Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of tonight’s Champions League Group B match between Montpellier and Olympiacos at Stade la Mosson in Montpellier.

Rene Girard, watching from the stands tonight following his gesture towards FC Schalke’s boss on matchday two, will be impressed with the way his side have started.

Decent effort from Belhanda. The midfielder wriggles away from Modesto’s challenge to create some space. Montpellier’s number 10 rifles an effort at goal that flashes just wide.

Olympiacos haven’t really managed to find their feet as of yet. The hosts have started very well and will need to take advantage of all this possession.

Yanga-Mbiwa surges forward from the heart of defence and sets up an attack for his side. The defender slides the ball out wide for Mounier but the wingers cross is mishit and flies out for a goal kick.

Incidentally, Carroll is making his first appearance in the Champions League for 7 years. Last time he kept goal in this competition, he was doing so for Manchester United.

Roy Carroll rushes off his line to claim the ball ahead of Utaka. It was a decent ball from Mounier but the Olmpiacos custodian showed his experience to win back possession for his side.

It’s been the home side that have seen the majority of the ball in these opening few minutes. Yanga-Mbiwa tries to find Charbonnier with a long ball but the striker fouls Manolas.

Contreras comes across to challenge Mounier. He times the tackle well and puts it out for the first corner of the evening.

Montpellier attempt to play the ball across their back line as they look to keep hold of the ball. Bedimo receives it on the left and looks to find Utaka but the ball is wayward and rolls into touch.

Italian referee Daniele Orsato blows his whistle to start the match. The hosts kick off.

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The hosts line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Gaetan Charbonnier leading the line. He is supported by the three of John Utaka, Younes Belhanda and Anthony Mounier. The visitors line up in an almost identical formation with Rafik Djebbour up front on his own. Francois Modesto and Giannis Maniatis are the two man in the holding role who will be looking to stifle the attacking threat posed by Montpellier.

The most notable absence for the hosts, for the second consecutive match, is that first-choice goalkeeper Geoffrey Jourdren is again on the bench. That comes after comments he made about Montpellier's coach Rene Girard following a recent loss.

The teams are in – Montpellier: Pionnier, Yanga-Mbiwa, Hilton, Bedimo, Utaka, Mounier, Charbonnier, Belhanda, Cabella, Sambouli, Saihi SUBS: Jourdren, Marveux, Herrera, Congre, Estrada, Camara, Jeunechamp /// Olympiacos: Carroll, Maniatis, Modesto, Paulo Machado, Djebbour, Contreras, David Fuster, Holebas, Manolas, Greco, Torossidis. SUBS: Megyeri, Fejsa, Pantelic, Mitroglu, Lykogiannis, Diakite, Abdoun.

Olympiacos' Avraam Papadopoulos is suffering from a similar knee injury to that of Ait-Fana's and will also miss tonight's match. He suffered the injury during the opening game of Greece's Euro 2012 campaign.

The team news is just moments away but one thing is for certain, Karim Ait-Fana will not be appearing on Montpellier's team sheet as he was rules out for the majority of the season after injuring his right knee in training.

Despite the Piraeus club’s poor overall record in France, they will go into this game in good heart with the knowledge that Montpellier have failed to win a single one of their last five games in European competition.

Olympiacos lost 1-0 at home to the French outfit but their 1-0 victory in the reverse fixture put a stop to seven successive defeats, both home and away, against teams from France.

The Greek champions could really do with a win tonight to notch their first points this season and will be buoyed knowing that their last visit to France saw them victorious in last season’s group stage match against Olympique Marseille.

Olympiacos go into the tie off the back of two successive defeats this term. They opened their 2012/13 Champions League campaign with a 2-1 defeat at home to German side Schalke before going down 3-1 at The Emirates Stadium as Arsenal showed their superiority.

The French title holders snatched a dramatic late equaliser in their 2-2 draw with Schalke last time out in the Champions league, and that point – their first of this campaign – will stand them in good stead for the visit of the Greek side this evening.