Ligue 1 match prediction: Little separates Monaco and Lille in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 15:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II. (18523 seats)

Monaco and Lille are both thriving in the Ligue 1 with their 4th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a super match!

Insights:
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Lille have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Monaco form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Monaco have managed 9 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 17 games.

Monaco are returning here after visiting Angers SCO and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Golovin and Boadu scored the goal(s). The versatile forward Golovin bested all others in that match and managed a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Golovin scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Montpellier (0-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Monaco have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Scoring bonanza? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has had at least three goals.

Goals decide football matches and Monaco are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 17 league matches. Monaco have conceded 31 from these games.

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Lille form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Lille playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.

Two away games in a row for Lille, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Reims. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Midfielder Bamba was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Bamba hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that, Lille secured a home win against Ajaccio with the score 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Lille in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Lille, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Lille have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 24 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Lille have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Monaco and Lille have met already this season: Lille - Monaco 4-3. Data for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Monaco, three draws and three wins for Lille. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
21 goals
MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
17 goals
MonacoB. Embolo
B. Embolo
12 goals

Monaco missing players

Lille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monaco Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
19 9 1 Won W 1 6 17
7 2 1 Drew D 1 4 8
8 6 2 Lost L 2 7 9
68 36 7 Scored S 8 24 60
51 31 9 Conceded C 8 18 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
91% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 76%
65% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 41% 53%
44% 59% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 24% 29%
26% 41% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 18%
65% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 53% 62%
24% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 26%
12% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 18%
 
4.4 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 5.6 5.8
4.2 4.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4 3.6
1.7 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.1
5 5 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.5 11.4 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 14.4 15
5.6 5.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.1 5.6
36% 40% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 31%
 
12.9 12.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 9.1 8.5
4.9 5.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monaco haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 34 25 3 6 79 35 17 12 2 3 38 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 44 78
2 Lens 34 21 9 4 57 26 17 15 1 1 36 12 17 6 8 3 21 14 31 72
3 Olympique Marseille 34 21 7 6 62 34 17 9 4 4 31 21 17 12 3 2 31 13 28 70
4 Monaco 34 19 7 8 68 51 17 9 2 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 64
5 Lille 34 17 8 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 17 6 4 7 24 18 19 59
6 Rennes 34 17 5 12 56 38 17 13 0 4 37 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 18 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 34 16 8 10 57 41 17 8 5 4 29 18 17 8 3 6 28 23 16 56
8 Nice 34 13 12 9 42 32 17 6 6 5 21 17 17 7 6 4 21 15 10 51
9 Lorient 34 14 9 11 48 46 17 8 4 5 23 17 17 6 5 6 25 29 2 51
10 Reims 34 12 14 8 41 35 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 6 50
11 Clermont 34 14 8 12 37 44 17 7 3 7 16 27 17 7 5 5 21 17 -7 50
12 Montpellier 34 13 4 17 56 57 17 7 2 8 26 25 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 43
13 Toulouse 34 12 6 16 48 55 17 6 4 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 42
14 Strasbourg 34 8 11 15 46 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -9 35
15 Brest 34 8 11 15 38 50 16 5 5 6 20 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -12 35
16 Auxerre 34 8 10 16 32 56 17 5 7 5 16 23 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 34
17 Nantes 34 6 14 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 17 2 6 9 16 27 -15 32
18 Ajaccio 34 6 5 23 22 61 17 3 3 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 23
19 Troyes 34 4 10 20 42 73 17 1 9 7 17 28 17 3 1 13 25 45 -31 22
20 Angers SCO 34 3 5 26 28 74 18 2 3 13 18 35 16 1 2 13 10 39 -46 14

Monaco:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 34 25 3 6 79 35 17 12 2 3 38 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 44 78
2 Lens 34 21 9 4 57 26 17 15 1 1 36 12 17 6 8 3 21 14 31 72
3 Olympique Marseille 34 21 7 6 62 34 17 9 4 4 31 21 17 12 3 2 31 13 28 70
4 Monaco 34 19 7 8 68 51 17 9 2 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 64
5 Lille 34 17 8 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 17 6 4 7 24 18 19 59
6 Rennes 34 17 5 12 56 38 17 13 0 4 37 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 18 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 34 16 8 10 57 41 17 8 5 4 29 18 17 8 3 6 28 23 16 56
8 Nice 34 13 12 9 42 32 17 6 6 5 21 17 17 7 6 4 21 15 10 51
9 Lorient 34 14 9 11 48 46 17 8 4 5 23 17 17 6 5 6 25 29 2 51
10 Reims 34 12 14 8 41 35 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 6 50
11 Clermont 34 14 8 12 37 44 17 7 3 7 16 27 17 7 5 5 21 17 -7 50
12 Montpellier 34 13 4 17 56 57 17 7 2 8 26 25 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 43
13 Toulouse 34 12 6 16 48 55 17 6 4 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 42
14 Strasbourg 34 8 11 15 46 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -9 35
15 Brest 34 8 11 15 38 50 16 5 5 6 20 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -12 35
16 Auxerre 34 8 10 16 32 56 17 5 7 5 16 23 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 34
17 Nantes 34 6 14 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 17 2 6 9 16 27 -15 32
18 Ajaccio 34 6 5 23 22 61 17 3 3 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 23
19 Troyes 34 4 10 20 42 73 17 1 9 7 17 28 17 3 1 13 25 45 -31 22
20 Angers SCO 34 3 5 26 28 74 18 2 3 13 18 35 16 1 2 13 10 39 -46 14

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.