AS Monaco vs Lorient Prediction: Lorient must play on the defensive.

AS Monaco and. Lorient face each other in the 26th round of the Ligue 1. The game will be played at the Stade Louis II, home ground to Monaco.

AS Monaco are currently 3rd on the Ligue 1 table and their stats so far are: 13 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats, and a total of 45 points. While Lorient are ranked in 15th place with the following stats: 6 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses and a total of 25 points.

AS Monaco

There's enough to indicate that AS Monaco will win this game against Lorient. Their stats are far from perfect, but they are the better side in this clash. In Monaco's last 5 league games, they had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

AS Monaco played against Strasbourg last weekend and they won 1-0. Eliesse Ben Seghir scored the only goal that separated both sides in the 72nd minute. And according to the stats AS Monaco had a better game than Strasbourg. They had 66% possession, 6 shots on target and 8 corner kicks. They created just 1 big chance and missed it and they had 15 shots inside the opponent's box.

AS Monaco manager Adolf Hütter was pleased to pick up an important 3 points in the game against Strasbourg. However, the team will need more improvement as they head into the important part of the season. He deployed a 4-4-2 formation against Strasbourg and he'll most likely stick to the same formation in the coming game. But he will demand more from his team, given the current state of the Lorient team.

Lorient

Lorient lost their last game and it didn't come as a surprise despite their good results in the past couple of weeks. In their last 5 league games they had 3 wins and 2 defeats. One of those defeats was against Olympique Lyon last weekend.

Lorient lost to Lyon by 2 goals to nil, with both goals coming in the 2nd half of the game. Lorient were second best according to the stats of the game. They had 48% possession, 0 shots on target and 4 corner kicks. They also created 0 chances throughout the game.

Lorient will face a tough game against AS Monaco, no doubt. And some might feel the best approach for them right now is to stay on the defensive. Lorient manager Regis Le Bris deployed a 3-4-2-1 against Olympique Lyon and the team struggled throughout the game. A change is very necessary for the upcoming game or they might be heading to another defeat.

Head to Head

According to the h2h, in the last 20 meetings between AS Monaco and Lorient, AS Monaco won 9 games while Lorient won 4 and they drew 7 games.

Analysis and Predictions

The gap between both clubs is so wide and the scoreline should reflect that. Lorient are out of order at the moment and their luck seems to have run out. And for AS Monaco, they are definitely the favorites, but they are not as bright as one would expect. So they might struggle to score more than once or even score at all.

According to the h2h, AS Monaco are without a loss in the last 3 meetings. Both clubs have not kept a clean sheet in the last 3 meetings and 5 of the last 7 meetings ended with more than 2.5 goals. Both teams also scored in 5 of the last 7 meetings.

• Monaco to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals at 1.71 Odds
• Monaco to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals at 1.71 Odds
• Under 2.5 Goals at 2.40 Odds