Monaco vs Montpellier Prediction & Betting Tips (28 September)

After finishing in 2nd position in the standings last season, AS Monaco could well give PSG a hard time again in their quest for the title. Indeed, the Principality club appears to be a solid candidate for the podium or even 1st place after the first 5 days since it has the same number of points as the Parisian leader. The Rocher players have only had one hitch so far, at home, against Lens 1-1. But since then, they have rectified the situation perfectly by winning against Auxerre 0-3 and Le Havre 3-1 last Sunday. Adi Hütter's players also got off to a perfect start in the Champions League by bringing down FC Barcelona 2-1 10 days ago.

On the other hand, the situation is complicated for Montpellier who may well have to experience a particularly delicate season this year . Almost unable to recruit this summer, La Paillade approached this new exercise with a fairly low workforce for this championship. And after being able to take a point against Strasbourg 1-1, the Héraultais were dominated by PSG 6-0, Nantes 1-3 and Rennes 3-0. Fortunately for them, Michel Der Zakarian's men were finally able to achieve their first success of the season last week during a fearful duel against Auxerre 3-2 which allowed them to temporarily exit the red zone.

The starting goalkeeper Majecki, the nugget Diop and the little-used youngster Coulibaly will still not be available to Adi Hütter for this meeting, all injured. The full-back Vanderson could return to the group after being preserved against Le Havre last Sunday. On the other hand, we should find in this group the Swiss midfielder Zakaria (2 goals), the Moroccan Ben Seghir (2 goals), the promising Akliouche, the Japanese Minamino or the attackers Balogun, Embolo and Ilenikhena. On the Montpellier side, the infirmary is still very busy since the young Guegin (absent since February), the most important Jullien (ex-Toulouse), Kouyate (Malian international), Mincarelli (rotation), and Théo Sainte-Luce, young hopes Maaman and Ngosso, defender Sylla, winger Al-Tamari and precious Joris Chotard are all on the floor at the moment.

Up front, Nigerian striker Adams scored twice last week against AJA. He now has 3 goals on the clock while captain Savanier has 1 goal and 2 assists.