Montpellier vs Reims prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-04-26 15:15.
[p]Montpellier’s incredible demise looks set to be confirmed this weekend, as anything but a win against Reims will seal their relegation from Ligue 1. La Paillade could be demoted before kick-off should Le Havre or Saint-Étienne avoid defeat earlier, but it’s an inevitable outcome nonetheless after a disastrous streak of 11 successive league defeats, nine of which came by multi-goal margins.[/p]
[p]The hosts are already guaranteed their lowest-ever top-flight points haul, but even restoring a shred of pride looks improbable at this point. Montpellier have lost each of their last five home league games and failed to score in the last three, meaning they could blank in four successive Ligue 1 matches on their own turf for just the second time, with the previous instance coming in 2004 when they were last relegated![/p]
[p]An in-form Reims side are primed to pile on the pain as they’ve avoided defeat on each of their last five visits to Montpellier (W3, D2), losing just two of the last 11 top-flight H2Hs at any venue (W5, D4). They’re not out of danger in the relegation scrap yet either, but a run of three wins from their last four league matches (L1) marks them out as the side with the most momentum at the bottom end of the table.[/p]
[p]Reims’ next win will be their 600th in the top flight, while it would also mark their first set of three successive Ligue 1 wins in over two years. Their two prior wins are as many as they managed in the 21 games that preceded them (D6, L13), while they could also keep a third consecutive clean sheet on the road in this competition for just the third time this century with another shutout here.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Ahead of the round, Montpellier’s Téji Savanier (69) and Reims’ Junya Itō (81) lead the way for chances created in Ligue 1. Savanier has also assisted a joint-career high seven goals against Reims, while Itō has faced no opponent more often without a goal involvement than Montpellier (five).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Montpellier have conceded a comfortable league-high 17 goals between half-time and the 60th minute this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]