Montpellier vs Paris Saint-Germain Match Preview: France Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain travel to the Stade de la Mosson this Friday evening to face Montpellier in the opening game of France Ligue 1.

Paris Saint-Germain won France Ligue 1 by 12 points last season and with Edinson Cavani and Marquinhos joining for mega-money, they are sure to go close again this season.

Montpellier finished 9th last year, 31 points behind P.S.G and they will be looking to improve going into this season.

So far in pre-season, Montpellier drew 0:0 with Espanyol, defeated Ajaccio 1:0, lost 2:1 to Frejus, drew 0:0 with Toulouse and defeated Arles 2:0.

Paris Saint-Germain won the Trophée des Champions on Monday evening after going behind to Bordeuax before Hervin Ongenda equalised in the 81st minute followed by a 93rd minute winning goal from Alex.

Prior to that, P.S.G lost 1:0 to Real Madrid, defeated Hammarby 2:0, defeated Rapid Vienna 2:1 and surprisingly lost 3:1 to Sturm Graz.

Recent form:

Montpellier – D W L D W L D

Paris Saint-Germain – W L W W L W W

Montpellier have won 2 in 7 while P.S.G have lost just 2 in 7.

Head-to-Head

These two sides have met 31 times in recent years and nothing separates them (Montpellier won 10, P.S.G won 10, 11 Draws):

Bookmakers side with P.S.G in this tie.

Current betting odds: Montpellier (7/2) Draw (5/2) Paris Saint-Germain (4/5)

Gamingtips Prediction – Montpellier 1:2 Paris Saint-Germain

The last meetings between these two sides finished 0:1, 1:1, 2:2, 0:3 and 2:2 and being the opening match of the season it may take both sides time to get into the match.

Montpellier have had a rocky pre-season while P.S.G looked solid apart from their loss against Sturm Graz.

Based on last seasons form and performances, P.S.G offer value from a betting perspective considering that Montpellier spent around £1 million over the summer while P.S.G spent over £100 million.

Bookmakers have seemingly priced this match up based on the fact that it’s the opening game of the season and recent history suggests that it could be a close game with nothing separating the sides.

Ultimately both sides will want to get off to a good start and for Montpellier, a draw will be good enough but for defending champions and a club who spent over £100 million during the transfer window, only a win will be good enough.

This game gets underway at 19:30 GMT+1 and is being streamed live with