, achieving a clean sheet in three games.

Montpellier scored 16 goals, conceded ten and kept their opponents from scoring four times in their last ten matches.

Lille hope to extend their grip on Montpellier, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 1-0 and 3-1, respectively.

Lille vs Montpellier Prediction

Lille Form

Lille are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Toulouse by 0-2, before beating Lorient by 3-1. The winning streak came to an end against Angers, who ran out 1-0 winners. Lille put four wins on the board in their previous six Ligue 1 matches at the Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy. They drew twice while losing none, scored 15 goals while conceding six.

Montpellier Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from Montpellier at the moment. Against Clermont Foot, they came out on top in a 2-1 win, before drawing 1-1 against Marseille. Most recently they were left reeling in a 1-2 defeat win against Toulouse. Montpellier won half their previous six away matches in the Ligue 1, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored six goals whilst conceding nine.

Lille are the bookies favourite to claim the win, when Montpellier arrive at Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy, and we believe the home side will prevail.

Lille took 36 points from their last 15 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Ligue 1 table. This amounts to 11 wins after scoring 30 times and conceding eight. Montpellier claimed one win and six points from their last 13 encounters with teams in the top half of the Ligue 1, while scoring 12 goals to 30 against. Lille have a record of 15 wins, seven draws and eight defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Montpellier are looking at 11 wins, four draws and 15 defeats in the Ligue 1.

Lille vs Montpellier Stats

Lille vs Montpellier Squads

Lille Squad

Paulo Fonseca will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Montpellier from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Ligue 1 this season):

Adam Jakubech (0/0), Benoit Costil (0/19), Lucas Chevalier (0/24), Alexsandro Ribeiro (3/14), Bafode Diakite (2/25), Ismaily (2/18), Jose Fonte (1/25), Leny Yoro (0/9), Tiago Djalo (2/25), Andre Gomes (1/21), Benjamin Andre (1/27), Carlos Baleba (0/13), Jonas Martin (0/9), Jonathan Bamba (5/26), Adam Ounas (1/16), Alan Virginius (1/14), Angel Gomes (2/29), Edon Zhegrova (3/17), Gabriel Gudmundsson (0/13), Jonathan David (19/29), Mohamed Bayo (4/21), Remy Cabella (5/24), Timothy Weah (0/21).

Montpellier Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 60 year-old Montpellier manager Der Zakarian will select his starting XI from these players:

Benjamin Lecomte (0/11), Bingourou Kamara (0/5), Dimitry Bertaud (0/0), Matis Carvalho (0/2), Christopher Jullien (0/24), Enzo Tchato (1/19), Faitout Maouassa (3/25), Falaye Sacko (0/27), Issiaga Sylla (0/26), Kiki Kouyate (0/9), Mamadou Sakho (1/13), Maxime Esteve (0/19), Pedro Mendes (0/1), Ryan Tchato (0/0), Teo Allix (0/0), Theo Sainte-Luce (1/5), Thibault Tamas (0/0), Jordan Ferri (0/26), Joris Chotard (0/27), Khalil Fayad (0/20), Leo Leroy (0/20), Teji Savanier (10/25), Arnaud Nordin (5/28), Axel Gueguin (0/0), Beni Makouana (0/8), Elye Wahi (13/26), Serigne Faye (0/1), Stephy Mavididi (2/18), Valere Germain (2/26), Wahbi Khazri (4/22), Yanis Guermouche (0/0).

Lille vs Montpellier Team News

Lille could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Montpellier.

Jose Fonte, Jonathan Bamba and Gabriel Gudmundsson nurses various injuries and won't take part for Lille against Montpellier at Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

Montpellier have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Lille this coming Sunday.

Pedro Mendes, Theo Sainte-Luce and Dimitry Bertaud all face a spell on the sidelines for Montpellier due to various injuries.

Lille vs Montpellier Lineups

Lille vs Montpellier H2H

Lille no doubt look forward to their next match, as they ran out 1-0 and 3-1 winners when last playing Montpellier. Lille go into their upcoming match against Montpellier with a 60% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 6-3-1 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Lille vs Montpellier Results

In the past ten matches between home side Lille and Montpellier both teams found the back of the net six times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 4/5.

Lille vs Montpellier Betting Tips

Lille against Montpellier is also a battle between Jonathan David and Elye Wahi with both in decent form. The former scored four while the latter has five Ligue 1 goals in their last six games respectively.

Lille racked up seven wins from a possible 10 across all tournaments at Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy, drew three and lost zero. Montpellier won five of their previous 10 away, drew one and lost four times. Lille have seen five of their previous 10 matches at Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy offer over 2.5 goals. In two of the last 10 league games away for Montpellier the match had over 2.5 goals.

There were over 2.5 goals five times in the last ten encounters between Lille and Montpellier. Lille managed an average of 1.4 goals, while the latter scored one goal on average. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Lille’s last ten matches in all tournaments. They banged in an average of 2.3 goals on the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Montpellier's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.6 goals in these matches.