Monaco take on the visitors Juventus at "Stade Louis II" in the first-leg match of the UEFA Champions League semi-final. The game will be played on Wednesday, May 3rd.
Monaco have sacrificed by the Coupe de France in favour of the success in the UEFA Champions League by using reserve squad in the semi-final clash against Paris SG last Wednesday. As a result, the side was beaten with 0:5 scoreline in that encounter. Concerning the UEFA Champions League, "Les Monegasques" have the winning mindset in the tournament which has been assessed already by Manchester City 3:5, 3:1 and Borussia Dortmund 3:2, 3:1. Leonardo Jardim's team scored three goals in all four Play Offs clashes in the Eurocup proving its reputation of the most exciting and the highest-scoring side in Europe in this season. This season Monaco are pitiless to their rivals in front of their fans recording 21 triumphs, one draw and one defeat in 23 encounters. The winning home streak of Radamel Falcao, Kylian Mbappe and their teammates counts for 12 games with 33 goals for and seven goals against. In other words, the French side scored on average 3 goals per match at the home ground.
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Juventus recorded five clean-sheets in recent clashes of the season. In Italy the side approaches at full speed to the champion's titles in the Serie A and Coppa Italia. Regarding the UEFA Champions League, in spring "La Vecchia Signora" knocked out FC Porto 2:0, 1:0 and Barcelona 3:0, 0:0. If the hosts scored on average 3 goals per match in the Play Offs, then Gianluigi Buffon conceded no goals on average in the spring stages of the Eurocups. In 2016/2017 season Juventus conducted 22 encounters on the road resulting in 14 victories, three draws and five losses.
The sparks will fly on Wednesday. Juventus have more experience in the Play Offs battles, besides, in the squad of the Italian grand there are many players who participated couple times in decisive clashes of the Play Offs. On the contrary, Monaco care full of young and hot-blooded football players demonstrating better performance in offense rather than in defense. Moreover, current semi-final is the first great success for the most "Les Monegasques". Consequently, experience is in favour of the hosts, however, Monaco have knocked out already one of the best teams from England and Germany. Thus, I believe that the young talents will not allow the Italians to win.
Prediction for the match: Monaco to win with +0.5 Asian handicap (1X).
