Montpellier vs Lyon Preview

Despite the departure of star men like Steve Mounie, Montpellier have taken this season by storm and they currently sit 6^th in the league table.

They came from a goal down to beat Angers 2-1 in their last league game and now look genuinely poised to finish in a Europa League place.

Their season’s success has been built around a solid defence that has seen them concede the second least goals in the league (20 goals in 22 games), bested only by PSG and they will be looking to frustrate Lyon here again.

Lyon threw away a 2 goal lead at the weekend to lose 3-2 to Monaco and their fans will be hoping they can put that horror show behind them with an inspired performance in this game.

Lyon are one of the most lethal attacking sides, but their defensive struggles usually undermines their hard work in attack as they have conceded 6 goals in their last two games.

They won their last two rounds away from home against Nancy and Monaco to reach this stage and with the trio of Memphis Depay, Mariano Diaz, and Nabil Fekir scoring a combined 39 league goals already this season, Lyon have a good enough team that could be the difference in this match.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Montpellier

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Paris Saint-Germain		4-0		Montpellier	27 Jan, 2018	French Ligue 1
W	Montpellier		4-3		Lorient	24 Jan, 2018	French Coupe de France
W	Montpellier		2-1		Toulouse	20 Jan, 2018	French Ligue 1
D	SC Amiens		1-1		Montpellier	17 Jan, 2018	French Ligue 1
D	Montpellier		0-0		AS Monaco	13 Jan, 2018	French Ligue 1

Lyon

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Bordeaux		3-1		Lyon	28 Jan, 2018	French Ligue 1
W	AS Monaco		2-3		Lyon	24 Jan, 2018	French Coupe de France
W	Lyon		2-1		Paris Saint-Germain	21 Jan, 2018	French Ligue 1
W	Guingamp		0-2		Lyon	17 Jan, 2018	French Ligue 1
D	Lyon		1-1		Angers	14 Jan, 2018	French Ligue 1

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Montpellier		4-1		Lyon	13 Dec, 2017	French Coupe de la Ligue
Lyon		0-0		Montpellier	19 Nov, 2017	French Ligue 1
Montpellier		1-3		Lyon	14 May, 2017	French Ligue 1
Lyon		5-0		Montpellier	8 Jan, 2017	French Coupe de France
Lyon		5-1		Montpellier	21 Sep, 2016	French Ligue 1