Nantes and Montpellier are going to face on Sunday the 6th of March at 3:00 pm in the 27th week of the Ligue 1. The match will take place in Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau. The encounter will be officiated by Hakim Ben El Hadj.

Nantes occupies the 8th place in the league with 39 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Metz in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 11 times, draw 6 times, and lost 9 times.​​

Montpellier sits in the 11th position in the league with 37 points. It comes from a 2-4 loss against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 11 times, draw 4 times, and lost 11 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

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

Nantes​

Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 30.77%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 5-3-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).

Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Montpellier with the following players: A. Lafont, C. Traoré, N. Pallois, D. Appiah, A. Girotto, S. Corchia, L. Blas, W. Cyprien, P. Chirivella Burgos, O. Bukari and R. Kolo Muani.

Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Nantes would be 27.73.

J. Castelletto, Q. Merlin, F. Pereira da Silva, A. Limbombe Ekango and M. Simon will definitely miss the match.

Montpellier​

Line - Ups​

Montpellier has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (21 times or 80.77%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (21 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Olivier Dall’Oglio is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: J. Omlin, A. Oyongo Bitolo, M. Soares Thuler, N. Cozza, S. Sambia, J. Ferri, J. Chotard, F. Mollet, T. Savanier, V. Germain and S. Wahi.

Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Montpellier would be 26.82.

P. Teodósio Mendes, M. Ristić, M. Sakho and S. Mavididi will definitely miss the match.

Olivier Dall’Oglio will not be able to have the presence of A. Souquet who is suspended​​.