Montpellier - Olympique Marseille

In the first match of the 20th round of the Ligue 1 on Friday (09.01.2015 year) 21:30 on "Stade de la Mason", against each other were the teams of Montpellier and Marseille. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker Bet365 are as follows: 3.60 for a home win, 3.25 for equality and 2.15 for the victory of the guests. In the first game between the two teams this season Montpellier made a surprise and beat Olympique Marseille with 2:0.

Montpellier played two consecutive games at home against PSG. First championship ended 0: 0 and the second at the Cup of the country with a victory for the Parisians with 3:0. Boys of the coach Laurent Courbis meet Olympic leader Marcia with the position of 10th in the ranking of Ligue 1 with a total of 26 points. The problems before the match for Montpellier are associated with the absence of Jaime Salihi and Siaka Tiene. They joined their national team, which they will represent in commencing tournament for Africa. Good news for the coach Courbis are the return of the central defender El Kaoutari and the goalkeeper Geoffrey Jourdren. Both will fall into the starting line of Montpellier for the upcoming game.

Olympique Marseille was eliminated from the Cup of France after penalty kicks by subordinated Grenoble. Cerulean, however, are leaders in the championship and will do everything possible to disrupt the hegemony of PSG in recent years in French football. Before the important visit in Montpellier the problems of the coach Marcelo Bielsa also are associated with the Cup of Africa. There are three players from his team who joined their national teams - Nicolas N`Koulou, Andre Ayew and Alexander N`Doumbou. The game for Marseille misses also Romain Alessandrini, who treats a trauma. Michel Batsuai will replace the Wing in the starting line up and Dimitri Payet will act behind the only one striker in the scheme of Marcelo Bielsa - Andre Pierre Gignac.

We expect a cautious game with few goals. The hosts are not very effective in the league and now the lack of some major players in both retire will disrupt the rhythm of the game. In this regard, our forecast via online soccer predictions is for under 2.5 goals at odds of 1.70 at bet365.

Prediction Montpellier - Marseille: under 2.5 goals
Security: 7/10
Odds: 1.70 at bet365