AS Monaco and Caen will meet Wednesday, December 21, in a match counting for the 19th round of Ligue 1.
AS Monaco FC (2nd)
Friday recorded monegascii first defeat that they suffered at home in this season (1-3 vs. Lyon). Not for the first time the band’s Jardim lose a derby categorically, the precedent episode registering on his land in failure Nice 4-0, but Falcao & co. are first faced with a complicated situation: to avoid two consecutive negative results on “Stade Louis II.”
Benjamin Mendy ridiculous gesture made in confronting Lyon cost her enormous Monaco. Shooting grotesque that defender for 22 years and it has applied to Tolisso led to its elimination from the first half (at 1-0 for OL), the team from the Principality having great difficulty in keeping on pace with her opponent. However, it is worth the AS goal scored it even outnumbered. The context in which Bakayoko failed to score more confirms huge offensive force available monegascii.
Things looked good for AS Monaco to play last Sunday (best offense in Europe, qualifying mild spring Uefa Champions League and occupying a position excellent in Ligue 1), and the tension present when not justified in any way . Thus, it is expected that Leonardo Jardim’s students to be highly motivated and focused on lifelong dispute Wednesday night.
Stade Malherbe Caen (16th)
The team coached by Patrice Garand show significant improvements lately, especially in terms of coaching. Managed to score three goals so far in the duel of two rounds in the company of Dijon (3-3), and in the previous round in confronting Metz (3-0), the group of northwestern France distanced herself from two points redline.
If recent developments offer hope that Caen’s fans can get a great result on “Stade Louis II” statistical away games bring him down to earth: 7 losses recorded on foreign land dispute last August. However, “Les Caennais” have nothing to lose and, considering the history of confrontations with Monaco (which we’ll talk in the next lines.
direct meetings
Although it may seem surprising, Caen put the big problems in the Principality in recent years. Only if we look over the previous 13 duels Monaco we find that not all duels with harboring unknown band from Normade Netherlands: Caen 4 wins, eight draws and one win Monaco.
Probable teams
AS Monaco (4-4-2): Subasic – Sidibe, Jemerson, Glika, Toure – Lemar, Bakayoko, Fabinho, Dirar – Mbappe-Lottin, Falcao
Caen (3-5-2): Reulet – Silva, Yahia, Adeoti – Guilbert, Delaplace, Seube, Feret, Bessat – Rodelin, Santini
Tip: Over 10,5 corners
Stake: 7/10
Odds: 2.05 at bet365
