Strasbourg and Montpellier are going to face off on Sunday the 16th of January at 3:00 pm in the 21st week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Strasbourg at the Stade de la Meinau. The chosen referee is Pierre Gaillouste.
Strasbourg occupies the 8th place in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Metz in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 8 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 times.
Montpellier occupies the 6th place in the league with 31 points. It comes from a 4-1 win against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Montpellier won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 28th of November against Olympique Lyonnais and the score was 0-1.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 94.74%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (18 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Julien Stéphan is expected to play against Montpellier with the following players: M. Sels, A. Caci, G. Nyamsi, F. Guilbert, L. Perrin, K. Fila, J. Bellegarde, A. Thomasson, S. Prcić, K. Gameiro and L. Ajorque.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Strasbourg would be 27.36.
A. Djiku, M. Le Marchand and H. Diallo will definitely miss the match.
Montpellier
Montpellier has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 84.21%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (16 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Olivier Dall’Oglio is expected to play against Strasbourg with the following players: J. Omlin, M. Ristić, M. Sakho, N. Cozza, A. Souquet, J. Ferri, J. Chotard, S. Mavididi, T. Savanier, S. Sambia and S. Wahi.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Montpellier would be 26.45.
M. Esteve, P. Teodósio Mendes and A. Oyongo Bitolo will definitely miss the match.
