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No doubt Montpellier and Olympique Lyon are in the final round of the Coupe de France. Then the sixth of Ligue 1 hits the fourth. In the second round of the Coupe de Ligue, the teams met in this season already. At home, Montpellier gave the guests no chance and sent Lyon home 4-1. Is there the next pack for the old master? Or can OL return the favor in the more prestigious cup competition?
Montpellier :
The rehearsal for the match on Wednesday Montpellier has succeeded. At the weekend, the club prevailed on 24 Matchday of Ligue 1 at home despite a 0-1 deficit by 2-1 against Angers. Montpellier jumped to sixth thanks to the better goal difference against Nice, who in the end can not be unimportant. Because in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue PSG meets Monaco. Should the final of the Coupe de France also be held by two teams in the ranks one to four, then would also entitle this sixth place for the Europa League qualification. Speaking of Monaco and PSG: Montpellier played their last two games against these two clubs before the aforementioned home win against Angers. Both at PSG in Ligue 1 and the semi-finals in the Coupe de la Ligue at Monaco Montpellier lost to zero. Previously, Montpellier had been unbeaten in seven competitive games in a row.
In Ligue 1, Montpellier face eight wins and six defeats and have ten draws with Angers, most of the twenty clubs. Showpiece in the game of Montpellier is the defensive. In 24 games in Ligue 1 Montpellier conceded only 20 goals. Only PSG has had to conquer less often with seventeen goals conceded. Until the penultimate round, Montpellier even set the best defense, but then the club lost at PSG with 0: 4. At the front Montpellier is not really accurate, but scored with 22 goals in 24 games on average not even one match per match.
Lyon :
Olympique Marseille, AS Monaco and Olympique Lyon are currently in hot pursuit for second and third place in Ligue 1, qualifying for direct qualification for the Champions League or qualifying for the premier class. Just two days into the match, Lyon had the best chance of finishing second. But within a week Lyon dropped from second to fourth place. Blame are two bankruptcies in succession at Girondins Bordeaux and in the top match last weekend at AS Monaco. Hard to say which defeat was bitter. For in the game in Bordeaux Lyon received two penalties against himself and could not catch up the 1: 3 residue to break. In Monaco, Lyon did not even lead half a hour 2-0, but in the cabs it went with a 2: 2, but also a numerical superior number. However, OL could not capitalize on this. On the contrary: Monaco scored in off-target just before the end of the goal to 3: 2 victory.
In the fight for the Champions League is not yet decided and yet Lyon goes instead of a lead of three or seven points to the pursuers with two or three points behind the coveted ranks two and three in the rest of the season. Four days before the defeat against Bordeaux Lyon qualified with a 3-2 win in Monaco for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France. Three days later Lyon beat Ligaprimus PSG 2-1 at home. It can happen so fast in football: two wins against PSG and Monaco within three days, but then again within a week two painful bankruptcies in the league.
Montpellier vs Lyon head to head matches
13.12.17 COU Montpellier Lyon 4 : 1
19.11.17 L1 Lyon Montpellier 0 : 0
30.07.17 CF Lyon Montpellier 1 : 1
14.05.17 L1 Montpellier Lyon 1 : 3
08.01.17 COU Lyon Montpellier 5 : 0
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| Selection odds: | 1,76 |
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