Buckle up for a show! Today's leading antagonists are Monaco and Nice, a win is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the length.
- Monaco is in the best form (5-0-1) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (28) in Ligue 1
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ligue 1 game only three days ago.
Monaco form and stats
Monaco have collected 31 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 9-4-3. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Monaco are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Monaco are returning here after visiting Rennes and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Yedder, Boadu and Vanderson scored the goal(s). Manager Clement felt very clever after Boadu scored the winning goal against Rennes, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 72nd minute. Vanderson (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Vanderson scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Ahead of that match, Monaco won a home game hosting Troyes (2-1).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 five games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost one.
The manager Clement will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Saint-Étienne in only three days.
A decent goal production from Monaco in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Monaco have conceded only 14 goals.
Nice form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Nice have produced an overall stat of 8-3-5 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Nice have lost on their last two travels.
Nice go into this game after a win, the home game against Lorient that ended 2-1. The attacker Delort got a match rating of 8.62 in that game. Delort scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Lens's place.Nice are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Nice are hosting Troyes in the Ligue 1 only four days away.
Nice are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 16 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Nice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Nice - Monaco 2-2 was the result in these sides' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: five wins for Monaco, three draws and two wins for Nice. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 19 goals |   A. Gouiri 10 goals |  A. Delort 10 goals |
Monaco missing players
Nice missing players
| Monaco | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 50 | 31 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 42 |
| 34 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 81% | 88% |
| 81% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 66% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 31% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 28% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 31% | 19% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 38% |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 11.8 | 12.7 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 9 | 10.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 37% | 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 40% | 33% |
| 10.5 | 9.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 14 | 11.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
- Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Monaco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Monaco have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Monaco have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Monaco is in the best form (5-0-1) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Ligue 1
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (28) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the most clean sheets (8) 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 42 | 74 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 21 | 59 |
| 3 | Rennes | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 69 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 35 | 56 |
| 4 | Nice | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 54 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 53 |
| 6 | Monaco | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 53 |
| 7 | Lens | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 50 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 49 |
| 9 | Lille | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 48 |
| 10 | Nantes | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 47 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 42 |
| 12 | Brest | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 39 |
| 13 | Reims | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 37 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -10 | 34 |
| 15 | Troyes | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 30 | -15 | 33 |
| 16 | Lorient | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 36 | -20 | 31 |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 62 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -27 | 30 |
| 18 | Clermont | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 33 | -29 | 29 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 77 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 47 | -35 | 26 |
| 20 | Metz | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -29 | 24 |
