Monaco Vs Lyon Match Analysis And Prediction

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Monaco will be looking to record a third win in a row in all competitions when the play host to Lyon at the Stade Louis II in Sunday’s standout Ligue 1 fixture.

The hosts kicked off their Europa League campaign with a 1-0 vctory away to Red Star Belgrade in midweek, while their visitors lost 3-1 to Lorient in league action.

Just four days after coming up with the game-winning goal against Nice in Ligue 1, Breel Embolo was again on the spotlight for Monaco, who were indebted to his spot kick in a 1-0 victory away to Red Star Belgrade.

Monaco were previously unable to win in five straght matches continentally and domestically before returning to form with those victories, and Phileppe Clement’s swith to a three-man backline is seemingly paying dividends on the defensive front.

Les Monegasques have posted two draws and two defeats at Stade Louis II across all competitions this season, losing consecutive matches to Lens and Tryes last month while conceding four goals each time last month, but their visitors suffered a poor away day in midweek.

Peter Bosz admitted that he wanted to make as many as eight half-time changes during Lyon’s defeat to Lorient, who ended his side’s stellar start to the new season in Wednesday’s rearranged fixture.

Les Gones felt the full force of Bosz’s frustration after seeing their unbeaten run come to an end, but a total of 13 points from a possible 18 means that the visitors are still pretty in fourth place at the time of writing.

However, while Lyon have been perfect at the Groupama Stadium this season, wining four from four, they have only collected one point from their first two away matches of the new campaign, as well as keeping just one clean sheet from six so far.

Monaco vs Lyon head to head

These two teams have previously met on 55 occasions across all competitions, where Monaco have claimed 18 victories while Lyon have won 24, and they have drawn in 13. Lyon have scored 87 goals and conceded 67. In their last five meetings, Lyon have won two while Monaco have won three.

Lyon 4-1 Monaco 25/10/20

Lyon 0-2 Monaco 21/04/21

Monaco 2-3 Lyon 02/05/21

Lyon 2-0 Monaco 16/10/21

Monaco 2-0 Lyon 05/02/22

Monaco latest home form

Monaco have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, as they have been winless in their six most recent matches. They were beaten 4-2 by Troyes in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded 12.

Monaco 2-2 Austria Vienna 06/07/22

Monaco 1-1 PSV 02/08/22

Monaco 1-1 Rennes 13/08/22

Monaco 1-4 Lens 20/08/22

Monaco 2-4 Troyes 31/08/22

Monaco latest away form

Monaco have recently been on a relative good run of form on the road, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They defeated Red Star Belgrade 1-0 in their last away game in the Europa League. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded five.

Strasbourg 1-2 Monaco 06/08/22

PSV (E)3-2 Monaco 09/08/22

PSG 1-1 Monaco 28/08/22

Nice 0-1 Monaco 04/09/22

Red Star Belgrade 0-1 Monaco 08/09/22

Lyon latest home form

Lyon have recently been on a good run of form at home, as they have won each of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Angers 5-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 16 goals and conceded just three.

Lyon 3-0 Dinamo Kiev 12/07/22

Lyon 2-1 Ajaccio 05/08/22

Lyon 4-1 Troyes 19/08/22

Lyon 2-1 Auxerre 31/08/22

Lyon 5-0 Angers 03/09/22

Lyon latest away form

Lyon have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their six most recent matches. They were beaten 3-1 by Lorient in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded 11.

Willem II 5-0 Lyon 23/07/22

Feyenoord 0-2 Lyon 24/07/22

Inter Milan 2-2 Lyon 30/07/22

Reims 1-1 Lyon 28/08/22

Lorient 3-1 Lyon 07/09/22

Monaco news

Monaco welcomes centre-back Guillermo Maripan back to the squad in midweek after he served a domestic suspension in the win over Nice.

However, Clement’s attacking option have been restricted by injuries to Myron Boadu, Willem Geubbels and Kevin Volland, but Jean Lucas could provide some fresh legs in the midfield.

Lyon news

Lyon’s Jerome Boateng and Houssem Aouar are both back in traning, leaving Julian Pollersbeck as the visitors’ only absentee, while Thiago Mendes could start on the bench.

Moussa Dembele, Rayan Cherki and Corenti Tolisso are among those seeking to take advantage of their teammates’ midweek laspses to make the first XI on Sunday.

Prediction and Odds

While Monaco are under-performing on their own home turf, Lyon are strugglng to replicate their home form on their travels, and we expect this to be a highly intriguing affair.

With both sides more than capable of threatening on the attacking front despite their leaky defensences, we predict a share of the spoils.

Odds: 1 2.22 X 2.05 2 2.30