Monaco vs Nice betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Stade Louis II.

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 03.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II. (18523 seats)

4th position in the Ligue 1 table for Monaco so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 13th-placed Nice visits Stade Louis II..

Insights:
  • Monaco is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Nice has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Ligue 1

It's no vacation for neither Monaco nor Nice 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.

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Monaco form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Louis II. as Monaco have scored 26 goals to get 24 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 7-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. Monaco has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Louis II., increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Happy days for Monaco in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Nantes (placed 17th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Olympique Marseille in a game that was won 3-1.

Monaco are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Nîmes awaits in four days.

The Monaco manager N. Kovač has got the team scoring with 26 from 11 home games in the league. Monaco have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Nice form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nice, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Ligue 1, playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.

Nice might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Saint-Étienne proved too strong as Nice slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Allianz Riviera. Prior to that result Nice won their away game at Lens. The scoreline was 1-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Angers SCO in just four days.

The visiting Nice have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Nice as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Nice - Monaco 1-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Monaco four wins, two draws and Nice four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonacoK. Volland
K. Volland
11 goals
MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
9 goals
NiceA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
6 goals

Monaco missing players

Nice missing players

Monaco Nice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 6 Played P 1 10 21
13 7 3 Won W 0 5 7
3 3 2 Drew D 1 3 5
6 1 1 Lost L 0 2 9
44 26 13 Scored S 1 13 23
31 14 7 Conceded C 1 7 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 76%
82% 91% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 52%
41% 55% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 24%
23% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
68% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 30% 48%
23% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 29%
9% 9% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.1
5 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.5 12.5 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.1 10
4.3 4.5 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.2
46% 52% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 37% 34%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Monaco's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Monaco has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
  • Monaco has the most matches over the total-line (16) in Ligue 1
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monaco haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Monaco is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Nice has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Ligue 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 22 14 6 2 37 15 12 8 3 1 21 7 10 6 3 1 16 8 22 48
2 Olympique Lyonnais 22 13 7 2 46 20 11 7 3 1 24 10 11 6 4 1 22 10 26 46
3 Paris Saint Germain 22 14 3 5 50 14 11 8 1 2 29 5 11 6 2 3 21 9 36 45
4 Monaco 22 13 3 6 44 31 11 7 3 1 26 14 11 6 0 5 18 17 13 42
5 Rennes 21 10 6 5 30 23 11 5 2 4 14 14 10 5 4 1 16 9 7 36
6 Metz 22 9 7 6 27 20 11 5 3 3 14 10 11 4 4 3 13 10 7 34
7 Lens 22 10 4 8 32 31 10 4 2 4 15 15 12 6 2 4 17 16 1 34
8 Angers SCO 22 10 3 9 29 34 11 5 1 5 12 14 11 5 2 4 17 20 -5 33
9 Olympique Marseille 20 9 5 6 27 22 10 4 3 3 15 12 10 5 2 3 12 10 5 32
10 Bordeaux 22 9 5 8 26 24 11 5 3 3 12 9 11 4 2 5 14 15 2 32
11 Montpellier 22 8 4 10 34 41 12 4 1 7 20 25 10 4 3 3 14 16 -7 28
12 Reims 22 7 6 9 30 31 10 4 2 4 10 11 12 3 4 5 20 20 -1 27
13 Nice 21 7 5 9 23 29 11 2 2 7 10 22 10 5 3 2 13 7 -6 26
14 Brest 22 8 2 12 33 41 11 6 1 4 22 20 11 2 1 8 11 21 -8 26
15 Strasbourg 22 7 3 12 30 34 11 3 2 6 12 15 11 4 1 6 18 19 -4 24
16 Saint-Étienne 22 5 7 10 21 35 10 2 4 4 9 16 12 3 3 6 12 19 -14 22
17 Nantes 22 3 9 10 21 36 11 2 6 3 12 17 11 1 3 7 9 19 -15 18
18 Lorient 21 5 3 13 26 42 11 4 1 6 17 21 10 1 2 7 9 21 -16 18
19 Dijon 22 2 9 11 15 31 11 0 6 5 4 11 11 2 3 6 11 20 -16 15
20 Nîmes 21 4 3 14 17 44 10 1 1 8 9 23 11 3 2 6 8 21 -27 15

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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.