Monaco hosts Reims in round 1 of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Sunday, July 23rd at Stade Louis II (Monaco)
Finally, Monaco managed to slightly improve its position and finish at the top of the tournament standings. As for the new season, the club's management has appointed Niko Kovac as head coach, who must improve the game in defense (Monaco conceded 44 goals in 28 rounds of the last season). However, the club's management is in no hurry to buy players for the tactics of the new head coach, so Niko Kovac will probably sacrifice sharpness in the attack to make the defensive game more reliable at least due to the numerical advantage. In friendly games, problems were seen precisely in the rapid transition from defense to attack, but there were opponents who play in an attacking style and leave a lot of free space. In the upcoming match, Monaco will have to play with unyielding Reims, which is great at playing defense first and neutralizing the attacking potential of rivals. The Monegasques have not yet found a balance between defense and attack, and this negatively affects the ability to create goal attempts.
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Reims fully retained the backbone of the team, which showed a very solid game in the last tournament. Without serious costs, David Guion managed to build a combat-ready team that plays pragmatic football and focuses on strong defense (last season the club conceded only 21 goals in 28 matches, least of all in the championship). However, the defensive style of the game negatively affects the scoring of the team (Reims was among the worst in terms of goals scored). The defensive line of Monaco will not have any special problems to restrain the attack of the visitors. The main difficulties for the Monegasques will be in the attack since Reims is great at covering the opponent near its penalty area and does not allow opponents to run in the attacks quickly. The players are always backing each other. Reims was active in pre-season training, so the players will have complete order with their physical condition. Thus, Reims will give the ball to the hosts and will successfully block the attacking players of Monaco. With such a game, there will be few goals in the match.
Many experts make Monaco a favorite, but this is only on paper. Reims perfectly knows how to shut out and play for a draw. And the new head coach of Monaco needs time to establish new connections between the players and build the necessary schemes. Therefore, it's hard to determine the winner. But you can be sure that there will be few goals in this confrontation. Therefore, I offer to bet on Under 2.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
