Monaco hosts Lille in round 14 of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Friday, November 19th at Stade Louis II (Monaco)
Monaco was in decline for a long time. And the Monegasques managed to remind about their potential and ambitions only in the previous season. Then Aleksandr Golovin and the company won bronze medals. This was the merit of Niko Kovac, who spent the 1st season in France. And, perhaps, that is why the bosses tolerate rather modest results of a Croatian specialist at the moment. The Monegasques dramatically lost to Shakhtar Donetsk in the decisive stage of the Champions League qualification. However, they look quite good in the Europa League, where they didn’t suffer a single defeat in a difficult group with Real Sociedad and PSV. But most importantly, Monaco is too unstable in French Ligue 1. After a terrible start (one point in three rounds and one victory in five games), it seemed that the Red-Whites managed to find their game. But before the break for the national teams, they lost 0-2 to Brest and shared points with Reims (0-0). Those results pushed Monaco to a lower part of the standings. Now it is ranked 11th.
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Lille is the reigning champion of the country. Three years ago, the Great Danes won silver medals but took a serious step back after that. Perhaps, predicting something similar and realizing that he had already squeezed everything out of the team, Christophe Galtier moved to Nice. Without him, Lille cannot show such results as in the champion’s season, although the backbone of the team as a whole is preserved. Only Maignan was sold to Milan, although he was the best goalkeeper in French Ligue 1. The new mentor, Jocelyn Gourvennec, started optimistically: he won a new trophy, beating PSG in the Super Cup final. But in general, Lille justifies the skeptical forecasts for the 2021/2022 season. In the Champions League, the club won only one out of four matches However, it still has a chance to make it to the playoffs. As for the championship, the winner of the last draw has only 16 points after 13 rounds. It seemed that the Great Danes began to fix their situation at the end of September and the beginning of October, as they won three times in a row. But between the pauses for the national teams, Lille again won only one out of four games. And during that period, it scored only four points.
In recent years, AS Monaco has won head-to-head matches more often. But in the previous season, Lille managed to score four points in two games (2-1 at home and 0-0 away). Bookmakers believe that Monaco will be able to beat the weakened Lille in the upcoming home match. But the Monegasques are not in good shape either, so we recommend betting on low production.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
