Montpellier take on the visitors Nantes at the Stade de la Mosson in the 1/16-finals fixture of the Coupe de la Ligue. The match will be played in the eponymous city Montpellier on Tuesday, October 30th.
Montpellier have been showing really solid performances so far this season. Now they are on the third place in the Ligue 1 Conforama. La Paillade have scored twice as much they have conceded so far in the league. They have a 17-7 goal difference to their credit at the moment. Last Coupe de la Ligue the team of Michel Der Zakarian was knocked out of it by Monaco late in the tournament. That result was a sign of a great importance that competition had for them. It`s worth noting that Montpellier have already faced Nantes this season and have beaten them with a 2-0 score on the away field. Overall, La Paillade have lost only once in the 2018/2019 Ligue 1 Conforama so far in their eleven games they have already had there. The only loss has come to them in the first tour of the season. If the team of Michel Der Zakarian has a good motivation for their upcoming game against Nantes they will get the victory confidently. In their last three matches Montpellier beat Toulouse with a 3-0 score, Bordeaux with a 2-0 score and drew against Guingamp with a 1-1 score.
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Nantes have been a typical middle team in the Ligue 1 Conforama recently. Now they are on the twelfth place there. Last Coupe de la Ligue Les Canaris were knocked out early in the tournament by the team from Domino`s Ligue 2. They conceded four goals in that game in front of their home crowd. It was obvious that Nantes were hopeless last Coupe de la Ligue tournament and didn`t even try to show solid performances. Even if the team of Vahid Halihodzic chooses to play fully defensively on Tuesday they will not beat Montpellier on the away field almost for sure. The most likely scenario for the upcoming game is Montpellier taking the ball under their control and beating Les Canaris confidently. In their last three matches Nantes beat Amiens with a 2-1 score, Toulouse with a 4-0 score and lost to Bordeaux with a 0-3 score.
Both Montpellier and Nantes probably don`t expect themselves to get to the finals of the Coupe de la Ligue. On the one hand, the upcoming fixture will be a senseless one for Nantes. On the other hand, Montpellier will have a high motivation to win it. La Paillade have been looking good in the Ligue 1 Conforama recently and could pretend to get high in the Coupe de la Ligue this season. Thereby it is likely that the team of Michel Der Zakarian will get the victory confidently on Tuesday. The Coupe de la Ligue games rarely end with extra times or penalties so the hosting side should get the win in the normal time of the upcoming game.
Prediction for the match: Montpellier to win.
