Nice – Montpellier. Forecast and announcement for the match of the 1/8 finals of the French Cup

On Wednesday, February 4, the match of the 1/8 finals of the French Cup between “Nice” and “Montpellier” will take place. The game will start at 21:30 Kyiv time.

Nice

The current season, frankly, the team is failing. After 20 rounds of League 1, the team has only 22 points on its balance sheet, thanks to which it is in 13th position in the tournament table. The team is separated by 9 points from both the relegation zone and the Eurocup zone. On the way to the 1/8 finals of the cup, “Nice” defeated “Saint-Etienne” and “Nantes”.

In the Europa League, the French were completely embarrassed. For 8 rounds, the team scored only 3 points, which is why they took the 33rd place in the overall standings and finished their performances at the tournament.

Montpellier

The season is not going well for “Montpellier”, which is playing in the second strongest French division this year. After 21 rounds of League 2, the club has 31 points on its balance sheet, thanks to which it is in 9th place in the tournament table. 3 points separate the team from the playoff zone, and 10 from the leader.

In the French Cup, “Montpellier” has already knocked out “Agde”, “Monceau”, “Cannet-en-Roussillon” and “Metz”.

Personal meetings

In the last 5 games between the clubs, “Nice” has a slight advantage. The team has 2 wins, the same number of matches ended in a draw, and Montpellier won 1 more match.

Interesting facts

• Nice have won only 2/8 of their last home games.
• Nice have conceded 38 goals in Ligue 1 this season – the 2nd worst of all teams.
• Montpellier have kept a clean sheet in 6/7 of their previous Ligue 2 games.

Forecast

Predicting the winner is quite problematic, because both teams are not in the best form, and miracles often happen in cup games. That is why I will pay attention to the clubs’ defensive problems and bet that both teams will score (with a coefficient of 1.71 according to the BC betking line).