Montpellier VS Nantes prediction

Posted by Jennis Zhong on October 30th, 2018

Match Time：10/31/2018 01:45 Wednesday  (GMT+8)

French League Cup -- Montpellier  VS  Nantes

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Montpellier: Convincing victory ( Recent Form: D W D W W )

Last Saturday, Montpellier was far too strong for the home team at Toulouse: within 30 minutes Gaëtan Laborde and Andy Delort put Montpellier on a 0-2 lead and in the final phase Solomon Sambia made his first goal of the season with a free kick. to shoot through the inside of the pole. Due to the sixth win of the season, Michel der Zakarian's team is now in third place in the Ligue 1 with only seven goals in eleven matches, only Paris Saint-Germain got less goals, but also played a game less at the moment from writing. Montpellier shows this season a big difference between the performances in the first and the second half: the goal difference over the first half is +8 (9-1), and that in the second half is +2 (8-6). Between the fifteenth and thirtieth minute the men of Der Zakarian already scored five times, only Olympique Lyonnais knew how to do better, but Bruno Génésio's team is still two points behind the Heraults in the ranking. This Sunday, Montpellier will have a home match against Olympique Marseille, so there is a chance that Der Zakarian will not take on full strength against Nantes.

Nantes: Escaped from the relegation zone ( Recent Form: L D L W W )

After two consecutive victories Nantes is no longer in the relegation zone, but in a shared tenth place in the Ligue 1. It should be noted that the team of Vahid Halilhodzic has a lead of just two points on the number eighteen; the differences are so small in the right-hand row of the Ligue 1. The convincing victory of two weeks ago against Toulouse was followed last Saturday at Amiens by a little convincing victory. Nantes was able to thank Ciprian Tatarusanu for the fact that the Romanian only passed one of the eight shots on goal and that Amiens was so highly personal of the equalizer. Gabriel Boschilia was the great man in the Halilhodzic team against Amiens. The 22-year-old Brazilian was already responsible for an assist and a goal against Toulouse, but his performance was overshadowed by the eminent Emiliano Sala. Against Amiens, Boschilia was again responsible for a goal and an assist. The Brazilian has now scored three times this season and delivered three assists (all three in Sala) and appears to be on the right flank to become a player who can make an impression next season with the team that lent him to Nantes: AS Monaco.

THE BETTING VERDICT:

After all, Nantes, like Montpellier, won the last two league games, but it did less convincing than the team of Der Zakarian, who has been unbeaten for ten games in a row, including five home games of which the last three were won.

Montpellier  VS  Nantes

Pick: Montpellier -0.5