The home side, Monaco, should be the favourites in this match, but Nice have revealed both smartness and courage. Learn more about the fixture!
- Monaco is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 1
- Monaco have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nice have scored away.
Not much time to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a Europa League game only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Bayer Leverkusen, was also a home game here at Stade Louis II.. The away team is better rested.
Monaco form and stats
Monaco have collected 23 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 7-2-3. Monaco has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade Louis II.. We remember; it was Olympique Marseille.
Monaco's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 2-3 vs Bayer Leverkusen (in Europa League). Defender Sarr got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Sarr won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that match, a Ligue 1 win away at Brest.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Monaco have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
The Monaco manager Clement has got the team scoring with 29 from 12 home games in the league. Monaco have conceded 19 from these games.
Nice form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. Momentum is building for Nice in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The Nice goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 210 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nice played 0-0 against Reims in their previous match. Schmeichel (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.7. Schmeichel saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Ajaccio.Nice are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visiting Nice have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. It's not easy to score on Nice as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Monaco have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (5-1-0) versus Nice.The former H2H meeting ended Nice - Monaco 0-1, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 14 goals |  B. Embolo 12 goals |  A. Golovin 6 goals |
Monaco missing players
Nice missing players
| Monaco | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 53 | 29 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 31 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 58% |
| 58% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 42% | 38% |
| 42% | 58% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | 12% |
| 33% | 50% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 67% | 50% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.6 | 11.4 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.7 | 12.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 38% | 44% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 30% | 28% |
| 12.8 | 12.6 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 12.7 | 12.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
- Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Monaco have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nice have scored away.
- Monaco have scored in all their matches so far.
- Monaco have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Ligue 1
- Monaco have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Ligue 1
- Monaco haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Monaco is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 1
- Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nice have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 36 | 57 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 26 | 52 |
| 3 | Monaco | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Lens | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Rennes | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 43 |
| 6 | Lille | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 41 |
| 7 | Lorient | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Nice | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
| 10 | Reims | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 32 |
| 12 | Clermont | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -9 | 30 |
| 13 | Nantes | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -10 | 26 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 21 |
| 16 | Brest | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | Troyes | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 35 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 18 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -27 | 18 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -30 | 10 |
