📊 Form Guide

Monaco

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Monaco, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-3 Ligue 1 success vs St Etienne.

In that match, Monaco had 40% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Monaco, the scorers were Maghnes Akliouche (2'), Almoatasembellah Al Musrati (68') and Folarin Balogun (78'). On the other side, Saint-Etienne got 11 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Zuriko Davitashvili (65') scored for St Etienne.

Adi Hütter's Monaco have hit the target 10 times in their last 6 outings. The comparative tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time amounts to 5.

Going into this one, Monaco haven't been defeated in their previous 7 league matches at home.

Lyon

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against RC Lens in Ligue 1 competition, Lyon and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Lyon had 69% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Lyon was Georges Mikautadze (79'). Lens had 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Goduine Koyalipou (21') and Anass Zaroury (85') scored for RC Lens.

Lyon have had no problems opening up opposition defences of late, having scored 15 goals in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Lyon can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same clashes.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 05/02/2022, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Monaco winning 3 of those games, Lyon 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 from Les Rouge et Blanc and 8 for Lyon. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league clash between the two was Ligue 1 match day 2 on 24/08/2024 and the score finished Lyon 0-2 Monaco.

That time, Lyon managed 39% possession and 1 shots on goal with 0 on target.

Monaco had 21 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Eliesse Ben Seghir (65') and Lamine Camara (80') scored.

The match was refereed by Stéphanie Frappart.

📰 Team News: Monaco

Aleksandr Golovin (Adductor injury), Moatasem Al-Musrati (Calf injury) and Kassoum Ouattara (Calf injury) will not be able to play for Monaco boss Adi Hütter.

We are thinking that Les Rouge et Blanc look set to go for a 3-4-3 formation for this one featuring Guillaume Restes, Djibril Sidibe, Umit Akdag, Jaydee Canvot, Warren Kamanzi, C. Casseres Jr., Vincent Sierro, Aron Doennum, Yann Gboho, Joshua King and Frank Magri.

ℹ️ Team News: Lyon

In an otherwise healthy squad, there is only a single fitness problem for the Lyon boss Jorge Maciel to be concerned about. Ernest Nuamah (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that Lyon might begin the game with a 3-5-2 system, going with Mathew Ryan, Jonathan Gradit, Juma Bah, Facundo Medina, Tom Pouilly, Nampalys Mendy, Neil El Aynaoui, Adrien Thomasson, Deiver Machado, Goduine Koyalipou and Andy Diouf.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Lyon should be able to put a goal past this Monaco side, however it may not be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Monaco when the full-time whistle blows. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Lucas Pereira, 18:07 10/05/2025