In a mid week match in week 16, on Thursday Dec 29th, Lorient and Montpellier will play a match in Lorient in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Lorient is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Strasbourg. Terem Moffi scored the first goal for Lorient in the 5th minute, then in the 87th minute, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Habib Diallo earning Strasbourg a comeback draw. Lorient should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while montpellier sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Reims. Marshall Munetsi struck first for Reims in the 87th minute, but Delaye got the equalizer for Montpellier in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Montpellier. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Montpellier won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Wahi and Teji Savanier are the top scorers for Montpellier in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Lorient’s most prolific scorer has been Terem Moffi. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Régis Le Bris’s Lorient squad will be without Yvon Mvogo, while Romain Pitau’s Montpellier squad will be without Theo Sainte Luce and Dimitry Bertaud.