The two teams both have the ability to hurt one another, and while it is the visitors who currently hold pole position in the fight for top-half places, we fancy a confident Montpellier side boosted by the return of Elye Wahi to come out on top on home turf.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Nice win with a probability of 44.09%. A win for Montpellier HSC had a probability of 30.45% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nice win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.04%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.07%) and 0-2 (7.54%). The likeliest Montpellier HSC win was 1-0 (8.05%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.08%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 2.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Nice would win this match.