Arsenal vs Monaco Match Analysis and Prediction

Arsenal vs Monaco Match Analysis & Prediction

Arsenal

11/12/2024 11:00 pm

Monaco

by Vincent

1 month ago 0 28

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Forever linked by the legendary Arsene Wenger and Thierry Henry, Arsenal and Monaco scrap for Champions League supremacy in Wednesday’s league phase tie at the Emirates Stadium.

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Only one spot separates the two titans in the 36-team UCL table, as they each cling on to one of the final two automatic qualification spots for the last-16 stage after five matches.

Six goals between Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon at the Estadio Jose Alvalade was not beyond the realm of possibilty before kickoff on Champions League matchday five, although few would have expected five of those efforts to go to the Gunners.

However, with the Ruben Amorim glue no longer holding Sporting together, the Primeira Liga powerhouses were thrashed by Mikel Arteta’s side last time out in Europe, as the Gunners propelled themselves into the coveted top eight spot with a 5-1 beating of the Green and Whites.

Also beating both Shakhtar Donetsk and Paris Saint-Germain in UCL home matches this season, only Barcelona and Bayern Munich -seven each – have won more top-level European games on their own turf than Arsenal’s six since the start of the 2023-24 campaign, and they have scored in each of their last 11 Champions League home contests.

However, Arsenal’s prolific powers on the road failed them at the weekend as they were denied a late winner in a 1-1 Premier League draw with Fulham and could now slip nine points behind runaway leaders Liverpool if the Reds win their game in hand.

Sharing Arsenal’s 10-point total from five Champions League matches so far this season, only a marginally inferior goal difference is keeping Monaco below the Gunners as Adi Hutter’s side seek to right some wrongs from their most recent continental game.

While the Gunners thrashed Portuguese opposition on matchday five, Monaco were on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline when Benfica came to visit the Stade Louis II, letting 1-0 and 2-1 leads slip as Burnley loanee Zeki Amdouni completed an exceptional Eagles fightback.

Monaco’s late collapse on November 27 can be attributed to a red card for defender Wilfred Singo early in the second half, but the Ivorian redeemed himself at the weekend, scoring the opening goal against Toulouse before Breel Embolo put the seal on a 2-0 victory.

Arsenal vs. Monaco Head to head

In the previous four meetings between these two teams, they have claimed two victories each.

03/08/2014

Arsenal

0

Monaco

1

Emirates Cup
25/02/2015

Arsenal

1

Monaco

3

Champions League
17/03/2015

Monaco

0

Arsenal

2

Championship
02/08/2023

Arsenal

P 1

Monaco

1

Emirates Cup
11/12/2024

Arsenal

N/A

Monaco

N/A

Champions League

Arsenal Team News

Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu will definitely sit this one out due to knee injuries, while Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Magalhaes and Riccardo Calafiori are uncertain for this match.

Arsenal's Last 5 Matches

23/11/2024

Arsenal

3

Nottingham Forest

0

Premier League
26/11/2024

Sporting Lisbon

1

Arsenal

5

Champions League
30/11/2024

West Ham United

2

Arsenal

5

Premier League
04/12/2024

Arsenal

2

Manchester United

0

Premier League
08/12/2024

Fulham

1

Arsenal

1

Premier League

Monaco Team News

Hutter will have no choice but to introduce Mohammed Salisu alongside Thilo Kehrer in the centre of the backline, while further up the field, Florian Balogun will be denied a reunion against his former side due to a shoulder injury.