Monaco supporters put their faith in manager Hütter to deliver victory against Strasbourg

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 15:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II. (18523 seats)

With the edgy opening match done it’s time for the second Ligue 1 meeting of the season. Monaco look forward to welcoming Strasbourg in front of their stadium regulars.

This has all the signs of an engrossing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Monaco form and stats

Last season, Monaco's league stats were 19 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, ending with 6th spot in the Ligue 1. In these 38 matches they scored {70 goals} and gave away 58. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Monaco produced 9-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with {37 goals} and 33 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Monaco, who won 4-2 against Clermont (placed 17th). A goal frenzy last time out for Monaco, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Clermont. Fun stuff to watch! Vanderson (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.31/10. Vanderson scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Toulouse (1-2).

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 1 and lost 3.

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Strasbourg form and stats

Let's have a look at how Strasbourg performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 13 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded {59 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 26/33 goals scored/conceded.

Strasbourg had fun at their own home (Stade Louis II.) last time out, beating Olympique Lyonnais 2-1. Mothiba and Bellegarde scored. Strasbourg goalie Sels was high and low in the Olympique Lyonnais game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Midfielder Bellegarde was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Bellegarde scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Lorient's place.

Strasbourg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Monaco won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Strasbourg have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
2 goals
MonacoV. de Oliveira Campos
V. de Oliveira Campos
1 goals
MonacoM. Akliouche
M. Akliouche
1 goals

Monaco missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monaco Strasbourg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
8 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 23
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 7
Monaco Last season Strasbourg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 9   Won W   4 9
8 3   Drew D   6 13
11 7   Lost L   9 16
70 37   Scored S   26 51
58 33   Conceded C   33 59
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
89% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   95% 92%
63% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 55%
42% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 26%
24% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 11%
63% 68%   BTTS BTTS   74% 71%
24% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 16%
16% 21%   Failed to Score F T   16% 16%
 
4.4 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 3.8
4.3 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 4.6
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
5 5   Red cards R C   3 7
 
12.6 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 11.8
5.6 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.4
33% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 31%
 
13.3 13.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.7
5.2 5.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rennes 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Monaco 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Brest 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Toulouse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Strasbourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Montpellier 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 PSG 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lorient 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lens 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Clermont 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Metz 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season 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 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rennes 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Monaco 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Brest 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Toulouse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Strasbourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Montpellier 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 PSG 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lorient 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lens 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Clermont 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Metz 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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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.