Lorient and Montpellier will take on on Sunday the 1st of October at 5:05 pm in the 7th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Lorient at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir. The appointed referee is Jeremy Stinat.
Lorient occupies the 15th place in the league with 6 points. It comes from a 5-3 loss against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won once, draw 3 times, and lost twice.
Montpellier sits in the 14th place in the table with 6 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won once, draw 3 times, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 3-4-3 (2 times) and 5-4-1 (once).
Régis Le Bris is expected to play against Montpellier with the following players: Yvon Mvogo, Julien Laporte, Montassar Talbi, Isaak Touré, Vincent Le Goff, Laurent Abergel, Julien Ponceau, Gedeon Kalulu, Tosin Aiyegun, Romain Faivre and Eli Junior Kroupi.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Lorient would be 25.82.
Régis Le Bris will probably not be able to employ Quentin Boisgard and Ayman Kari because of injury.
Formose Mendy, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Bonke Innocent and Ahmadou Bamba Dieng will definitely miss the match.
Montpellier
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times).
Michel Der Zakarian is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: Benjamin Lecomte, Maxime Estève, Bećir Omeragić, Boubakar Kouyaté, Falaye Sacko, Jordan Ferri, Joris Chotard, Teji Savanier, Wahbi Khazri, Musa Al-Taamari and Akor Adams.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the average age of Montpellier would be 26.73.
Theo Sainte Luce, Issiaga Sylla and Arnaud Nordin will definitely miss the match.
