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Marseille vs Montpellier Prediction & Betting tips
Started strong and slowed down – this is how the season so far can be described for both Marseille and Montpellier. Both teams got only one of nine possible points from their last three games in Ligue 1, after they had previously been at the top. Despite this recent negative series, the fifth will receive the eighth in the current table on Wednesday.
In the run-up to the match between Marseille and Montpellier, the odds of the bookmakers according to the betting base odds comparison towards the home side.
It can be stated, however, that the Olympics only scored twelve of their 28 points at home and primarily played strongly away. The same applies to the guests from the Occitania region, who also scored more points in the distance than in their own stadium. Montpellier has lost all of the last three home games, but remained undefeated away seven times in a row.
Nevertheless, it is difficult to give a tip on the outcome of the game at Marseille against Montpellier. In the end, both teams were not very consistent recently. The bet that both teams will score is therefore much more sustainable.
Marseille :
Not only are Olympique Marseille nine-time French champions, they are still the only French team to ever win the UEFA Champions League. Since the last championship in 2010, however, the Phocéens have become increasingly quiet.
After the end of the season in France, André Villas-Boas’s squad was crowned runner-up this summer after applying the quotient rule. With that, l’OM finally celebrated its comeback in the premier class, which was not very successful. With five defeats, the Olympiens failed as bottom group in the preliminary round.
The season started with two wins, with a real coup already on the second match day when Paris Saint-Germain could be defeated 1-0 away at Parc des Princes.
Most recently, however, the southern French, who stuck to the top of the table for a long time, slipped back into a mini-crisis. L’OM only got one point from the last three league games, although the opponents with Stade Rennes, Stade de Reims and Angers by no means had the most illustrious names.
Nevertheless, everything is still possible for the nine-time national champion, who is “only” fifth in the current table, but still has two catch-up games up his sleeve. If the Phocéens win both games, they would be just two points behind the current leaders Lyon.
All the more groundbreaking is this home game against currently ailing guests who have lost three of their last five league games. If Tip 1 at Marseille against Montpellier works out in the end, André Villas-Boas’ selection would be back on track right on time for the start of the year. On the other hand, if the Olympics remain without a win in their fourth game in a row, the crisis would be perfect.
Montpellier :
The Montpellier Hérault Sport Club surprisingly won its first and so far only French championship in 2012. A success that was also remarkable because “La Paillade” only played in Ligue 2 between 2004 and 2009.
Most recently, the men from the Occitania region got stuck in the upper half of the table. Under Michel Der Zakarian, Montpellier finished sixth in 2019 and ended the last season in eighth place after applying the quotient rule.
The dark blue oranges will also enter the calendar year 2021 as eighth, although more would have been possible after a strong start to the season. Montpellier finally caught three of the six league games in the current season in the five games played in December.
The two-week winter break came at a not entirely unfavorable time for “La Paillade”. With a first win in the new year, the HSC could knock on the top again immediately and catch up with the current fourth Stade Rennes on points.
In particular, the away record of the dark blue oranges reads extremely well. The men of Michel Der Zakarian have only lost one of the eight games on foreign courts. Four of the last five away games have even been won.
It is all the more surprising that in the run-up to the encounter between Marseille and Montpellier, the odds of the betting providers speak so clearly against “La Paillade”. Accordingly, the HSC arrives as an outsider.
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