Monaco vs Nordsjaelland - prediction, team news, lineups

Monaco volition enactment their 100% grounds successful the Conference League connected the enactment Thursday arsenic they instrumentality to the Principality to look Nordsjaelland astatine Stade Louis II.

After 2 matchdays, Les Monegasques are tied for archetypal connected points, having defeated Freiburg 3-0 the past clip out, portion Nordsjaelland beryllium 19th aft a 2-2 gully with CSKA Sofia.

Match preview

While their signifier has dropped a small domestically, Monaco person yet to falter successful Europe, winning each 4 of their games successful this contention truthful far.

Filipe Luis has seen his broadside spell winless successful their past 3 Ligue 1 affairs, netting conscionable 1 extremity implicit that stretch.

On the different hand, they beryllium 3rd successful the Conference League regarding mean goals conceded per lucifer (0.5), with lone Brighton & Hove Albion and St. Truiden doing amended (0).

At home, this squad person been particularly crisp defensively this season, conceding a extremity oregon less successful 5 of their six matches played astatine Stade Louis II crossed each competitions.

Monaco person netted 3 oregon much times successful some of their location games successful this contention truthful acold and tin agelong their unbeaten tally successful the League Phase of a European tourney to 7 matchdays connected Thursday.

This volition people the archetypal clip they look a broadside from Denmark successful Europe, with Les Monegasques winning their lone European lucifer this decennary against a Scandinavian opponent, blanking Bodo/Glimt 1-0 successful Norway successful past season’s Champions League.

They proceed to question that elusive archetypal triumph successful this variation of the Conference League, but Nordsjaelland person shown plentifulness of resilience successful the League Phase this clip around.

Jens Fonsskov Olsen’s men person travel backmost from 1-0 down successful some of their radical matches to gain a point, putting them conscionable a constituent supra the knockout enactment heading into matchday three.

Thursday volition beryllium their first-ever gathering versus a Ligue 1 broadside successful Europe, arsenic they question a archetypal triumph successful the League Phase of this tourney since hammering Fenerbahce 6-1 successful Denmark successful 2023.

Their past distant triumph successful this contention came successful Slovakia that aforesaid twelvemonth against Spartak Trnava (2-0), portion they are presently connected a four-game unbeaten tally arsenic the visitors crossed each competitions.

The Danes person ne'er mislaid a Conference League matter successful this information of the contention erstwhile netting first, dropping points lone erstwhile successful that scenario.

On Thursday, they could endure consecutive competitory defeats for the archetypal clip each play aft losing 3-2 domestically versus Midtjylland connected Sunday.

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Team News

Hamstring injuries volition apt support Stanis Idumbo and Ansu Fati retired of the Monaco fold connected matchday three, portion Eric Dier should beryllium disposable aft precocious recovering from a thigh strain.

Paris Brunner has 2 goals for Les Monegasques successful this signifier of the tournament, with the German netting the victor against Freiburg connected matchday two, portion Lamine Camara and Ansu Fati besides scored connected that occasion.

An ankle contented whitethorn support Noah Markmann connected the Nordsjaelland sidelines for this one, Victor Nelsson has a sore shoulder, Tobias Salquist is dealing with fittingness problems, portion Jakob Busk and Souleymane Alio person knocks and Justin Janssen is suspended.

Ibrahim Adel netted a brace against Sofia, arsenic helium present leads the squad successful this contention acknowledgment to those 2 strikes.

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Vanderson, Teze, Dier, Mawissa; Zakaria, Camara; Minamino, Golovin, Detourbet; Brunner

Nordsjaelland imaginable starting lineup:

Hansen; Acquah, Tuka, Norheim; Heyde, Brink, Rojkjaer, Lahteenmaki; Berthelsen, Lind, Adel

We say: Monaco 2-0 Nordsjaelland

We expect the Danes to play conservatively and bent back, trying to clasp disconnected the Principality nine passim the match.

Monaco, however, are usually astatine their champion offensively astatine home, and we judge they tin predominate this crippled and yet interruption down Nordsjaelland, who person not faced a broadside with arsenic overmuch attacking extent arsenic Les Monegasques.

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