Montpellier vs Metz Prediction & Betting Tips (18 February)

The next few weeks promise to be quite complicated for Montpellier, which is gradually sinking down the rankings. Suffering for several months now, Michel Der Zakarian's players have only won one victory over the last 12 days and they have still not experienced victory in the championship in 2024. Even more worrying, the MHSC remains on 3 defeats over the last 4 days played against Brest 2-0, Lille 0-0, Rennes 2-1 and finally Lyon 1-2 last weekend. Consequently, the Héraultais have fallen to 15th position in the ranking and they now have the same number of points as the first relegated team, Lorient. Opposite, Metz is also doing very poorly at the moment. Despite a completely decent start to the season, the residents of Saint-Symphorien saw the great momentum of the climb break quite quickly and they are now collecting poor performances.

Just like their opponent of the day, the Lorraines have not yet won in 2024 and they even had a terrible series of 7 defeats in a row in the league, the last of which were against Toulouse 0-1, Nice 1-0 and Lorient 1- 2. Last Friday, they finally stopped the bleeding by picking up a point against a Marseille team reduced to 10 after half an hour of play, 1-1. However, not enough to see them leave the red zone. Indeed, Messins are 17th with 2 points behind their opponent of the day.

Replacement goalkeeper Bertaud will finally make his return after playing the CAN with the DRC. Another return to note is that of the Jordanian El Tamari (3 goals) who lost the Asian Cup final. On the other hand, the central defender Jullien and the less used Fayad are still injured and forfeited for this poster. Scorer Akor Adams (7 goals) and starting winger Nordin returned last week. The captain and playmaker Savanier (4 goals, 4 assists) will be there. Among the Grenats, the important Jallow (3 goals) must still withdraw this week, joined in the infirmary by the starting midfielder N'Guessan .

Midfielder Jean N'Guessan (on loan from Nice) has joined the Middle East while Ivorian Kouao could also pack his bags in the coming days. Back after a failed experience with Ajax Amsterdam, the Georgian Georges Mikautadze (2 goals scored and 1 assist delivered during the 3 matches he played in August before his departure) has still not found the path of the nets with his own. Hit against OM, he should be there. Last week, it was left-back Udol who allowed Messins to equalize at the Vélodrome.