Montpellier vs Brest prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2024-11-09 16:00.
[p]Propping up the table and on their worst streak of top flight defeats (L5) since the 2003/04 season, Montpellier’s prospects of a 17th consecutive season in Ligue 1 are already looking bleak ahead of Sunday’s home clash with Brest. Even the appointment of club legend Jean-Louis Gasset as manager for the third time has so far failed to turn the tide as his side are still goalless across both of his games (L2) in charge.[/p]
[p]That means that it’s now three matches since La Paillade found the back of the net and unsurprisingly, they’ll begin round 11 as both the joint lowest scorers (G8) and with the leakiest backline in the division. In fact, the hosts 30 goals conceded is the most by any team across their first ten games of a Ligue 1 season since 1978/79, and with captain Téji Savanier still suspended, Montpellier’s plight shows few signs of improvement.[/p]
[p]The last thing they need in their current predicament is an opponent who are loving life on the road at the moment then, but that’s exactly what they will get as Brest won 2-1 in Prague on Wednesday evening to make it three away victories in a row. That triumph lifted Éric Roy’s team to fourth in the Champions League, though they are yet to find any consistency domestically, failing to record back-to-back wins in Ligue 1 this season.[/p]
[p]A 1-0 loss at home to Nice last Saturday means that the Pirates will begin this round two points from the European places with only a three-point cushion above the relegation play-off spot. However, they’ll make the long journey down to the south coast with good recent memories of Montpellier after a 3-1 victory in this fixture last season and only one defeat across their last four visits (W2, D1). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Montpellier have managed to score in three of their five home matches this season with Akor Adams on the scoresheet in two of those games (G3), whilst his last six league goals have all come at the Stade de la Mosson. Mathias Pereira Lage has got on the scoresheet in three of his last five H2Hs, scoring on his last two visits to Montpellier.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Brest have conceded only once in the last 15 minutes of a league match this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]