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The still winless Montpellier receives the form strong team from Lyon. The guests have each scored a victory on the first two matchdays. But that’s not all: with nine goals, Olympique has impressively played particularly aggressively. Despite the move from Nabil Fekir to Betis Sevilla, Lyon’s attacking team is still in full swing.
In addition, the newly formed defensive is so far absolutely solid – not a single goal conceded had to be accepted. Thanks to the results so far, OL is currently at the top of the league table for Ligue 1. Montpellier is far away from such a placement. On top of that, the chances that it will be nearly as good as this during the season are slight.
The southern French have given up some important players and are plaguing themselves with injury. In this context, missing with Teji Savanier and the king transfer. The newcomer is outfitted with outstanding passport quality, but currently Savanier can not help the HSC due to injury.
For the encounter between Montpellier and Lyon, the tip thus aims for an away win, in which the offensively strong Gones score at least two hits. The Montpellier against Lyon forecast is linked with four units as stake.
Montpellier:
Last year’s ranking, best since the championship in 2012, has started only moderately. With 0: 1 the prelude against Stade Rennes lost in front of their home crowd and in the last week followed a 1-1 at Girondins Bordeaux.
An important reason for the bumpy start are the departures of the two-time cup winners dar. Like several deserving players returned Montpellier in the summer of the back. Paillade lost including the Tunisian national team Ellyes Skhiri to the 1st FC Cologne.
The defensive player represented the most expensive purchase of the goaties in this transfer period. In addition, with Benjamin Lecomte went the regular number 1 between the posts to the AS Monaco and the Belgian right wing Isaac Mbenza now kicks off at Huddersfield in the Championship. Investments were again in the service of Andy Delort.
The midfielder ran on loan in the Southern France last season and delivered with 14 goals equal to the best goal for Montpellier from. The impressive performance made the club officials to ensure that the 27-year-old is now equipped with a proper working paper.
That Delort has not lost his goalie, proved the Algerian on the final day with his goal in a 1-1 draw against Bordeaux. However, the most expensive purchase in the person of Teji Savanier can not accrue. The also 27-year-old was brought by league rivals from Nimes and should actually act in the central midfield.
Due to a knee injury the debut of him still has to wait. This is a pity from the point of view of the eleven of the Armenian coach Michel Der Zakarian, because Savanier is undoubtedly extremely game-intelligent. He proved his high football IQ last year with 13 assists – best of the Ligue 1!
With the striker Florent Mollet and Solomon Zambia from the midfield, the hospital at Montpellier is also prominently filled. In the upcoming match, the MHSC will rely mainly on their home strength, although the first home game was already lost against Rennes.
However, at least in the last season bankruptcies were sown on their own territory rare – only three games were lost in the home Stade de la Mosson. A value only underpinned PSG with completely white vest and Lille with two Heimpleiten.
Lyon:
While the home side are not looking back on a good start to the season, Olympique Lyon can not complain: after a 3-0 win at Monaco and a 6-0 home victory against SCO Angers, OL is even at the top of the table.
The team has dispelled all doubts that the equally numerous retirements after last season in the guise of Tanguy Ndombele (Tottentam Hotspur) or Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) have sustained the statics of the team sustainably affected. So far, the opposite is the case and the remaining elf presents itself in a very good early form.
With Jeff Reine-Adelaide was also committed two weeks ago, a powerful midfielder. The 21-year-old comes from Angers’ last opponent and has given the Scoïstes a record transfer fee in their 100-year club history.
Reine-Adelaide should not have any major start-up problems either. In Lyon, he meets various actors such as Houssem Aouar or Lucas Toussart, who knows the youngster already from the U21 national team of France. The attacking midfielder was in good spirits, as Reine-Adelaide proved with a goal and assist in Angers’ opening victory over Bordeaux.
In addition to the defensive, which was cleverly reinforced with players such as Thiago Mendes (Lille) or Joachim Andersen (Sampdoria), Lyon shines again with a neat attacking department. Already in the last season Lyon was after PSG the offensively strongest team in Ligue 1. With Moussa Dembele and Memphis Depay two extremely dangerous scores are still available.
Both players have already netted three times on the first two matchdays. Given the strength of the defense with so far two clean sheets and the manageable offensive strength of the hosts are at Montpellier against Lyon, the odds for another victory of the Gones to zero on top interesting.
Montpellier vs Lyon head to head matches
17.03.19 L1 Lyon Montpellier 3 : 2
22.12.18 L1 Montpellier Lyon 1 : 1
04.03.18 L1 Montpellier Lyon 1 : 1
07.02.18 COU Montpellier Lyon 1 : 2
13.12.17 COU Montpellier Lyon 4 : 1