Strasbourg vs. Montpellier

Strasbourg is #16 in the 20-team French League 1 because of a soft defense allowing 39 goals in 24 matches. They come off a 3-0 loss to Olympique Lyonnais. The offense is good (32 goals) and they've tallied 8 times in their last four home games. Montpellier is in town, also in the bottom half of the league with a suspect defense (44 goals allowed in 24 games), tied for the third-most goals allowed. The defense has surrendered 12 goals over the last five games, as well as 12 goals in their last five road contests. And the last two times these teams have met in league action they were high scoring affairs, 4-3 and 3-0. Take Strasbourg/Montpellier OVER the total.