Montpellier vs Monaco: Battle for a European place

Round 20 of The French Ligue 1 2020-2021 season opens on Friday night with what promises to be a very interesting match between Montpellier who is 8th in the table with 28 points and Monaco who are 4th with 33 points. Both teams, with ambitions to play in Europa League or UEFA Champions League next season will battle it out to bag the crucial 3 points.

Montpellier

The hosts haven’t won in their last five matches in the league and haven’t won at home in 4 games. In those five games, they let in 11 goals and scored 6. They have slid away from European places and they need to come up with a good performance against Monaco especially defensively. Montpellier will rely on their star player and top scorer Andy Delort to help his team create chances and get on the scoring sheet to get his team back on winning ways.

Monaco

The Monegasque is going into this game having won their last two away games. They are unbeaten in four games and have scored 11 goals during that run. They are 6 points away from 2nd and 3rd placed PSG and Lille. They would want to close the gap or at least stay intact with the leaders to have a chance to play in Europe next season. Their key man is Kevin Volland who scored a goal in 4 straight matches. 

Verdict

Looking at both teams’ last 3 matches, a lot of goals have been scored in those matches with the rate of over 2.5 goals. We predict a similar outcome to this one.

Verdict: over 2.5 goals