Lille – Montpellier SOCCER PICKS
Lille and Montpellier meet at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, in a match for the 25 th round of League 1. Lille won by (0-1) last time they met in this edition of the league, in 04-12 -2018. The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 5 matches won 3 and drew 2. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 03-10-2018 , for League 1, the two teams tied by (1-1). N. Pépé (41 ‘) scored the goals of the game, for Lille, and J. Roussillon (63′), for Montpellier.
Lille:
After 15 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, the home team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 49 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Guingamp by (0-2), after in the previous match they have won (4-0) at home, against Nice. For the league, Lille won 21 points out of 30 possible points, after 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 10 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for goals, since 9 of the last 12 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 24 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 7 times and only managed 2 comebacks.
The Lille enters this day motivated, after a foreign victory, by 0-2, in the displacement to the land of the Guingamp: Rafael Leão and Rémy marked the goals that allowed his team to conquer the three points. The home club usually acts in a tactical system in 4-3-3, favoring a more offensive style of play. Lille is a team that chooses to use a style of possession of the ball, advancing on the ground through short passes, being that it generally uses the central corridor to invest in the offensive process. For this game the local coach should not be able to count on Zekaj and Bahlouli, because they are injured.
Montpellier:
After 9 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses, the away team is currently in the 4 th position, with 37 points won. In the last match, they have tied AS Monaco at home (2-2), after in the previous match they have tied tied in an away match against Nîmes, by (1-1). In the last 10 away matches for the championship Montpellier has 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 14 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 11 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 matches in this competition, they only got 1 comeback in the 10 matches they suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 away matches for this competition: they have suffered 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (61′-75 ‘).
Montpellier enters this match after a home draw, two, at the reception to Monaco. The outsider team usually acts in a 5-2-3, favoring a faster style of play, being the three most advanced pieces Sambia, Delort and Laborde. The person responsible for defining and leading the offensive attacks of his team is the Tunisian Skhiri. The foreign coach should not be able to count on Mollet, Dolly, Porsan-Clemente and Suárez, for being injured.
