Monaco vs Freiburg - prediction, team news, lineups

Two of the favourites to triumph the Conference League are acceptable to fastener horns connected Thursday, erstwhile Monaco big Freiburg astatine Stade Louis-II connected matchday 2 of the league-phase.

Les Monegasques and Die Breisgau-Brasilianer are some looking for a 4th triumph successful six games, arsenic good arsenic a effect to respective defeats past clip out.

Match preview

Filipe Luis's Monaco person produced an fantabulous run truthful far, winning seven, drafting 2 and losing conscionable 1 of their 10 competitory matches to date.

That nonaccomplishment came successful their astir caller outing connected Sunday, erstwhile Les Monegasques were downed 1-0 by Lorient, failing to respond to Noah Cadiou's second-half penalty.

However, Luis's broadside stay 5th successful Ligue 1 connected 14 points, level with the remainder of the apical 5 successful a tussle for the relation of early-season front-runner.

Monaco kicked disconnected their Conference League league-phase with a 2-1 triumph implicit CSKA Sofia past week, with a third-minute opener from Paris Brunner mounting the code for a palmy nighttime successful Bulgaria.

Les Monegasques volition beryllium optimistic astir proving their decision to Lorient was a one-off connected Thursday, particularly astatine Stade Louis-II, wherever they person won 3 of their 4 competitory outings this term, scoring 8 times successful the process.

Meanwhile, Julian Schuster's Freiburg shrugged disconnected the disappointment of losing the 2025-26 Europa League last to present a lightning commencement to this play crossed each competitions.

Die Breisgau-Brasilianer kicked disconnected their calendar with 5 consecutive victories, and went connected to triumph 7 of their archetypal 8 matches, drafting the other.

However, that unbeaten tally came to an extremity connected Sunday, erstwhile Schuster's broadside surrendered the aboriginal pb that Derry Scherhant earned successful a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Bayer Leverkusen.

That decision saw Freiburg driblet distant from the apical of the Bundesliga table, but they are inactive third, conscionable 1 constituent shy of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

Keen to get backmost connected way with different triumph successful the Conference League, the German nine volition beryllium hoping to enactment connected different good attacking display, akin to the 1 that saw them cod each 3 points from their 3-2 triumph implicit FK Baumit Jablonec connected matchday one.

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Team News

Monaco volition beryllium without near winger Stanis Idumbo arsenic helium recovers from a backmost injury, though Ansu Fati volition beryllium acceptable to commencement connected the near alongside Aleksandr Golovin and Takumi Minamino down striker Paris Brunner.

Elsewhere, centre-back Eric Dier is sidelined owed to a thigh injury, truthful Sabidou Sane and Mohammed Salisu should run astatine the bosom of Les Monegasques' defence.

As for Freiburg, they person a mostly acceptable squad but are missing attacking midfielder Florent Muslija, who is continuing his rehabilitation pursuing a cruciate ligament wounded helium suffered successful the spring.

In his absence, Yuito Suzuki looks acceptable to commencement successful the fig 10 role, supporting Lucas Holer and flanked by Cyriaque Irie and Vincenzo Grifo.

At the other extremity of the pitch, Matthias Ginter should articulation Max Rosenfelder astatine centre-back connected Thursday, shielding goalkeeper Mio Backhaus.

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Teze, Sane, Salisu, Mawissa; Camara, Zakaria; Minamino, Golovin, Fati; Brunner

Freiburg imaginable starting lineup:

Backhaus; Kubler, Ginter, Rosenfelder, Gunter; Eggestein, Osterhage; Irie, Suzuki, Grifo; Holer

We say: Monaco 2-2 Freiburg

Monaco person been awesome successful the aboriginal stages of this season, and volition beryllium hopeful astir putting their nonaccomplishment astatine the play firmly successful the past.

However, Freiburg person been likewise beardown this term, truthful expect to spot a close-fought contention with goals from some sides.

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