Montpellier vs Monaco Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th October 2022

Monaco will visit Stade de la Mosson on Sunday for a Ligue 1 fixture with home side Montpellier. Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Montpellier played against Monaco. It finished 3-2 in a great match between the pair.

With 17 points after nine games, Monaco currently rank fifth in the Ligue 1 standings. Montpellier play catch-up as they recorded 12 points in nine matches, putting them up as 10th before their upcoming clash.

Monaco are aiming to extend the lead on Montpellier in the Ligue 1 table after they go toe-to-toe this coming Sunday. On the other hand, the hosts should be motivated to not let the current gap get any bigger than it already is.

Montpellier show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.1 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 21 goals, whilst they allowed 21 goals against, for an average of 2.1 per outing. They pulled off two clean sheets.

Monaco head into this match on 1.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored an acceptable total of 19, while also conceding 15 goals. This amounts to 1.5 on average per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Montpellier vs Monaco Prediction

Montpellier form

It is all or nothing with Montpellier presently. They first went down 2-1 in an encounter with Angers, to which they replied by beating Strasbourg2-1. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side, when they lost 4-2 against Toulouse. Montpellier claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Ligue 1. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored nine and conceded 12 goals.

Few people saw Montpellier at the fun end of the table this season, but they are displaying a great form right now.

Monaco Form

Monaco are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Reims got left behind in a 0-3 win, before Nantes got hammered in a 4-1 victory. Trabzonspor was the most recent victim in a 3-1 win for Monaco. Monaco performed a very admirable four wins in six Ligue 1 away matches, as well as two draws but no defeats. They scored 11 times, while also conceding five goals.

Taking the title might be too much of a stretch, but after their top four finish last season, Monaco are certainly aiming for the podium this season.

Montpellier are scoring freely these days, Monaco are doing just fine in that department as well, and we expect a match with plenty of goalsthis coming Sunday.

Monaco won one of their last four matches against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table, scoring five and conceding seven goals. They collected five points from these.

Montpellier vs Monaco Team News

Montpellier are looking at up to six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their home match against Monaco this coming Sunday.

Jonas Omlin, Maxime Esteve, Faitout Maouassa, Theo Sainte-Luce, Dimitry Bertaud and Pedro Mendes nurses various injuries and won't take part for Montpellier against Monaco at Stade de la Mosson.

At the time of writing, Monaco just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Sunday.

Names like Ruben Aguilar and Willem Geubbels most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Montpellier.

Montpellier vs Monaco H2H

Montpellier triumphed in a 3-2 win against Monaco, the last time they faced off. However, Monaco secured a 3-1 win in the match before that. Neither side have been the dominant force in recent meetings between Montpellier and Monaco, as Monaco won four of the last ten Matches, while Montpellier won three matches of these ten encounters. The bookies have Monaco to win this match at best price odds of 1.90.

Montpellier vs Monaco Results

Both teams to score came out eight times in the past ten matches between Montpellier and Monaco. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 1.53 with the bookies.

Montpellier vs Monaco Betting Tips

Elye Wahi look like value in the goal scoring market with five strikes to his name in six Ligue 1 matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Wissam Ben Yedder adds to his four Ligue 1 goals come this coming Sunday.

Montpellier won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Stade de la Mosson. They drew one and lost six as well, while Monaco won four of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost three. You can't necessarily trust Montpellier to get the first goal of the match when playing at Stade de la Mosson. They managed to score the opener five times in 10 games on home soil. Monaco got the first goal of the game in seven of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals happened six times in the past ten encounters between Montpellier and Monaco, with Montpellier scoring 1.5 goals on average per game. Monaco averaged 1.5 goals, while both teams scored eight times. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of Montpellier’s last ten home matches across the tournaments. They scored an average of 2.3 goals in the process. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of the last ten matches Monaco played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.8 goals in these matches.