Ligue 1 match preview: Monaco versus Lille

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II (18523 seats)

Monaco will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Lille.

It's no vacation for neither Monaco nor Lille as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's quite the trip for Lille when visiting Monaco as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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Monaco form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 Ligue 1 games here at Stade Louis II for Monaco. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Ever since the Olympique Marseille game Monaco has been unbeatable here at Stade Louis II producing five straight wins.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte not having conceded a league goal in 230 minutes.

The Monaco fans got no joy from their last match, a Coupe de la Ligue game also here at Stade Louis II: A 0-3 defeat against Lille (placed 3rd). Before that, Monaco played out a Ligue 1 draw 0-0 when visiting Angers SCO.

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 13 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 7.

Goals decide football matches and Monaco are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Lille form and stats

There's been little loot from Lille's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Ligue 1. Lille only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. The fact that Lille have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Lille play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Monaco (placed 9th). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Montpellier in the Ligue 1.

We have checked recent matches where Lille have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W3-D1-L2.

The attacking power of Lille when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Lille have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Monaco-Lille H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Monaco 6 wins, Lille 2 wins, 2 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
11 goals
LilleV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
9 goals
MonacoI. Slimani
I. Slimani
6 goals

Monaco missing players

Lille missing players

Monaco Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 18
7 5 1 Won W 1 1 9
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 1 Lost L 0 5 5
26 19 6 Scored S 2 5 23
25 13 6 Conceded C 1 11 16
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 72%
71% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 44%
41% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
18% 38% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 39%
29% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 22%
 
5.3 5.4 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4.8 5.3
4.8 4.6 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.5 5 4.5
2.2 1.8 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.6
6 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
239 128 29 Total Shots T S 22 87 218
91 52 16 Shots on Target S O 11 31 84
29% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 16% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monaco have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lille have scored away.
  • Monaco haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 17 14 0 3 39 9 8 7 0 1 20 2 9 7 0 2 19 7 30 42
2 Olympique Marseille 18 10 5 3 26 20 9 6 2 1 14 8 9 4 3 2 12 12 6 35
3 Lille 18 9 4 5 23 16 10 8 2 0 18 5 8 1 2 5 5 11 7 31
4 Rennes 17 9 3 5 23 17 8 5 1 2 14 10 9 4 2 3 9 7 6 30
5 Nantes 18 9 2 7 16 16 9 6 1 2 9 5 9 3 1 5 7 11 0 29
6 Reims 17 7 6 4 15 9 9 3 5 1 8 4 8 4 1 3 7 5 6 27
7 Bordeaux 18 7 5 6 28 21 9 4 2 3 15 7 9 3 3 3 13 14 7 26
8 Olympique Lyonnais 18 7 4 7 28 17 9 3 2 4 11 6 9 4 2 3 17 11 11 25
9 Monaco 17 7 4 6 26 25 8 5 1 2 19 13 9 2 3 4 7 12 1 25
10 Angers SCO 18 7 4 7 20 23 10 6 2 2 15 6 8 1 2 5 5 17 -3 25
11 Saint-Etienne 18 7 4 7 21 27 9 3 4 2 11 11 9 4 0 5 10 16 -6 25
12 Montpellier 18 6 6 6 22 19 9 6 1 2 15 8 9 0 5 4 7 11 3 24
13 Nice 18 7 3 8 25 27 9 5 2 2 17 12 9 2 1 6 8 15 -2 24
14 Strasbourg 18 7 3 8 21 23 9 5 2 2 16 11 9 2 1 6 5 12 -2 24
15 Brest 18 5 7 6 21 20 10 4 5 1 15 6 8 1 2 5 6 14 1 22
16 Dijon 18 4 5 9 12 20 8 3 3 2 8 8 10 1 2 7 4 12 -8 17
17 Amiens SC 17 4 5 8 20 32 8 3 2 3 10 13 9 1 3 5 10 19 -12 17
18 Metz 18 3 7 8 15 26 9 2 4 3 11 11 9 1 3 5 4 15 -11 16
19 Toulouse 18 3 3 12 19 36 9 3 0 6 9 14 9 0 3 6 10 22 -17 12
20 Nimes 17 2 6 9 12 29 8 2 2 4 7 10 9 0 4 5 5 19 -17 12

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.