Brest vs Montpellier Prediction, 12/20/2020 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 12/18/2020

Game: Brest vs Montpellier

Date: Sunday, December 20, 2020

Location: Stade Francis-Le Blé in Brest, France

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Brest (+162) Montpellier (+162)

Gaetan Laborde and Montpellier (8-2-5, 5th in Ligue 1) are headed to Stade Francis-Le Blé on Sunday where they'll take on Brest (7-1-7, 10th in Ligue 1). The goaltenders protecting the net will be Gautier Larsonneur for Brest and Jonas Omlin for Montpellier. The Pirates are at +162 while the Paillade are also at +162. The total has been set at 2.5.

Brest took the field against Reims in their last game and went home with a win by a final score of 2-1. Brest tried 12 dribbles in this outing and converted 7 of the attempts for a rate of 58.3%. In the passing game, they earned a 84.3% passes received rate by connecting on 434 of the 515 targeted passes last contest. In regard to shooting accuracy, Brest finished at a 33.3% clip by putting 3 shots on target out of 9 shots. Brest has an average of 1.53 goals per 90 min (23 total goals) and have tallied 17 assists In all contests this year.

Steve Mounie is one guy you are going to want to keep your eye on for Brest. Mounie has started 125 outings thus far in his career and scores 0.36 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in Benin has totaled 46 goals scored in 11,576 professional minutes played. He has accounted for 13 assists while accumulating 13 yellow cards thus far in his career. Another player who should impact this match is Gaetan Charbonnier, the forward representing France. He has assisted on a goal 39 times during his soccer career while he has scored 87 goals. Charbonnier has totaled 20,202 minutes in 231 career starts and has been handed a total of 47 yellow cards. He sports an average of 0.39 goals per 90 minutes for his pro soccer career.

The guy defending the goal for Brest is Gautier Larsonneur. Larsonneur (53-33-29 record in his career) has accumulated 36 clean sheets, which gives him a 31.3% clean sheet percentage. The keeper born in France has had 340 shots tried against him in 115 starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.16 (133 total goals allowed) and he is the owner of a save % of .732. Larsonneur has played for a total of 10,318 minutes and is sitting with 245 saves so far in his career.

The last time they took the pitch, Montpellier went home victorious with a score of 3-2 against Lens. Montpellier ended the game with a 50.0% successful dribble percentage by converting 8 of the 16 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this outing by completing 290 out of their 383 passing attempts earning a percentage of 75.7%. Montpellier converted 3 shots attempted out of 14 shots attempted which had them sitting at a 21.4% clip when they last took the field. Having tallied 25 goals and 19 assists in all competitions, Montpellier averages 1.67 goals and 1.27 assists per 90 min.

Gaetan Laborde will need to provide a spark for Montpellier. He averages 0.29 goals per 90 mins and has been in the starting lineup in 140 matches during his career. The forward from France has played 12,502 minutes while he has scored 40 goals. He has accumulated 15 yellow card cautions thus far in his career and has assisted on a goal 23 times. You should also watch out for Andy Delort, the forward representing France. Delort has been given a total of 43 yellow cards in 20,476 minutes (222 starts). His G/90 average during his career is 0.37. He has accumulated 85 goals in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 39 different times.

Jonas Omlin will reside in front of the goal for Montpellier. Omlin has racked up 30 shutouts while defending 395 shots against him in 11,009 career minutes. He holds a save percentage of .704 and his clean sheet rate is currently 24.4%. He has surrendered 1.08 goals per 90 mins while holding a record of 59-27-37. In his pro soccer career, Omlin has conceded 132 goals and has racked up 274 stops in 123 starts.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game against the spread?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Montpellier (+162) and over 2.5 goals

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