This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Monaco at Stade Louis II. when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and PSV with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Monaco have less rest than PSV in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 1 game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Brest.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for PSV, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Monaco form and stats
The overall Ligue 1 results playing at home this season for Monaco are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Monaco has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade Louis II. after three straight home wins.
The fans are hoping that Monaco will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against Brest. Midfielder Jean Lucas was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Lucas hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
Before that, Monaco had a Ligue 1 home game versus Montpellier which ended with a victory 3-1.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 three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.
The manager N. Kovač will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Reims in only three days.
Monaco have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Louis II. with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Monaco have conceded 7 in these home matches.
PSV form and stats
PSV's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals against Olympiakos Piraeus.3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of PSV playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. Total Europa League statistics for PSV: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as PSV have lost on their last two travels.
PSV go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Twente that ended 5-2. A mental match with plenty of goals last time out for PSV, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this match be as gleeful? Attacker Carlos Vinícius got a player rating of 9.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Vinícius scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A 0-5 defeat away at Ajax before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by PSV in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for PSV, zero draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the PSV manager R. Schmidt as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Fortuna Sittard.
The travelling fans enjoy PSV's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. PSV struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
PSV - Monaco 1-2 was the outcome when these squads previously met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Monaco wins - draws - PSV wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 6 goals |   E. Zahavi 4 goals |  S. Diop 3 goals |
Monaco missing players
PSV missing players
| Monaco | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Scored | S | 30 | 67 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 17.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 7.3 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 8.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | PSV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Nice | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Lens | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Rennes | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Nantes | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Monaco | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Lille | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Lorient | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Troyes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Clermont | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Reims | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Brest | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Metz | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 26 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | NEC | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | AZ | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Heracles | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 4 |