Nantes and Monaco are set to lock horns this Wednesday in the semifinals of the Coupe de France at Stade de la Beaujoire with kickoff at 23:15 EAT.
Nantes sit 7th in the league with 38 points from 25 matches played so far. With 11 wins so far they are level on points with Monaco who sit right above them. Nantes cleared the round of 8 after a victory over Brest by 2-0. They then got advanced into the Quarter finals with Ligue 2 competitor Bastia and clash ended in favour of the Canaries after taking an early lead through a penalty and sealing another one in the second half.
Les Canaris will get into this fixture off the back 0-0 Ligue 1 shared spoils with FC Metz. In that match, Nantes had 51% possession and 12 with three on target. FC Metz got eight shots with none of them on target.
In the round of 8, Monaco faced Lens and match ended in 4-2, Monégasques got into the Quarter finals against the Ligue 2 opposition Amiens and the match ended in 2-0. Monaco, meanwhile, sit just two places and one point behind Nantes in Ligue 1, after falling in last weekend’s fixture. That was their third match without a win in succession, but they too have defended well, keeping three clean sheets in their last five matches.
Monaco will be looking to bounce back from the 1-2 Ligue 1 loss to Reims in their last fixture. In that game, Monaco managed 69% possession, 18 shots with five of them on target goals scored by Wissam Ben Yedder (55′) and Kevin Volland (84′ Own goal). Reims got 12 shots with seven of them on target and a goal by Nathanaël Mbuku (93′).
Nantes vs Monaco head to head
There have been 52 meetings between Nantes and Monaco since 1993. The hosts have won just 11 of those games while the visitors have won 29 times and there have been 12 draws between the two teams.
- 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
- Nantes 0-1 Monaco 25/10/19
Home
- Metz 0-0 Nantes
- Nantes 3-1 PSG
- Nantes 1-0 Reims
- Nantes 2-0 Bastia
- Strasbourg 1-0 Nantes
Away
- Monaco 1-2 Reims
- Bordeaux 1-1 Monaco
- Monaco 0-0 Lorient
- Monaco 2-0 Amiens
- Monaco 2-0 Lyon
Nantes team news
Fabio Da Silva remains out with injury and will not play on Wednesday. Quentin Merlin and Jean-Charles Castelletto both missed the hosts’ last game due to illnesses, while Moses Simon was absent due to personal reasons and t is yet to be seen if the trio will be back with the side this week.
Monaco team news
Krepin Diatta, Benoit Badiashile and Myron Boadu will be unavailable for this fixture through injuries while Jean Lucas out serving suspension.
Prediction and odds
We are backing a home win here; Nantes is on a four-game unbeaten run and has lost just one of their last seven across all competitions while Monaco is on a three-game winless run and has won just one of their last four games on the road.
- Nantes win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
