Montpellier HSC vs Olympique de Marseille Prediction 8 August 2021

Ambitious middle-tier teams Montpellier and Marseille will complete the program of the first round of Ligue 1 with their head-to-head meeting.

In the summer, Montpellier took part in five friendly sparring. There they dealt with Rodez (1:0) and RB Leipzig (2:1), and also lost 2:4 to Sete, 2:3 to Clermont and 0:1 to Metz. La Paillade played very well the previous season, ending up in eighth position with 54 points and a goal difference of 60:62.

Marseille's performance was slightly better - fifth place, 60 points and goals 54:47. Thus, the Provencal team booked a vacancy for themselves in the group stage of the Europa League. Under the leadership of Argentinean Sampaoli already, the Blue-Whites got five victories with two draws in seven test matches in July.

Marseille are perfectly ready for the start of the championship, but acting in an aggressive attacking manner, Montpellier are not going to sit back in defense and will certainly get their chance in attack. Our prediction: both teams will score.