Bordeaux and Monaco will face off on Sunday the 20th of February at 5:05 pm in the 25th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Bordeaux at the Stade Matmut-Atlantique. The chosen referee is Jérémie Pignard.
Bordeaux is in the 20th position in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against Lens in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 12 times.
Monaco is in the 8th place in the league with 37 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Lorient in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 10 times, draw 7 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 20.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-4-1-1 (3 times), 4-1-3-2 (3 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times) and 4-3-3 (2 times).
Jaroslav Plasil is expected to play against Monaco with the following players: G. Poussin, G. Mensah, A. Ahmedhodzic, M. Guedes Filho, E. Kwateng, R. Oudin, J. Guilavogui, J. Junior Onana Onana, A. Elis Martínez, U. Hwang and F. Rodrigues Barbosa.
In case that this will be the line-up, the average age of Bordeaux would be 27.09.
B. Costil, P. Baysse, T. Pembele, M. Zerkane, J. Briand and A. Traore will definitely miss the match.
Monaco
Monaco has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 37.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-4-2 (7 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 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 Bordeaux with the following players: A. Nübel, C. Oliveira Silva, G. Maripán Loaysa, A. Disasi, D. Sidibé, A. Tchouaméni, S. Diop, J. de Souza Oliveira, K. Volland, V. de Oliveira Campos and W. Ben Yedder.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Monaco would be 25.82.
B. Badiashile Mukinayi, K. Diatta, F. Fàbregas i Soler and M. Boadu will definitely miss the match.