Montpellier - Monaco predictions

It’s hard to see even the most ardent of Montpellier fans expect a victory here. As clear underdogs, even a draw against Monaco would be quite impressive, let alone an upset in the form of a home win.

Monaco will have to maintain the high level of focus against Montpellier. They can’t afford any mistakes and errors if they plan to run away home with three points in the bag.

Montpellier are here on the back of an upturn victory in the previous round. They faced off against Toulouse , who were widely considered strong favourites and had home-field advantage. The first half was largely a stalemate, but Montpellier pulled ahead in the second half and ended the game on a 1:2 score.

Monaco have shown to know how to seize an opportunity and keep it going. Just last round they secured a solid 4:1 in a home game against Clermont. Being hard favourites with odds of 1.34 on a home win, they easily took the lead in the first half and kept the upper hand until the end.

Montpellier tend to concede quite a lot when playing at home, strangely enough. For example, the ball ended up in their net more than 5 times over the course of their latest 3 home games.

The visitors are on a bit of a purple patch when it comes to scoring, with 5 goals scored in total in their latest 3 Ligue 1 matches. If the trend continues, we’re bound to see a pretty exciting game here.

Monaco won this matchup last season, leading most bookies to mark them as the favourites this Sunday. More importantly, it was a very convincing victory, and they likely won’t be satisfied with anything less than a 2-goal lead again.

An Under 2.5 Goals bet is an easy tip to offer – it’s a fairly probable outcome with betting odds priced at a comfortable 2.96. More importantly, though, the betting value it offers is surprisingly solid.