Montpelier - Marseille

In the first match of the 20th round of the French first League on Friday (09.01.2015 year), the teams of Montpellier and Marseille will face each other. In the first game between the two teams that season, there was a surprise and Montpellier won against Marseille with a result analyzed by bestfootballpredictions of 2:0. You can watch the match live stream on the website of any major bookie online you pick.

Montpellier has played two consecutive games at home against Paris Saint Germain. The first one in the Championship ended with 0:0 and the second in the tournament for the cup of the country with a victory for the Parisians with a 3:0. The boys of the coach Laurent Kurbis greeted the leader Marseille from the position of the 10th team in the standings of the Ligue 1 with a total of 26 points. The problems before the match for Montpellier are related to the absence of Jamel Saihi and Siaka Tiene. Both of them joined their national teams that will represent in the Cup tournament starting in Africa. The good news for the coach Kurbis is the return of the central defender El Kautari and the goalkeeper Geoffrey Jourden. They will participate into the team of Montpellier for the upcoming game.

Marseille knocked out of the tournament for the Cup of France after the penalty shootout from Grenoble. However, the team is the leader in the league and will do everything possible to break the hegemony of Paris Saint Germain in the recent years in French football. Before important visit in Montpellier, the coach Marcelo Bielsa`s problems are also related to the tournament for the cup of Africa. In the team, there are three contestants who joined their national teams - Nicholas n ` Kolu, Andre and Alexander Au n ` Dombu. The match for Marseille will be missed by Romeen Alessandri, who treat trauma. He will be replaced in the starting lineup by Michel Batsuai, and Dimitri Paje will act behind the sole striker in the scheme of Marcelo Bielsa - Andre Pierre.

We expect a cautious match with few goals. The hosts are not very effective in the league and now the lack of certain key players in both your team will break the rhythm of the game. Our football forecast for Montpellier vs. Marseille - under 2.5 goals