Montpellier is set for a trip to Stade de la Beaujoire for a faceoff with Nantes in the 27th round of the Ligue 1 campaign this weekend. Showdown is set for 17th March 2022 at 17:00 EAT.
Nantes FC is placed in the eighth spot with 39 points in the Ligue 1 standings. They get into this fixture after they ended their three game-win streak across competitions with a goalless draw away at relegation-threatened Metz last weekend. Nantes has had a good run at their home turf winning five games on the trot in all competition.
In their last game, Nantes held each other with Monaco to 2-2 Coupe De France stalemate. In that fixture Nantes had 44% possession, 14 with five of them on target and a goal scored by Samuel Moutoussamy (74′). Monaco FC got 12 with four of them on target and goals by Guillermo Maripán (11′), Djibril Sidibé (21′ Own goal) and Myron Boadu (76′). Nantes won after extra time 4-2 in the penalty shootout.
Meanwhile, the visitors sits 11th in the Ligue 1 table, two points behind their weekend hosts. Montpellier will enter this tie unbeaten in the last three meetings with Nantes, a streak that saw La Paillade win two and draw one. Coming into this fixture, Montpellier lost four of their previous five matches across all competitions.
La Paillade and their travelling fans will want to bounce back from the 2-4 Ligue 1 loss to Rennes in their meeting. In that match, Montpellier managed 47% possession, 12 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Ambroise Oyongo (19′) and Elye Wahi (41′). Rennes got 11 shots with nine of them on target and goals by Martin Terrier (8′), Benjamin Bourigeaud (15′), Gaëtan Laborde (52′) and Lovro Majer (84′).
Nantes vs Montpellier HSC head to head
There have been 40 meetings between Nantes and Montpellier since 1993. The hosts have won 16 of those games while the visitors have won 14 times and there have been five draws between the two teams.
- Montpellier 2-0 Nantes 31/10/21
- Nantes 1-2 Montpellier 23/05/21
- Montpellier 1-1 Nantes 09/01/21
- Nantes 1-0 Montpellier 31/08/19
- Montpellier 1-1 Nantes 18/05/19
Home
- Nantes 4-2 Monaco
- Metz 0-0 Nantes
- Nantes 3-1 PSG
- Nantes 1-0 Reims
- Nantes 2-0 Bastia
Away
- Montpellier 2-4 Rennes
- Lorient 0-1 Montpellier
- Montpellier 0-1 Lille
- Saint-Etienne 3-1 Montpellier
- Marseille 5-4 Montpellier
Nantes team news
The home team will miss out the services of Fabio da Silva, winger Marcus Coco and forward Jean-Kevin Augustin due to injuries.
Montpellier team news
As for the visitors, Pedro Mendes and Mihailo Ristic are both ruled out with injuries, while Mamadou Sakho and Stephy Mavididi are doubtful and will be assessed before kickoff.
Prediction and odds
Nantes is on a five-game unbeaten run across all competitions and has lost just one of their last eight and we are backing them to beat Montpellier who lost four of their last five games across all competitions and six of their last eight.
- Nantes win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
