The upcoming Coupe De La Ligue fixture between Nice and Monaco will be held in the Allianz Riviera Stadium. Monaco is most likely to win this match because they have been in good form and have lost only one of their last six matches they have played overall in all competitions. On the other hand the home team has been out of form lately with two losses and one draw in their last games.
Tournament – Coupe De La Ligue 2017-2018
When: 1:30 AM (IST) on Sunday
Where: Allianz Riviera, France
Date – January 10, 2018
IndiaFantasy Match Info:
Head to Head (Last six Encounters)
Nice won – 2
Monaco won – 4
Not Decided – 0
Team Formation –
MAG: 4-4-2
ESP: 4-2-3-1
NIC (Probable 11) –
Benitiez (GK), Souquet, Santos, Dante, Marchand, Seri, Mendy, Lees-Melou, Srarfi, Plea, Saint-Maximin
MON (Probable 11) –
Subasic (GK), T. Kongolo, Jemerson, Glik, Sidibe, Fabinho, Moutinho, Keita, Lemar, Lopes, Falcao
NIC –
MON –
(IndiaFantasy suggests picking more players of Monaco over Nice)
(ST) Falcao (MON)
(RM) Moutinho (MON)
(CAM) Lemar (MON)
(RW) Keita (MON)
(RF) Srarfi (NIC)
(RB) Souquet (NIC)
(LB) Marchand (NIC)
*(The aforementioned players are selected on the basis of their performance in their last match)
If we have to consider the Ligue 1 performances of both the teams for this fixture then Monaco is the better team not only in the sheets but also on the ground. The away team is currently the second team on Ligue 1 table with 41 points bagged with 13 wins and 2 draws. On the other hand the home team is ranked 6th on the Ligue 1 points table with just 27 points and 8 wins out of the 19 matches they have played so far in Ligue 1. However, Coupe De La Ligue is a different tournament and both the teams are contesting to qualify to the semi final of this tournament and would try to hold their ground but Monaco is the better team.
We are providing you the NIC vs MON football match preview based on our research and understanding. Please choose your own probable playing 11 as these matches are quite risky to predict who will play and who will not get the chance to play.