Ligue 1: Monaco host Lorient in what should be an interesting football fixture. Tipsway gives you a thorough preview!
- Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Monaco's stadium, Stade Louis II., has a grass surface. Lorient have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Lorient when playing on grass; 8 wins, 12 draws and 19 losses from 39 matches. They have scored {47 goals} in these games and conceded 76.
Lorient have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
This has all the signs of an engaging game with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!
Monaco form and stats
8-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Monaco so far this season.
The Monaco coach Clement and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Nantes (placed 14th). A disappointing finish for Monaco in their match versus Nantes as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Henrique was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.3 out of 10. The defender Henrique signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Strasbourg in a game that was won 4-3.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Monaco home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Monaco are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.
Lorient form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Lorient have produced an overall stat of 5-5-5 so far.
There were no winners in Lorient's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Olympique Marseille (placed 3rd). Meïté, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Meïté won 6 of 9 duels.
Prior to that match, the Lorient manager Bris faced defeat when travelling to Lille and losing 1-3.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Lorient played away with similar odds. This revealed 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 3 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
Lorient have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lorient have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Lorient have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) against Monaco.Monaco and Lorient have played each other earlier this season: Lorient - Monaco 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 17 goals |  B. Embolo 12 goals |  A. Golovin 6 goals |
Monaco missing players
Lorient missing players
| Monaco | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 63 | 33 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 42 |
| 42 | 26 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 90% | 87% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 73% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 60% |
| 43% | 53% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 47% | 33% |
| 30% | 47% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 10% |
| 67% | 73% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 73% | 63% |
| 27% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 27% |
| 7% | 13% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 23% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.7 | 11.7 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 37% | 41% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 12.7 | 12.9 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 17.2 | 15.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
- 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 | PSG | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 11 | 41 | 69 |
| 2 | Lens | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 28 | 63 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 25 | 61 |
| 4 | Monaco | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 58 |
| 5 | Lille | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 6 | Rennes | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 50 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 47 |
| 8 | Reims | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 47 |
| 9 | Nice | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 45 |
| 10 | Lorient | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 45 |
| 11 | Clermont | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 46 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -6 | 38 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 46 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 37 |
| 14 | Nantes | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 31 |
| 15 | Auxerre | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -24 | 29 |
| 16 | Brest | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -14 | 28 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -14 | 26 |
| 18 | Troyes | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -26 | 21 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -34 | 21 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -41 | 14 |
