Montpellier vs Angers SCO betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 1 match on January 12th, 2025

Montpellier and Angers SCO will play on Sunday, January 12th, 2025, at 16:15h (UTC), in a Ligue 1 game to be held in France, check the Montpellier vs Angers SCO betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Montpellier vs Angers SCO will occur

The game will be played in the small Stade de la Mosson stadium, in the city of Montpellier, with a capacity for 22000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Montpellier vs Angers SCO betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Ligue 1, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.7 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.94 goals per match.

Montpellier last match

In the last match they played, Montpellier collected a defeat. The opposing team was Olympique Lyonnais, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-0 - was valid for Ligue 1. Coach J. Gasset's disposed his team in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 7.50 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Nikola Maksimović, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Angers SCO last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 1, Angers SCO, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Brest team with a final score of 2-0.

A very even game was expected, with odds for the home win at 3.40.

Montpellier vs Angers SCO h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Ligue 1, where Montpellier was at 14th place while Angers SCO occupied 20th place. Montpellier went in with a 4-2-3-1 formation while Angers SCO opened their game with a 4-3-3 tactic.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2022/2023 Ligue 1 season. The match, played on 05-03-2023, recorded the 5-0 win for Montpellier.

The Angers SCO team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Montpellier team, which has no wins recently.

In this game, the referee R. Lissorgue will be in charge, assisted by M. Berchebru and S. Torregrossa.

Montpellier

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

With 9 points won, Montpellier is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 11 losses, plus 3 draws.

In the 17th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 3 points compared to Le Havre who occupies position 17.

Montpellier analysis

The goal difference is not positive for Montpellier: at the end of the round 16 it registers 15 goals scored against 39 taken by its goalkeeper.

Montpellier seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

The average ball possession of Montpellier in this league is 47%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Angers SCO they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Best goalscorer from Montpellier

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Arnaud Nordin. The Attacker has scored 4 times in the current season and has helped Montpellier come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Angers SCO

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

Angers SCO arrives in this game with 16 points, and in 14th place in the Ligue 1, having won 4 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 4 draws.

Which means that in the 17th round, the team has, the same score that the Saint-Étienne team who is in the position 15.

Angers SCO analysis

Currently, in the Ligue 1, Angers SCO sums 16 goals for and a total of 26 goals against, after 16 rounds played.

The team does not shine in attack, with a scoring average of 1 goals per game. With these statistics against it, it can hardly count on a good result in the next away game.

Best goalscorer from Angers SCO

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Himad Abdelli. He has scored 4 times in the current season and has helped Angers SCO come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Montpellier is Arnaud Nordin, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Angers SCO is Himad Abdelli, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Taking into consideration that Angers SCO scores an average of 0.63 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.91.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 4.6 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.25 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Montpellier side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 4 times this season, very different from Angers SCO who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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