Marseille vs Montpellier Prediction & Betting Tips

Marseille vs Montpellier Intro

We’re well into the second part of this Ligue 1 season with Marseille impressing all around them. The home side are sitting in the top places of the table, and face Montpellier, who have shown inconsistency so far. The two teams meet at Stade Orange Velodrome on Friday March 31, 2023 at 7:00 PM. Entering matchweek 29, Igor Tudor’s Marseille side sit in the second place on the table with 59 points from 28 games played while Michel Der Zakarian’s Montpellier squad are currently on 36 points sitting in the 11th place. Marseille and Montpellier are currently seperated by 23 points on the Ligue 1 table and 9 table places.

Marseille vs Montpellier Form

Following their last round win against Reims, Marseille have now won 10 points from their last five matches on a form run of W,D,W,L,W. In the meantime, Montpellier remain undefeated in five with the victory over Clermont Foot and have now picked up 13 points in that time. Looking at last five games at home, Marseille doesn’t have a very good record. They have only won 5 points from a possible 15. Montpellier have won nine points during the last 5 games away from home.

Marseille vs Montpellier H2H

The players of Marseille and Montpellier will know each other very well – as this is the 41th time these two clubs have met Marseille leads the way when it comes to the H2H record of this fixture. Of the 41 games played between the two it has won on 23 occasions. Montpellier has only managed 9 wins. There has been very little for Montpellier to shout about in recent times regarding this fixture. Marseille has always done well and has now won 5 more of the last six as well.

Marseille vs Montpellier Analysis

Marseille won its previous game. Igor Tudor’s men were facing Reims in that game. At the end of the game, the final result was 2-1. On Friday March 31, 2023, they will face Montpellier. Stats against Reims, shows that Marseille had 44% of ball possession. Looking at shots on goal, Marseille, in its previous game, shot 13 times on target and in the same game, Igor Tudor’s men gave up 17 shots. Meanwhile, Montpellier won their last match. Michel Der Zakarian’s men were up against Clermont Foot. At the final wistle, the score board showed 2-1. In their match against Clermont Foot, Montpellier had the following ball possession : 56%. If we look at shots on goal, Montpellier had a total of 22 shots while they conceded 16 shots.

Marseille vs Montpellier Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Marseille and Montpellier we see that the bookmakers have Marseille as favourites to get the win.