Nantes and Monaco are going to take on on Sunday the 9th of January at 5:05 pm in the 20th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau. The appointed referee is Thomas Léonard.
Nantes sits in the 7th position in the table with 28 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Saint-Étienne in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.
Nantes won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 1st of December against Olympique Marseille and the score was 0-1.
Monaco sits in the 6th position in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 8 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 42.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times) and 5-4-1 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Monaco with the following players: A. Lafont, Q. Merlin, N. Pallois, J. Castelletto, F. Pereira da Silva, A. Girotto, M. Simon, P. Chirivella Burgos, W. Cyprien, M. Coco and R. Kolo Muani.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Nantes would be 26.91.
A. Limbombe Ekango will definitely miss the match.
Monaco
Monaco has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 42.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-4-2 (7 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Philippe Clement is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: A. Nübel, I. Jakobs, G. Maripán Loaysa, A. Disasi, D. Sidibé, E. Matazo, A. Tchouaméni, C. Oliveira Silva, K. Volland, S. Diop and W. Ben Yedder.
If the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Monaco would be 25.64.
R. Aguilar, K. Diatta and F. Fàbregas i Soler will definitely miss the match.