Montpellier's miserable Ligue 1 season has reached a new low as La Paillade collapsed at home to relegation-fighting Angers SCO (1-3). Jean-Louis Gasset's team suffered its twelfth defeat in seventeen Ligue 1 games. As Ligue 1 reached the halfway point of the season, Montpellier has just nine points so far and is seven points behind 16th-placed Saint-Etienne. Gasset said his team needed “a small miracle” to escape a now likely Ligue 2 relegation.
Montpellier's results are yet to improve under the tutelage of the former Marseille manager. They will have a full week's rest to prepare for Friday's home game against Monaco as they will not take part in the Coupe de France RO32 in midweek having previously been humiliated 4-0 by a fourth division side . Montpellier's defense is clearly their Achilles heel. Since the start of the Ligue 1 season, they have conceded an average of 2.47 goals per match. L'Equipe reports that Montpellier is the fastest French top-flight team to concede 40 goals since Nice during the 1978-79 season.
GFFN | Bastien Cheval
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