Bordeaux will continue their relegation battle this weekend when they play against Montpellier at Matmut Atlantique in the 30th game week of the Ligue 1. Kickoff is schedules for 20th March 2022 at 17:00 EAT.
The host is struggling at rock-bottom of the league standings, with just 22 points from 28 games. In their campaign this season, they have four wins against 14 losses and 10 draws. They are five points away from safety and need to pick up points urgently to stay in the top flight. The club has now gone six games consecutively without a victory, managing just two draws during that period, and three of those fixtures saw the team fail to score a single goal.
Bordeaux will be looking to turn things around following 3-0 Ligue 1 loss to the table leaders Paris Saint-Germain in their previous game. In that match, Bordeaux managed 43% possession and 15 with five of them on target. Paris Saint-Germain got 12 shots with five of them on target and goals by Kylian Mbappé (24′), Neymar Jr (52′) and Leandro Paredes (61′).
Montpellier occupy the 11th with 38 points in the table, with a great chance of progressing into the top half, as they sit just a point behind several teams ahead of them, as a victory could see them climb into eighth place. Although Montpellier are much further up in the table unlike the Sunday’s foe, the squad are also going through a difficult period, having only managed one victory in their last six fixtures.
In their last fixture, Montpellier shared spoils 0-0 in the Ligue 1 match with Nice. In that match, Montpellier had 57% possession and 22 shots with seven on target. Nice got eight shots with none of them on target.
Bordeaux vs Montpellier head to head
There have been 49 direct meetings encounters Bordeaux and Montpellier. The home team has won 24 of those games and lost 14 times, the remaining 10 matches ended in stalemates.
- Montpellier 3-3 Bordeaux 22/09/21
- Montpellier 3-1 Bordeaux 21/03/21
- Bordeaux 0-2 Montpellier 07/11/20
- Bordeaux 1-1 Montpellier 17/08/19
- Bordeaux 2-1 Montpellier 22/07/19
Home
- PSG 3-0 Bordeaux
- Bordeaux 0-2 Troyes
- Clermont Foot 1-1 Bordeaux
- Bordeaux 1-1 Monaco
- Lens 3-2 Bordeaux
Away
- Montpellier 0-0 Nice
- Nantes 2-0 Montpellier
- Montpellier 2-4 Rennes
- Lorient 0-1 Montpellier
- Montpellier 0-1 Lille
Bordeaux team news
David Guion side will be without Jimmy Briand, Benoit Costil, Tom Lacoux and Riccardo Mangas who are all recuperating from injuries while Remi Oudin and Gaetan Poussin are both suspended.
Montpellier team news
Pedro Mendes and Thibault Thomas are injured and will not feature in this fixture. Stephy Mavididi and Mamadou Sakho are recovering from injuries and are doubtful for the match.
Prediction and odds
Bordeaux are on a six-game winless run in the league and have won just one of their last 11 across all competitions while Montpellier are struggling as well, winning only two of their last seven games but their form is enough to beat the current Ligue 1 underdogs.
- Montpellier win
- Draw
- Both team to score
