Bottom of the Table Olympique Lyonnais Face Tough Test at AS Monaco

AS Monaco vs Lyon - 15/12/2023

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The opening fixture of the weekend in Ligue 1 takes place on Friday the 15th of December as AS Monaco welcome Olympique Lyonnais to the Stade Louis II.

The hosts begin the weekend 3rd in the table on 30 points while the visitors are bottom of Ligue 1 on 10 points.

Monaco come into this match on the back of a 2-1 victory at Rennes last weekend in Ligue 1.

With the score 0-0 at half time, Monaco opened the scoring in the 51st minute and doubled their advantage with 5 minutes remaining on the clock.

The fact Monaco went down to ten men in the 74th minute did not stop them and the Rennes goal came in the 90th minute.

The win at Rennes means Monaco are undefeated in 4 of their 5 most recent fixtures, all of which have been played in Ligue 1.

There have been wins over Brest and Montpellier at home plus a 0-0 draw at Le Havre. The defeat came at the defending champions, Paris Saint-Germain, and Monaco lost 5-2.

Home form in Ligue 1 shows Monaco have won 6 of their last 7 games and have won each of their last 4 league matches on home soil.

Trends show in their 4 most recent home Ligue 1 matches, Monaco have managed to score 2 or more goals.

Lyon make the trip to the Stade Louis II having beat Toulouse 3-0 at home in Ligue 1 last weekend.

It was an important victory for Lyon and only the second time they have won a league game this season.

Alexandre Lacazette was the hero for Lyon and he scored a hattrick in the match, with the goals coming in the 25th, 29th, and 80th minutes.

The win over Toulouse was the first win in 4 matches for Lyon. They lost each of their previous 3 fixtures, with the defeats coming against Lens and Marseille away plus Lille at home.

Trends show Lyon have won only 2 of their 16 most recent Ligue 1 matches.

They have won just 1 of their last 9 away league games and have lost 4 of their last 5 Ligue 1 fixtures on the road. Lyon have conceded 2 or more goals in 3 of their last 4 away league matches.

Looking ahead to the team news and Monaco are without the suspended duo of Vanderson and Aleksandr Golovin. Eliot Matazo, Myron Boadu, and Eliesse Ben Seghir are injured.

Lyon travel without the injured duo of Remy Riou and Johann Lepenant.

There was finally something to cheer about for Lyon last weekend but they are presented with a tough ask this week.

Monaco will miss Vanderson and Golovin but have been scoring goals and playing well at home. Even if Monaco concede, they should have enough firepower to beat Lyon and claim maximum points.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

Coef.

Score

Live
coef.

Fr1

AS Monaco Lyon 15/12/2023 21:00

631621

1

2 - 1

2.80

13°

1.62

1.62 4.20 4.75 no no no

FT

0 - 1(0 - 0)

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