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Lens vs Montpellier Prediction & Betting tips
In the 25 matches that RC Lens and Montpellier played jointly in Ligue 1 this season, no fewer than 78 hits were scored. Can we expect another goal festival on Saturday evening?
Lens:
With 21 points from twelve games, PhD candidate RC Lens is working on a more than excellent season. Until now, Franck Haise’s team has only fallen three times at the highest level and with that, Sang et Or is performing a lot better than fellow PhD candidate Lorient and eleven other teams in Ligue 1. Haise’s team also paid a visit last weekend to leave the better-regarded Stade Rennais a good impression by booking a 2-0 victory and thus keeping the connection with the second tier.
With nineteen hits in twelve games, Sang et Or performs very well, especially on the offensive level, largely due to Gaƫl Kakuta and Ignatius Ganago. Both attackers did not make much of an impression in the previous two seasons, but are now among the trendsetters of the Ligue 1. Eighteen-year-old Arnaud Kalimuendo, who is hired from Paris Saint-Germain, is currently also impressing in the RC Lens shirt, as witnessed by his three goals scored in his last four games.
Montpellier:
Montpellier managed to win four times in a row in Ligue 1 prior to last weekend’s match against Paris Saint-Germain, but at home, la Paillade was unable to add a fifth victory in a row against the reigning national champion. Michel Der Zakarian’s team was able to keep up with the Parisians for half a time, as evidenced by the 1-1 halftime score, but in the second half Der Zakarian had to watch with sorrow how his team was unable to make a fist offensively and in the final phase two goals against.
The objective of Montpellier this season is to obtain a European ticket, but to achieve that, things still need to be improved with the Der Zakarian team. La Paillade is currently in joint fifth place with only three points behind the shared numbers two Lille and Olympique Lyonnais and so there seems to be a lot more possible. Offensively, Der Zakarian’s team has already shown to be able to compete with the best, now defensively.
Lens vs Montpellier head to head matches
10.05.15 L1 Lens Montpellier 0 : 1
13.12.14 L1 Montpellier Lens 3 : 3
19.03.11 L1 Montpellier Lens 1 : 4
07.11.10 L1 Lens Montpellier 2 : 0
20.01.10 L1 Lens Montpellier 0 : 1