Montpellier vs Marseille (Pick, Prediction, Preview)

Montpellier – Marseille
Montpellier and Marseille will meet Friday, November 4, in a match counting for the 12th round of Ligue 1.

Montpellier HSC (16th)

Grouping of southern France is appreciated by many French football fans, despite busy place in the rankings. Offering spectacular matches with incredible twists situation, Montpellier belongs to that category of teams, even when not beat, yet fail to elicit applause. If the aesthetics give them reason to rejoice students Frederic Hantz, definitely not the same feeling we were thinking how many precious points were lost due to lack of concentration, especially in the defense.

Montpellier scored first in almost all stages so far. He opened the scoring with Saint-Etienne, Rennes, Guingamp, Nice, Lyon, Dijon and AS Monaco, winning only 4 points in all these disputes. It seems incredible, but a band that is able to strike first in confrontation with the leader and ranks third in Ligue 1 position does not choose anything. Explanation? Defense extremely permissive. Incidentally, Montpellier lead in the top of the weakest defenses negative first French football league (25 goals conceded, with 7 more than Lorient, the team ranked second in the standings previously).

Anyway statistics show, it is clear that Montpellier will address Friday’s match with high morale thanks to spectacular recovery from the previous game played on the field of Lorient. Then led 2-0 Hantz and his returned fate of the game, managed to get equalizer (2-2 final score).

Olympique de Marseille (10th)

Rudi Garcia, the technician called immediately after Frank McCourt officially took over the club after about two weeks, OM made from a band with a solid defense even more. After successful goalless draw on “Parc des Princes” in front of champions PSG, he followed another 0-0 result in the dispute against those from Bordeaux, Marseille reaching this occasion three consecutive games without a goal conceded in Ligue 1, Crowning work of the Interim Franck Passi.

Marseille stands out not only through efficiency defense, but the official record of six matches without defeat which is presented before the duel with Montpellier (three wins and three draws). Performance may seem surprising given the campaign meager acquisitions this summer and uncertainty at management level, but the coaching staff, whether it was led by Passi, be prepared Garcia, showing how to build a team uncomfortable with minimum investment.

In case of victory, Marseille should check first success in the last 6 trips.

direct meetings

OM prevailed in three duels with Montpellier last season, establishing himself in the French Cup (2-0) in the championship game of the “Stade de la Mosson” (1-0), while playing on “Velodrome” ended in a draw (2-2). Also, previous 10 direct confrontations are also all in favor of going on Friday: 6 wins Marseille, Montpellier 3 wins and one draw.

Probable teams:

Montpellier: Pionnier – Roussillon, Saint-Ruf, Hilton, Borre – Sessegnon, Skhirat, Sanson – Berigaud, Mouna, Boudebouz

Marseille: Pele – Fanni, Rolando Doria, Bedimo – Lopez, Diarra, Machachi – Thauvin, Iseki, Sarr