Match preview Ligue 1: Nice - Monaco at Allianz Riviera

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ligue 1 table so far. Here's the Nice - Monaco latest:

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Nice form and stats

Nice have played 14 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Nice drew their last game, 1-1 away at Bordeaux (placed 12th). In the match before that, Nice hosted Brest and drew the game 2-2.

A decent goal production from Nice in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. Nice have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Monaco form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Monaco's last game was the home draw against Reims (1-1). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dijon.

Goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Reims. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Monaco were so close to winning the game against Reims, hitting the post three times.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Monaco have scored 14 goals in 13 league games away. In the opposite end, Monaco have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Monaco - Nice 3-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Nice victories, two draws and five Monaco wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
17 goals
NiceK. Dolberg
K. Dolberg
9 goals
MonacoI. Slimani
I. Slimani
9 goals

Nice missing players

Monaco missing players

Nice Monaco
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 5 13 27
10 7 2 Won W 1 3 11
8 4 1 Drew D 3 5 7
9 3 0 Lost L 1 5 9
39 26 6 Scored S 4 14 43
37 19 2 Conceded C 4 20 42
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 85% 93%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 69% 74%
59% 71% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 62% 67%
26% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 44%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 22%
78% 86% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 63%
15% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 23% 26%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 19%
 
4.6 4.9 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.2 4.8
5.9 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.9 4.9
2.1 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.2
7 4 0 Red cards R C 1 6 9
 
328 194 34 Total Shots T S 56 164 373
124 73 18 Shots on Target S O 20 60 135
31% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Nice's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Nice has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
  • Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nice have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Nice 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 Paris Saint Germain 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 27 16 7 4 39 27 13 8 3 2 19 12 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 55
3 Rennes 27 14 5 8 33 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 9 47
4 Lille 27 14 4 9 34 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 7 46
5 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 7 9 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 16 40
6 Montpellier 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 10 2 2 26 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 6 40
7 Monaco 27 11 7 9 43 42 14 8 2 4 29 22 13 3 5 5 14 20 1 40
8 Reims 27 9 11 7 25 21 13 4 7 2 11 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 4 38
9 Nice 27 10 8 9 39 37 14 7 4 3 26 19 13 3 4 6 13 18 2 38
10 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
11 Nantes 27 11 4 12 28 29 14 6 2 6 11 11 13 5 2 6 17 18 -1 37
12 Bordeaux 27 9 9 9 39 33 13 4 5 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 36
13 Angers SCO 27 10 6 11 26 33 14 7 3 4 18 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -7 36
14 Brest 27 8 10 9 34 36 14 6 6 2 21 11 13 2 4 7 13 25 -2 34
15 Metz 27 7 10 10 25 34 13 4 4 5 16 16 14 3 6 5 9 18 -9 31
16 Saint-Étienne 27 8 5 14 28 44 13 4 5 4 14 17 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 29
17 Dijon 27 6 9 12 25 36 13 5 6 2 18 14 14 1 3 10 7 22 -11 27
18 Nîmes 27 7 6 14 28 42 14 6 2 6 17 15 13 1 4 8 11 27 -14 27
19 Amiens SC 27 4 10 13 29 48 14 3 5 6 17 23 13 1 5 7 12 25 -19 22
20 Toulouse 27 3 4 20 21 56 13 3 0 10 11 24 14 0 4 10 10 32 -35 13

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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.