Ligue 2 WON 0–3
Mon, Oct 19 · 20:45 · Stade Paul Lignon
Rodez Home
VS
Montpellier Away
Rodez vs Montpellier — Ligue 2
Tipster's pick Draw or Montpellier
Confidence High
Odds 1.40 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Montpellier's defensive edge backs draw or win

Montpellier occupy fifth place after eight games while Rodez sit 17th. The visitors have suffered just one defeat in their last five outings and kept five clean sheets already this season. Rodez have yet to record a single clean sheet in eight matches and let in 2.3 goals per game on average. Montpellier have won six of the nine previous meetings between the sides. Away from home they concede only 0.6 goals per game despite scoring one themselves. Rodez score two goals per game at Stade Paul Lignon but remain vulnerable at the back. Montpellier may again limit chances while staying hard to beat in this fixture.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
0–3 WON

Our pick “Draw or Montpellier” at odds 1.40 won — final score 0–3.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Mathis Saka 35'
  3. Second half
  4. Yaël Mouanga Boudzoumou 50'
  5. Nicolas Pays 55'
  6. Daryll Benlahlou ↓ Noah Vidal 56'
  7. Laciné Megnan Pave 59'
  8. Damjan Pavlović ↓ Octave Joly 62'
  9. Jean Lambert Evan's ↓ Steven Luyambula Biwa 62'
  10. Antonin Cartillier ↓ Mathis Saka 67'
  11. Kenny Nagera ↓ Mathis Touho 68'
  12. Yanis Zouaoui ↓ Theo Sainte Luce 70'
  13. Daryll Benlahlou 76'
  14. Kelian Nsona ↓ Nachon Nsingi 80'
  15. Théo Chennahi ↓ Laciné Megnan Pave 85'
  16. Hichem Abderrebi ↓ Florian Tardieu 85'
This season
Rodez Montpellier
Over 2.5 goals 63% 13%
Clean sheet 0% 63%
Failed to score 38% 13%
Scored per game 1.8 1.0
Conceded per game 2.3 0.6
Scored home / away 2.0 / 1.5 1.0 / 1.0

Across 8 and 8 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
4 NAN Nancy 9 5 1 3 16
5 MON Montpellier ▲ 8 4 3 1 15
6 PAU PAU 9 4 2 3 14
7 ANN Annecy 9 4 1 4 13
8 DIJ Dijon 9 3 3 3 12
9 SOC Sochaux 8 2 5 1 11
10 MET Metz 8 2 4 2 10
11 BOU Boulogne 9 1 6 2 9
12 DUN Dunkerque 8 2 2 4 8
13 GUI Guingamp 9 2 2 5 8
14 NAN Nantes 8 2 2 4 8
15 GRE Grenoble 9 2 2 5 8
16 CLE Clermont Foot 9 0 7 2 7
17 ROD Rodez ▲ 8 2 1 5 7
18 LAV Laval 9 1 3 5 6
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Rodez LLLWL
L @ Metz 1–4 Sep 5
L vs Grenoble 0–1 Sep 11
L vs Nancy 3–4 Sep 18
W vs Inter Club d'Escaldes 2–0 Oct 3
L @ Saint Etienne 0–2 Oct 10
Montpellier DLWDW
D vs Boulogne 0–0 Aug 28
L @ Saint Etienne 1–3 Sep 5
W vs PAU 1–0 Sep 11
D @ Reims 1–1 Sep 18
W vs Grenoble 2–0 Oct 9
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Rodez
Scored 1.2 avg
1 0 3 2 0
Conceded 2.2 avg
4 1 4 0 2
Montpellier
Scored 1.0 avg
0 1 1 1 2
Conceded 0.8 avg
0 3 0 1 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Rodez
0 Draws
6 Montpellier
Aug 2026 Montpellier 4–2 Rodez Montpellier
Feb 2026 Rodez 1–0 Montpellier Rodez
Oct 2025 Montpellier 2–0 Rodez Montpellier
Jul 2025 Montpellier 0–2 Rodez Rodez
Dec 2022 Montpellier 5–0 Rodez Montpellier

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 9 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Rodez 5-3-2
  • 1 Q. Braat G
  • 28 S. Luyambula Biwa D
  • 24 L. Quenabio D
  • 4 M. Magnin D
  • 3 R. Lipinski D
  • 20 R. Ponti D
  • 10 M. Saka M
  • 6 J. Mendes M
  • 22 O. Joly M
  • 11 M. Touho F
  • 9 N. Nsingi F
Bench K. Nsona, D. Pavlović, Antonin Cartillier, E. Crombez, C. Roubiou, E. Jean-Lambert, K. Nagera, M. Sylla

D. Santini

Montpellier 4-2-3-1
  • 31 S. Ngapandouetnbu G
  • 3 Naoufel El Hannach D
  • 15 J. Laporte D
  • 27 D. Meddah D
  • 17 T. Sainte-Luce D
  • 40 N. Vidal-Cartoux M
  • 5 F. Tardieu M
  • 18 N. Pays M
  • 9 Lacine Megnan-Pave M
  • 6 Y. Mouanga M
  • 11 M. Camara F
Bench Y. Zouaoui, Everson, M. Michel, T. Chennahi, Daryll Benlahlou, Gregory Ayem, Hichem Abderrebi

Z. Camara