Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
08/03/2025
19:00
Prediction: 2-1
Montpellier
Following a 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last 16, Lille will look to return to winning ways in Ligue 1 when they take on Montpellier on Saturday evening. Les Dogues proved their worth in the Signal-Iduna-Park showdown and, as a result, they are seen as favourites to beat La Paillade in front of home fans. The likes of Zhegrova, Umtiti, Santos, and Sahraoui remain in the recovery room, while Nabil Bentaleb returns to contention after he was ineligible to face Borussia Dortmund.
Montpellier, on the other hand, are fighting hard for the Ligue 1 survival, but given their below-par display in a 4-0 loss to Rennes, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the home side. In their last meeting at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille defeated Montpellier 1-0 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. To make things even worse for the away team, midfielder Khalil Fayad misses out through suspension.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
Highlighted Team (Montpellier):
Over the years Montpellier have established themselves as a mid-table side in French Ligue 1. Montpellier are considered one of the youngest clubs in France as they were founded in 1974, but it has to be noted that a number of high-profile footballers played for the club in the past. French football legend Laurent Blanc played for Montpellier from 1981-1993 and he scored 76 goals in 24 appearances in the league for the club. Eric Cantona, Roger Milla, Carlos Valderama and Olivier Giroud played in Montpellier’s colors as well, but Pascal Baills is the player with most appearances for the club (429).
La Paillade did remarkably well to win the Ligue 1 trophy in 2012 and that is considered the club’s biggest success. Montpellier won Coupe de France on two occasions (1929, 1990), with the team beating FC Sete and FC Paris respectively in the title games. The team welcome their rivals at Stade de la Mosson and the capacity of the stadium is 32.900. In 1999 Montpellier won the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
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