Montpellier and Nice are going to take on on Saturday the 12th of March at 5:00 pm in the 28th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Montpellier at the Stade de la Mosson. The chosen referee is Clément Turpin.
Montpellier is in the 11th position in the table with 37 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 11 times, draw 4 times, and lost 12 times.
Nice occupies the 2nd place in the standings with 49 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 15 times, draw 5 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Montpellier
Montpellier has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (21 times or 77.78%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (21 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 3-4-2-1 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Olivier Dall’Oglio is expected to play against Nice with the following players: J. Omlin, M. Esteve, M. Soares Thuler, N. Cozza, A. Oyongo Bitolo, J. Ferri, J. Chotard, S. Sambia, T. Savanier, F. Mollet and S. Wahi.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Montpellier would be 25.73.
P. Teodósio Mendes, 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.
Nice
Nice has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (26 times or 96.30%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (26 times) and 5-4-1 (once).
Christophe Galtier is expected to play against Montpellier with the following players: W. Benítez, M. Bard, J. Todibo, D. da Costa Santos, F. Daniliuc, K. Thuram-Ulien, P. Rosario, M. Lemina, J. Kluivert, A. Gouiri and K. Dolberg.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Nice would be 25.36.
J. Amavi and Y. Atal will definitely miss the match.