Montpellier and Monaco will play on Sunday the 23rd of January at 5:05 pm in the 22nd week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Montpellier at the Stade de la Mosson. The referee will be Jérémie Pignard.

Montpellier is in the 9th position in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Troyes in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.​​

Monaco occupies the 6th place in the standings with 33 points. It comes from a 4-0 win against Clermont in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 9 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Montpellier​

Line - Ups​

Montpellier has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 85.71%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (18 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Olivier Dall’Oglio is expected to play against Monaco with the following players: J. Omlin, M. Ristić, N. Cozza, M. Sakho, A. Souquet, J. Chotard, J. Ferri, S. Mavididi, T. Savanier, F. Mollet and V. Germain.

In case that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Montpellier would be 28.09.

M. Esteve, P. Teodósio Mendes and A. Oyongo Bitolo will definitely miss the match.

Monaco​

Monaco has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 42.86%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-4-2 (7 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-2-4-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Philippe Clement is expected to play against Montpellier with the following players: A. Nübel, R. Aguilar, G. Maripán Loaysa, A. Disasi, A. Tchouaméni, J. de Souza Oliveira, C. Oliveira Silva, S. Diop, I. Jakobs, G. Batalha Martins and K. Volland.

If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Monaco would be 25.45.

B. Badiashile Mukinayi, D. Sidibé, K. Diatta, F. Fàbregas i Soler and A. Golovin will definitely miss the match.