Monaco will be bidding to record the third consecutive win in the Ligue 1 this Sunday when they host Lyon at Stade Louis II in the seventh game week of the campaign. Kickoffs on September 11 at 21:45 EAT.
The hosts finished third in the league last season and hence secured an entry into the qualifying rounds of the Champions league. Heading into this game, Monaco are in the middle of the Ligue 1 table (10th) with eight points after the opening six matches.
Monaco will want to continue where they left with 0-1 Europa League victory over Red Star Belgrade in their previous match. In that game, Monaco had 50% possession, 11 shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Breel Embolo (74′). Crvena Zvezda got 12 shots with four of them on target.
Meanwhile, Lyon is placed fourth on the table as of now and they lost just once so far in the competition. It also needs to be mentioned that only two teams in the whole league scored more goals than them in from entire tournament.
Lyon will look to bounce back here following 3-1 Ligue 1 losing efforts to Lorient in their previous outing. In that game, Lyon managed 67% possession, 15 shots with seven of them on target and a goal scored by Alexandre Lacazette (28′). Lorient got 11 shots with six of them on target and goals by Enzo Le Fée (6′), Terem Moffi (33′) and Dango Faissal Ouattara (49′).
Monaco vs. Lyon head to head
Since 1993, these two sides have had 59 head to head encounters; Lyon claims 25 wins, Monaco 20 wins while 14 matches ended in draws.
- Monaco 2-0 Lyon 05/02/22
- Lyon 2-0 Monaco 16/10/21
- Monaco 2-3 Lyon 02/05/21
- Lyon 0-2 Monaco 21/04/21
- Lyon 4-1 Monaco 25/10/20
Home
- Crvena Zvezda 0-1 Monaco
- Nice 0-1 Monaco
- Monaco 2-4 Troyes
- PSG 1-1 Monaco
- Monaco 1-4 Lens
Away
- Lorient 3-1 Lyon
- Lyon 5-0 Angers
- Lyon 2-1 Auxerre
- Reims 1-1 Lyon
- Lyon 4-1 Troyes
Monaco team news
Myron Boadu and Kevin Volland will be unavailable for boss Philippe Clement’s selection for this game.
Lyon team news
Julian Pollersbeck is the only injury concern to miss this game for boss Peter Bosz.
Prediction and odds
Monaco is on a two-game winning streak, and they remained unbeaten in 23 of their past 27 fixtures while Lyon remained unbeaten in seven of their past eight overall match-ups, and in the process they went on two separate two-game winning stretches.
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2
