Monaco vs Lille - prediction, team news, lineups

Either Monaco oregon Lille could perchance reclaim archetypal spot successful Ligue 1 temporarily with a matchday 8 triumph arsenic the 2 sides conscionable astatine Stade Louis II to footwear disconnected Sunday’s enactment successful the French apical flight.

The 2 teams are locked successful a five-way necktie for archetypal heading into this weekend, with Les Monegasques dropping to 5th aft a 1-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Lorient and Lille 1 spot supra them, drafting Brest 1-1.

Match preview

Having a lengthy interruption this autumn for the planetary model whitethorn person travel astatine an inopportune infinitesimal for Monaco.

Filipe Luis’s men were apical of the array earlier the Ligue 1 play paused successful September, going unbeaten successful their archetypal 5 league fixtures, dropping points successful lone 1 of those instances.

The Principality nine person since fallen retired of archetypal spot and volition effort to debar equalling their longest winless tally domestically this twelvemonth (three matches) connected Sunday.

While they are successful a insignificant slump domestically close now, this squad person a 100% grounds successful the Conference League, netting a combined 5 goals successful their 2 League Phase outings.

At the aforesaid time, they person yet to suffer a competitory lucifer astatine Stade Louis II this season, conceding 1 extremity oregon less successful 4 of those encounters, including a 3-0 triumph implicit past season’s Europa League runners-up Freiburg connected Thursday.

Les Monegasques could suffer consecutive matches successful this contention connected Sunday for the archetypal clip since May.

Another squad successful a insignificant slump would beryllium Lille, who participate this play connected a three-match winless tally crossed each competitions.

Davide Ancelotti’s men person looked mediocre defensively successful Europe, losing their 3 Champions League radical fixtures, and conceding a combined 10 goals successful the League Phase.

That is simply a crisp opposition to their consistently coagulated antiaircraft showings successful Ligue 1, wherever they person allowed the joint-fewest goals successful the league heading into matchday 8 (five), collecting 2 cleanable sheets successful their 3 home affairs distant from home.

Lille are 1 of 3 European sides that person yet to gain a constituent successful the League Phase of this season's Champions League, and connected Sunday they could spell winless successful consecutive Ligue 1 games for the archetypal clip since losing their archetypal 4 league encounters of this year.

In 2026, Lille person not dropped a azygous constituent distant from location successful this contention erstwhile netting the opening goal, collecting six cleanable sheets implicit that stretch.

Les Dogues person had their mode with Monaco of late, winning their past 3 meetings against them successful Ligue 1, portion suffering lone 1 decision to Les Monegasques successful the Principality this decennary (1-0 successful 2024).

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Team News

Monaco whitethorn beryllium missing Eric Dier connected Sunday arsenic helium recovers from musculus tightness, portion Stanis Idumbo is questionable done injury.

Paris Brunner, who leads this squad with 4 goals successful Ligue 1, notched the victor successful their Conference League triumph connected Thursday, with Lamine Camara and Ansu Fati scoring precocious arsenic Lukas Hradecky collected his archetypal competitory cleanable expanse since precocious August.

On the Lille side, Tiago Santos is questionable owed to a knock, Ayase Ueda has a ft injury, Ethan Mbappe Lottin is doubtful with ankle symptom and Hamza Igamane is retired due to the fact that of a cruciate ligament tear.

Soriba Diaoune netted a brace successful their 4-2 decision versus Galatasaray successful Champions League enactment this week, portion Olivier Giroud rescued them a constituent by converting a second-half punishment against Brest past Saturday.

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Vanderson, Sane, Salisu, Nazinho; Camara, Zakaria; Minamino, Fati, Golovin; Brunner

Lille imaginable starting lineup:

Ozer; Srdanovic, Ngoy, Nianzou, Perraud; Perrin, Bentaleb, Andre; Harladsson, Giroud, Onal

We say: Monaco 1-1 Lille

For arsenic potent arsenic these 2 are, we seldom spot a batch of goals erstwhile they conscionable portion their games are often highly tight.

Both teams are connected abbreviated remainder and whitethorn beryllium blessed to pouch a constituent fixed however demanding their schedules person been lately.

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