Strasbourg vs Montpellier Prediction & Betting Tips (17 September)

Now placed under the American flag following the takeover of the club by the same owners as Chelsea last June, Strasbourg would undoubtedly like to play for a place in the first part of the table this year after having come close to relegation last year following its 15th final place. Author of a rather interesting recruitment this summer, Racing is blowing hot and cold at the start of the season. If he managed to win at home against Lyon 2-1 then Toulouse 2-0, he was however unable to bring back results from his trips to Monaco 3-0 then to Nice 2-0.

Due to this irregularity, Patrick Vieira's men find themselves in the soft stomach, in 9th position in the ranking.

As before the break, the Ukrainian defender Sobol and the defender loaned to Annecy last year Bastian still fill the ranks of the infirmary. Racing did not remain inactive on the transfer market this summer. On the contrary, he secured the services of defenders Mwanga (Bordeaux), Sow (Saint-Etienne) and Sylla (FC Bruges), midfielder Deminguet (Caen) and attackers Bakwa (Bordeaux), Emegha (Sturm Graz) and Angelo (Chelsea, loan). In the opposite direction, the excellent defensive framework Djiku (Fenerbahce), the historic Liénard (Bastia), the very good midfielder Bellegarde (Wolverhampton, scorer twice at the start of the season), the formidable Diallo (20 goals per last year, Al-Shabab) and the players loaned last year Sanson (Aston Villa) and Dagba (PSG) have all left Alsace. Opposite, Michel Der Zakarian should just be deprived of defender Saint-Luce, injured a thigh right now. Author of a top-flight season last year with 19 goals to his name, the excellent Wahi took charge of RC Lens last month while the very good Mavididi (Leicester), defender Pedro Mendes (Estrela) , the disappointing Valère Germain (Macarthur) and the full-back Suarez (free) have also packed their bags.

this is also the case for full-back Maouassa (Bruges then Lens) who was only on loan last year. In the opposite direction, the Hérault leaders made some very good moves by attracting the formidable attacker Adams (Lillstrom) who has already found the fault three times since his arrival. Same observation for the Jordanian Al-Tamari (Leuven). Otherwise, central defender Omeragic (Zürich) and striker Yeboah (Genoa, loan) were also enrolled.