Nantes will be looking to return to the winning ways this Sunday when they face each other with Monaco at Stade Louis II in the ninth round of the French Ligue 1. Kickoffs at 18:05 EAT.
Monaco is currently placed fifth in the table with 14 points, having won three and drawn one on the road so far, whereas at home they have been inconsistent, losing in disappointing fashion to Troyes and Lens in the league and recently Ferencvaros in the Europa League. However, Sunday’s game offers the perfect opportunity to improve this record given the slow start their opponents have made.
Monaco heads into this game looking for another win after 0-3 Ligue 1 victory over Reims in their last outing. In that match, Monaco had 68% possession, 20 shots with 11 of them on target and goals scored by Aleksandr Golovin (47′), Takumi Minamino (87′) and Wissam Ben Yedder (90′). Reims got nine shots with two of them on target.
Meanwhile, the French Cup holders Nantes finds it hard to keep up their impressive 2021-22 season and have only won only one of their eight league games, against newly-promoted Toulouse. However, the fixture list has not been kind to Nantes so far, having already faced Ligue 1’s top four teams in their opening eight matches.
Nantes dheld each other to 0-0 Ligue 1 draw with RC Lens in their most recent fixture. In that match, Nantes had 42% possession and 12 shots with four of them on target. While Lens got eight shots with two of them on target.
Monaco vs. Nantes head to head
Monaco boasts dominance in the head to head history of this match having won 29 times from the 59 meetings since 1993; Nantes won 12 times while two other matches ended in stalemates.
- Nantes 4-2 Monaco 02/03/22
- Nantes 0-0 Monaco 09/01/22
- Monaco 1-1 Nantes 06/08/21
- Nantes 1-2 Monaco 31/01/21
- Monaco 2-1 Nantes 13/09/20
Home
- Reims 0-3 Monaco
- Monaco 0-1 Ferencvarosi
- Monaco 2-1 Lyon
- Crvena Zvezda 0-1 Monaco
- Nice 0-1 Monaco
Away
- Nantes 0-0 Lens
- Qarabag 3-0 Nantes
- Lorient 3-2 Nantes
- Nantes 2-1 Olympiacos
- Nantes 0-3 PSG
Monaco team news
Defender Guillermo Maripan is the only injury concern for boss Phillippe Clement ahead of this game.
Nantes team news
As for boss Antoine Kombouaré, Fabien Centonze is sidelined through injury while Samuel Moutoussamy is out on suspension.
Prediction and odds
We are backing a home win; Monaco won four of their last six matches while Nantes won only one match.
- Monaco Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
