Montpellier HSC coach Rene Girard has opted for a strike partnership of John Utaka and Emanuel Herrera for Saturday night's visit of Bastia.
His 4-4-2 lineup includes the creative Younes Belhanda and is captained by Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa.
For the visitors, Frederic Hantz has opted for a three-pronged attack with the prolific Anthony Modeste and Florian Thauvin, although Joseph Barbato is preferred to Wahbi Khazri.
Montpellier: Jourdren; Yanga-Mbiwa, Hilton, Congre, El Kaoutari; Belhanda, Estrada, Cabella, Dabo; Utaka, Herrera
Bastia: Bonnefoi; Angoula, Choplin, Cioni, Sable; Palmieri, Yatabare, Rothen; Thauvin, Barbato, Modeste
