Paris Saint Germain and Monaco will play on Sunday the 12th of December at 8:45 pm in the 18th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Paris at the Parc des Princes. The encounter will be officiated by Benoît Bastien.

Paris Saint Germain occupies the 1st place in the standings with 42 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Lens in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 13 times, draw 3 times, and lost once.​​

Monaco sits in the 7th position in the table with 26 points. It comes from a 4-0 win against Metz in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 5 times, and lost 5 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Paris Saint Germain​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
21 May
Paris Saint Germain-Metz
5-0
4-3-3
14 May
Montpellier-Paris Saint Germain
0-4
4-2-3-1
08 May
Paris Saint Germain-Troyes
2-2
3-4-3
29 Apr
Strasbourg-Paris Saint Germain
3-3
3-4-2-1
23 Apr
Paris Saint Germain-Lens
1-1
3-5-2
20 Apr
Angers SCO-Paris Saint Germain
0-3
4-3-3
17 Apr
Paris Saint Germain-Olympique Marseille
2-1
4-3-3
09 Apr
Clermont-Paris Saint Germain
1-6
4-4-2
03 Apr
Paris Saint Germain-Lorient
5-1
4-3-3
20 Mar
Monaco-Paris Saint Germain
3-0
4-3-3
13 Mar
Paris Saint Germain-Bordeaux
3-0
4-3-3
05 Mar
Nice-Paris Saint Germain
1-0
4-3-3
26 Feb
Paris Saint Germain-Saint-Étienne
3-1
4-3-3
19 Feb
Nantes-Paris Saint Germain
3-1
4-3-3
11 Feb
Paris Saint Germain-Rennes
1-0
4-3-3
06 Feb
Lille-Paris Saint Germain
1-5
4-3-3
23 Jan
Paris Saint Germain-Reims
4-0
4-3-3
15 Jan
Paris Saint Germain-Brest
2-0
4-3-3
09 Jan
Olympique Lyonnais-Paris Saint Germain
1-1
4-2-2-2
22 Dec
Lorient-Paris Saint Germain
1-1
4-3-3
12 Dec
Paris Saint Germain-Monaco
2-0
4-3-3
04 Dec
Lens-Paris Saint Germain
1-1
4-3-3
01 Dec
Paris Saint Germain-Nice
0-0
4-2-3-1
28 Nov
Saint-Étienne-Paris Saint Germain
1-3
4-3-3
20 Nov
Paris Saint Germain-Nantes
3-1
4-3-3
06 Nov
Bordeaux-Paris Saint Germain
2-3
4-3-3
29 Oct
Paris Saint Germain-Lille
2-1
4-2-3-1
24 Oct
Olympique Marseille-Paris Saint Germain
0-0
4-3-3
15 Oct
Paris Saint Germain-Angers SCO
2-1
4-2-3-1
03 Oct
Rennes-Paris Saint Germain
2-0
4-3-3
25 Sep
Paris Saint Germain-Montpellier
2-0
4-3-1-2
22 Sep
Metz-Paris Saint Germain
1-2
4-2-3-1
19 Sep
Paris Saint Germain-Olympique Lyonnais
2-1
4-3-3
11 Sep
Paris Saint Germain-Clermont
4-0
4-3-3
29 Aug
Reims-Paris Saint Germain
0-2
4-3-1-2
20 Aug
Brest-Paris Saint Germain
2-4
4-3-3
14 Aug
Paris Saint Germain-Strasbourg
4-2
4-4-2
07 Aug
Troyes-Paris Saint Germain
1-2

Paris Saint Germain has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 58.82%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times) and 4-4-2 (once).

Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero is expected to play against Monaco with the following players: K. Navas Gamboa, J. Bernat Velasco, P. Kimpembe, M. Aoás Corrêa, A. Hakimi Mouh, D. Hélio Pereira, L. Paredes, M. Verratti, Á. Di María Hernández, L. Messi and M. Icardi Rivero.

In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Paris Saint Germain would be 29.09.

S. Ramos García, N. Mendes, N. da Silva Santos Junior and J. Draxler will definitely miss the match.

Monaco​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
21 May
Lens-Monaco
2-2
4-2-3-1
14 May
Monaco-Brest
4-2
4-2-3-1
06 May
Lille-Monaco
1-2
4-2-3-1
01 May
Monaco-Angers SCO
2-0
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
Saint-Étienne-Monaco
1-4
4-2-3-1
20 Apr
Monaco-Nice
1-0
4-2-3-1
15 Apr
Rennes-Monaco
2-3
4-4-2
10 Apr
Monaco-Troyes
2-1
4-2-3-1
03 Apr
Metz-Monaco
1-2
4-1-4-1
20 Mar
Monaco-Paris Saint Germain
3-0
4-2-3-1
13 Mar
Strasbourg-Monaco
1-0
4-4-2
06 Mar
Olympique Marseille-Monaco
0-1
4-1-4-1
27 Feb
Monaco-Reims
1-2
4-1-4-1
20 Feb
Bordeaux-Monaco
1-1
4-1-4-1
13 Feb
Monaco-Lorient
0-0
4-1-4-1
05 Feb
Monaco-Olympique Lyonnais
2-0
4-1-4-1
23 Jan
Montpellier-Monaco
3-2
3-2-4-1
16 Jan
Monaco-Clermont
4-0
4-2-3-1
09 Jan
Nantes-Monaco
0-0
4-2-3-1
22 Dec
Monaco-Rennes
2-1
4-2-3-1
12 Dec
Paris Saint Germain-Monaco
2-0
4-2-3-1
05 Dec
Monaco-Metz
4-0
4-2-3-1
01 Dec
Angers SCO-Monaco
1-3
4-2-3-1
28 Nov
Monaco-Strasbourg
1-1
4-4-2
19 Nov
Monaco-Lille
2-2
4-4-2
07 Nov
Reims-Monaco
0-0
4-4-2
31 Oct
Brest-Monaco
2-0
4-4-2
24 Oct
Monaco-Montpellier
3-1
4-4-2
16 Oct
Olympique Lyonnais-Monaco
2-0
4-2-3-1
03 Oct
Monaco-Bordeaux
3-0
4-2-3-1
26 Sep
Clermont-Monaco
1-3
3-4-2-1
22 Sep
Monaco-Saint-Étienne
3-1
3-4-3
19 Sep
Nice-Monaco
2-2
4-4-2
11 Sep
Monaco-Olympique Marseille
0-2
4-2-3-1
29 Aug
Troyes-Monaco
1-2
4-4-1-1
21 Aug
Monaco-Lens
0-2
3-4-3
13 Aug
Lorient-Monaco
1-0
4-4-2
06 Aug
Monaco-Nantes
1-1

Monaco has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 41.18%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Niko Kovač is expected to play against Paris Saint Germain with the following players: A. Nübel, I. Jakobs, G. Maripán Loaysa, A. Disasi, D. Sidibé, A. Tchouaméni, J. de Souza Oliveira, G. Batalha Martins, K. Volland, S. Diop and M. Boadu.

In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Monaco would be 24.18.

B. Badiashile Mukinayi, K. Diatta and F. Fàbregas i Soler will definitely miss the match.