Ligue 1
After 9 league games, Monaco are 7th in Ligue 1 with 15 points. Whether you back Monaco or fade them, recent form, the goals profile and the players behind the goals are the place to start, and the markets follow.
Monaco
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Monaco, founded in 1919, wear red and white and are also called Les Monégasques, Le Rocher and Les Rouge et Blanc. The league is Ligue 1.
10 league goals against in 9 games: a tighter defence than most, with the league averaging 1.52.
With eight points between them and the drop, Monaco sit 7th in Ligue 1.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Paris | 9 |
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| 16 |
| 10 |
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| 17 |
| +2 |
| 5 | Rennes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 16 | +1 |
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| 6 | Marseille | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 15 | 0 |
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| 7 | Monaco | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 15 | – |
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| 8 | Nice | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | −1 |
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| 9 | Lens | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 13 | −2 |
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| 10 | Stade Brestois 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 12 | −3 |
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League average this season: 1.52 goals scored per team per game, 3.0 per match (all 18 clubs' goals over their games played).
Monaco have taken 7 points from four games against top-six opposition (all competitions).
Across the last five matches Monaco have collected 7 of a possible 15 points (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | A | Paris (A) | 1–3 | L | |
| Ligue 1 | H | Lille (H) | 1–1 | D | |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | H | SC Freiburg (H) | 3–0 | W | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Lorient (A) | 0–1 | L | |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | A | CSKA Sofia (A) | 2–1 | W | |
| Ligue 1 | H | Toulouse (H) | 2–2 | D | |
| Ligue 1 | H | Lens (H) | 2–1 | W | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Strasbourg (A) | 1–1 | D | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Paris Saint Germain (A) | 2–1 | W | |
| Ligue 1 | H | Marseille (H) | 2–0 | W |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
Monaco's league season so far, split between home and away.
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2.00 |
| Away | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1.40 |
| All | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1.67 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
Monaco league games see fewer goals than the typical match here: 44% go over 2.5, against 59% league-wide.
Goals have dried up for Monaco, with 1.4 per game lately against 2.1 earlier (all competitions).
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Total goals per game | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| Both teams scored | 65% | 60% | 67% |
| Clean sheets | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| Failed to score | 15% | 20% | 13% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The Ligue 1 average this season is 3.0 goals per match. Across 81 finished Ligue 1 matches this season, 59% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 60%. In Monaco's 9 Ligue 1 matches, 44% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 67%.
Paris Josua Brunner finds the net roughly once every 1.4 games for Monaco: 7 in 10 (all competitions).
In addition, the most assists at Monaco belong to A. Golovin: 3 (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Josua Brunner | 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| E. Diop | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ansu Fati | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Golovin | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| M. Abline | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Flávio Nazinho | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
All competitions since 21 August. Ranked by goals, then assists.
Monaco are 1.44 to beat FC Nordsjælland at home, the favourites with the bookmakers.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa Conference League | H | FC Nordsjælland (H) | – | – | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Le Mans (A) | 17th | WLLDL | |
| Ligue 1 | H | Auxerre (H) | 14th | WLWDL | |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | A | Heart of Midlothian (A) | – | – | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Lyon (A) | 3rd | WLWLW |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
| Market | Why |
|---|---|
| Both teams to score: yes | Both sides scored in most recent matches (goals profile above) |
Rules of thumb from recent results, not predictions. Prices are on the bookmaker sites.
Monaco's story runs through a few remarkable managers. In 1960 Lucien Leduc gave the club its first professional trophy, a Coupe de France final won in extra time against Saint-Étienne, and in 1963 he delivered the club's first League and Cup Double. After years of ups and downs Leduc returned and won the championship in 1978. Wenger came in and took the title straight away, in 1988, then lifted the Coupe de France in 1991 while the side kept going deep into the European Cup. Wenger always held the view that Marseille, bitter rivals, were cheating, and it emerged in 1993 that they had been. After him came league titles under Jean Tigana in 1997 and Claude Puel in 2000. Money problems then hit hard, and in 2011 Monaco dropped into Ligue 2. In December 2011 Dmitry Rybolovlev bought 66.67% of the club, and in 2013 the cheque book came out, headlined by a club-record £50 million fee for Radamel Falcao. The league title returned on 17 May 2017, with a 2–0 win over Saint-Étienne.
Monaco play at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, a ground that holds 16,360 and opened in 1985. The club used the original Stade Louis II after its construction in 1939 until the present stadium replaced it in 1985, built on a nearby site of land taken back from the sea, which still shapes its waterside surroundings. It is a compact ground, and a long way from the biggest arenas, so crowds are small but the setting is hard to beat. It was the home of the UEFA Super Cup each August between 1998 and 2012, until UEFA decided to rotate the event around different stadiums. The small capacity can mean a flat atmosphere for ordinary league games, so home advantage often counts for less here than at most league grounds.
Monaco's rivalry with Marseille is a grudge more than a derby. Wenger had long held the view that Marseille were up to no good, and in 1993 it emerged that those bitter rivals had been fixing matches and committing numerous improprieties. That left Monaco with a sense that their success in that period could have been far greater, and the sore point has never quite gone away. There is no long chain of local derbies sitting alongside it, so this is the rivalry that carries the history for the club.
