Finished 2 2 Montpellier - Le Havre France Ligue 1 - Stade de la Mosson 1st Round 
The Ligue 2 champions Le Havre are back in the top flight for the first time since 2009. In their first match, they travel to Montpellier. The sides will meet on Sunday, August 13th. Here is our detailed preview of the game, as well as our best Montpellier vs Le Havre free betting tips. For more on the French Ligue 1 predictions check out our dedicated Ligue 1 betting tips page.
Montpellier vs Le Havre Predictions and Betting Tips
If you need help finding the right bet for Montpellier vs Le Havre, check our top betting picks for this game, along with our other best football tips for today.
Montpellier Clean Sheet
- Montpellier kept clean sheets in 4 of the last 6 home H2Hs.
- Le Havre were the lowest-scoring Ligue 2 champion in history last season.
- Le Havre failed to score in 3 of their 5 summer friendlies.
- Montpellier had 11 clean sheets in the league last term, 2 of those came in the 3 rounds played in August.
Half With Most Goals – Second
- All of Montpellier’s last 9 games had more goals in the second half.
- All of Montpellier’s last 5 home games had more goals in the second half.
- Last season Le Havre scored 76.8% of their goals in the second half.
Top Betting Odds and Key Stats for Montpellier vs Le Havre
Check the best Montpellier vs Le Havre odds and useful stats here, on our website:
24/09/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Rennes Montpellier 0 0 D 17/09/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Strasbourg Montpellier 2 2 D 03/09/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Lille Montpellier 1 0 L 27/08/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Reims Montpellier 3 1 L 19/08/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Lyon Montpellier 1 4 W 24/09/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Clermont Foot Le Havre 1 2 W 17/09/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Lyon Le Havre 0 0 D 03/09/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Lorient Le Havre 0 3 W 27/08/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Rennes Le Havre 2 2 D 20/08/23 France Ligue 1 LI1 Brest Le Havre 2 1 L Last Five - Montpellier
Last Five - Le Havre
Now, let's take a better look at the best markets and odds we found for this duel:
Montpellier odds: 23/25 (1.92) – 51.1% Probability
Draw odds: 13/5 (3.60) – 27.8% Probability
Le Havre odds: 17/5 (4.40) – 22.7% Probability
As we can see, the bookies see Montpellier to be the expected winners in this match, with a 51.10% win probability. Regarding other markets, we think Over 2.5 Goals is worth considering at 31/50 (1.62) – 61.70%.
Montpellier – Le Havre Preview: Latest Form, News, and Potential Lineups
Read all of the latest injury updates and team news for this duel, including our predicted Montpellier vs Le Havre lineups.
Montpellier
Montpellier enjoyed a solid pre-season and they finished off their preparations with a prestigious 1-1 draw vs Borussia M’gladbach. After a slow start to the previous campaign and much-improved results and displays in the spring Montpellier will be hoping for a much better start to this season.
Star striker Elye Wahi, who had 17 league goals last season, is the latest elite player to be linked with a move to Saudi Arabia. Due to that, it’s not certain if he will play at all.
The other main striker from last season Mavididi already left (joined Leicester) so it seems winger Khazri and the recently recovered from a minor injury Nordin are the main attacking weapons right now.
The only notable absentee due to an injury is defender Saint-Luce. Montpellier are rich for options in defence though so this is not a major issue.
Montpellier Predicted Lineup:
Lecomte (GK), Sacko, Jullien, Kouyate, Sylla, Ferri, Chotard, Al-Tamari, Savanier, Fayad & Khazri
Le Havre
The Dragons won Ligue 2 last season after losing only 3 of their 38 matches. They recorded the most draws in the division though and never scored much. This poor attacking form continued during the pre-season with Le Havre losing all of their last 5 friendlies and failing to score in 3.
Still, this first game back in the top flight since 2009 is bound to excite the players and they should be working hard for each other.
The Russian playmaker Daler Kuzyaev has been the main summer signing and he is expected to be the key figure in the middle of the park for the Dragons. The health of the squad is very good too with only the rarely used anyway defender Gomis set to miss injured.
Le Havre Predicted Lineup:
Desmas (GK), Lloris, Sangante, Salmier, Operi, Nego, Targhalline, Ndiaye, Kuzyaev, Alioui & Joujou
Starting Lineups
The teams usually announce their starting lineups one hour before the start of the game.
Montpellier
Le Havre
Player to Watch: Wahbi Khazri
Montpellier’s captain Wahbi Khazri has been very solid all pre-season. With the two main strikers out, or about to leave, Khazri realises that he needs to do even more and he looks ready for the challenge.
In the last few games almost every forward move has been going through Khazri and we expect him to be heavily involved again now when things start to get serious.
