Montpellier vs Angers Prediction and Betting Tips | January 12th 2025

Montpellier face off with Angers in a battle of Ligue 1 strugglers at the Stade de la Mosson this Sunday. Montpellier are currently glued to the bottom of Ligue 1, and risk being cut adrift if they lose this game.

Angers, meanwhile, are not safe themselves and could drop into the relegation zone with a loss.

So which of these two struggling sides will come out on top this weekend?

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Montpellier vs Angers Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Recent results between these sides have been largely mixed, with three wins for Montpellier, two for Angers and one draw in the last six. However, the last time Montpellier faced Angers at home, they hammered them 5-0.
• If Montpellier were hoping that the new year would usher in a change in form for them, last weekend suggested that isn't the case. They followed a humiliating Coupe de France defeat to Le Puy with a 1-0 loss to Lyon, leaving them winless since November 10.
• Angers, on the other hand, picked up an upset win last weekend by defeating Brest 2-0. The win was their second in a row following a victory in the Coupe de France to close out 2024.
• With just nine points to their name, a loss here would leave Montpellier ten points from safety. Their defense is largely to blame for this, as they have conceded 39 goals, the most in Ligue 1 thus far.
• Angers' 2-0 win over Brest last weekend was not just an important victory, it also marked only the third time they'd scored more than a single goal in a game this season.

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Montpellier vs Angers Prediction

Given the poor form of both sides in general this season, this match is a difficult one to predict.

On one hand, Montpellier's record against Angers, particularly at home, is a solid one. The last time they played Angers there, they ran out easy winners.

On the other hand, though, Angers are coming off one of their best performances of the season in their win over Brest.

However, the away side are simply not reliable enough to back here, and nor are the home side. Therefore, a low-scoring draw is the prediction here.

Prediction: Montpellier 1-1 Angers

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Montpellier vs Angers Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Draw.

Tip 2: Game to feature fewer than 2.5 goals - Yes (Montpellier and Angers are two of Ligue 1's three lowest-scoring sides this season).

Tip 3: Montpellier to see at least two yellow cards - Yes (Montpellier have seen 46 yellow cards thus far this season, an average of 2.8 per game).