Montpellier HSC vs Olympique Marseille Preview 02/01/2023

Montpellier HSC vs Olympique Marseille – 02/01/2023

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Following on from improbable victories in Ligue 1 over the previous week, Montpellier and Marseille will meet as soon as extra on the Stade de la Mosson as either side moved additional up the league desk in late December.

Montpellier registered arguably their greatest results of the season on Thursday night, as they eased previous Lorient away from residence in a 2-0 win. Tedy Savanier scored the opening purpose that day after three minutes, earlier than Elye Wahi scored a purpose after 22 minutes gone within the sport.

The managerless Montpellier have been in nice type ever over the previous few months, and this win over Lorient now means the membership come into this one in Twelfth

In reality, they sit solely two factors behind Clermont Foot in eleventh and three adrift of Reims in tenth. The membership are, nevertheless, nonetheless fairly a distance from Lorient in seventh, as Montpellier sit 11 factors adrift of them.

The current victory for the house aspect right here additionally got here after smashing Rodez 5-0 in a pleasant in the course of the World Cup, as in addition they misplaced to Lens on December tenth.

In reality, with 1-1 attracts towards Reims and Clermont Foot, the Twelfth-placed aspect head into this sport with out the style of a aggressive defeat since late October.

Issues have been very completely different for Marseille this season and so they now sit in third after a sensational win towards Toulouse.

Valentin Rongier scored within the first half for the French giants, earlier than Saed Kolasinac, Dimirti Payet, Cengiz Beneath and Nuno Tavares all scored a purpose within the second half, alongside an personal purpose from Toulouse too.

The 6-1 win shouldn’t be fairly the largest victory in Ligue 1 this season, however for Igor Tudor’s males, it was their largest assertion within the prime three as far as they now sit behind Lens in second by 4 factors and forward of Rennes in fourth by two factors.

Marseille are additionally coming into this sport having now scored essentially the most objectives in Ligue 1 after the league leaders, Paris Saint-Germain.

The membership have bagged 32 objectives in 16 video games this season and misplaced solely 3 times, drawn three different video games and gained the opposite 10. Marseille have additionally let in simply 14 objectives too.

Forebet predicts a cushty win right here for the relentless Marseille and for the sport to see over 2.5 objectives because the membership purpose to maintain the strain on Lens simply above them.