LOSC Lille vs AS Monaco Prediction: No Straightforward Victory for Monaco

League leaders AS Monaco are traveling to the Stade Pierre Mauroy to face LOSC Lille for their 10th game of the campaign. They extended their win streak to 3 games last week against Metz FC at home and now they are back on the road searching for another 3 points. LOSC Lille are also having a win streak of their own. They won their last league game against Brest and then they won their Europa league game against Slovan. Confidence is high in both teams, so this should be an exciting clash between two top teams.

Lille are once again playing at home after their recent triumph over Stade Brest last weekend on home soil. They won the game by a single goal scored by Yusuf Yazici in the 6th minute. They also were in fine form when they face Slovan in the Europa league in midweek. They won the game by 2 goals to 1, courtesy of goals from Yusuf Yazici and Remy Cabella.

LOSC Lille will face a tough Monaco team who are topping the league at the moment and have a 3-match win streak behind them. However, Lille can draw inspiration from the fact that they haven't lost to Monaco in their last 2 meetings. With the most recent ending in a goalless draw.

LOSC Lille are 4th on the league table, with 15 points from 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

• No losses in 5 matches.
• Less than 2.5 goals in 4/5 matches.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 7/9 matches.

AS Monaco will need to apply caution against LOSC Lille, because they are also a top team as they have proved so far in the opening games of the season. AS Moanco are top of the League with 20 points after getting 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. They would very much like to keep the tempo as Nice and PSG are not far behind with 19 and 18 points respectively.

AS Monaco have won their last 3 matches in a row and they are confident they can win this game. They beat 16th place Metz FC by 2 goals to 1. Aleksandr Golovin foundthe back of the net twice in the 42nd and 55th minute to hand Monaco all 3 points.

Monaco and Lille had played exciting games on this ground in the past. Lille won their most recent meeting on this ground by 4 goals to 3 last year. Monaco also meeting before that by 2 goals to 1.

• Wins in 3 matches.
• Without a clean sheet in 5 matches.
• More than 2.5 goals in 9/10 matches.
• Both teams scored in 4/5 matches.
• First to concede in 4/5 matches.
• Less than 4.5 cards in 8/10 matches.

According to the head-to-head, Monaco and Lille faced each other 20 times before now. Monaco won 9 matches, while Lille won 4 and 7 games ended in a draw.

• More than 2.5 goals in 6/8 matches.
• Both teams Score in 5/7 matches.

Monaco have handled themselves appropraitely in the opening 9 matches and although its still a long way to the end of the season, but they are beginning to fancy themselves as champions by the end of the season. That comes with its own level of pressure and Monaco will need to be mentally strong if they must remain top.

I give both teams equal opportunity to win this clash because Monaco are bound to collapse at some point and this might be the sort of clash that makes that happen.

• Goal before 60.5 Minutes at 1.83 Odds
• Home or Away Win and Over 2.5 Goals at 1.85 Odds
• Under 4 Goals at 1.60 Odds