Monaco vs Montpellier prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2024-09-27 19:00.
[p]Monaco are loving life under Adi Hütter at the moment and currently sit on 13 points from five games, which is their best start to a Ligue 1 campaign since 2016/17 (also W4, D1 from five matches), when a 17-year-old Kylian Mbappé first properly showcased his talents to the world as the principality club went on to win the league title. [/p]
[p]That remains the last trophy that Les Monégasques lifted, but after also defeating Barcelona 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League last week, Monaco are unbeaten after their first six games of a season for the first time since 2013/14! They’ll feel confident they can extend that run against Montpellier, a side they’ve lost just once to in five home H2Hs (W3, D1) whilst completing a league double over them last term with a pair of 2-0 wins.[/p]
[p]Hütter’s confidence in his squad to earn the three points will be heightened by the fact that Montpellier have started the season poorly (W1, D1, L3), although that solitary win did come during their last encounter (3-2 v Auxerre). Of great concern to manager Michel Der Zakarian will be that no side had conceded more goals this Ligue 1 season at the start of this round, while La Paillade haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 11 games. [/p]
[p]Der Zakarian was the man in charge when Montpellier secured a stunning 4-0 triumph at Monaco in April 2023, inflicting their opponents’ joint-biggest losing margin since a 7-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain five years earlier! They have also shown that they are extremely adept when going 1-0 up away from home, with eight of the last nine such occasions in all competitions ending in victory for the visitors (L1). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Wilfried Singo provided the assist for Monaco’s second goal against Le Havre last weekend and has avoided ending up on the losing side in the last nine matches in which he’s registered a goal contribution for club and country (W6, D3). After vitally netting against Auxerre last Sunday, Modibo Sagnan has shown himself to be similarly effective in this regard, having avoided defeat every time he has scored in first-team league football during his career (W4, D2). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Monaco registered the most shots on target in 11 of their last 12 matches. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]