Monaco and Lorient will take on on Sunday the 13th of February at 1:00 pm in the 24th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Monaco at the Stade Louis II.. The appointed referee is Bastien Dechepy.

Monaco is in the 6th position in the standings with 36 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Olympique Lyonnais in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 10 times, draw 6 times, and lost 7 times.​​

Lorient occupies the 17th place in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Lens in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 11 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

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

Monaco​

Monaco has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 39.13%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-4-2 (7 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-2-4-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Philippe Clement is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: A. Nübel, C. Oliveira Silva, A. Disasi, G. Maripán Loaysa, R. Aguilar, A. Tchouaméni, S. Diop, J. de Souza Oliveira, G. Batalha Martins, K. Volland and W. Ben Yedder.

Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Monaco would be 26.27.

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

Lorient​

Lorient has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 52.17%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (12 times), 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).

Christophe Pélissier is expected to play against Monaco with the following players: M. Dreyer, V. Le Goff, M. Jenz, J. Laporte, H. Mendes, B. Innocent, T. Moffi, Q. Boisgard, T. Monconduit, A. Lauriente and S. Soumano.

Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Lorient would be 27.10.

J. Morel, L. Pétrot, L. Abergel, F. Lemoine and D. Faissal Ouattara will definitely miss the match.