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At the very start of the 28th round of the French Ligue 1, we expect a very interesting duel, which will be played between the second-ranked Monaco and eighth Bordeaux, which currently has 21 points behind. However, the Girondins have significantly improved their form in this second part of the season and they have won 13 points in the last six matches. On the other hand, they did not have too much success in their previous duels with Monaco because they were defeated even three times in a row.

AS Monaco

The current French champions have after both triumph last season, and in the fall of this season, celebrated as guests with 2-0 over Bordeaux, which certainly puts them in the role of a big favourite before this next match. However, their championship performance, which ended with only 3-3 against Toulouse away, certainly reveals certain weaknesses in Monaco’s defence, while on the other hand their attack continues to work unstoppable even without the injured Falcao.

In fact, the team of Monaco has before this draw with Toulouse had three wins in a row in the championship and one in the League Cup, where they over Monpellier won placement in the Champions League, while we should also point out that they have achieved even 16 goals in the last five matches. However, against Toulouse they were without another striker Keita, who joined the list of injured players together with goalkeeper Benagu, defender Jorge, midfielder Traor and striker Falcao, while center-back Glik has no right to perform on Friday night.

Probable lineups AS Monaco: Subasic – Toure, Raggi, Jemerson, Sidibe – Fabinho, Tielemans – Lopes, Moutinho, Lemar – Jovetic

Bordeaux

As for the guests from Bordeaux, we have already said in the introduction that they have won 13 points in the last six rounds of Ligue 1, which, among other things, brought their breakthrough to the eighth place on the championship table. Nevertheless, they are 14 points away from the European positions, so it is difficult to expect that the championships will be able to make up for that big defeat, especially since they have slowed down a little bit after four wins in the last two rounds, and have lost to Marseille as guests and played 0-0 against Nice.

However, this should not discourage this young and vibrant team, whose revival certainly belongs to the Uruguayan coach Poyet, who took them in mid-January when they were even closer to the relegation zone than to the positions that lead to Europe. We should also add that their great striker Malcom returns in the team for this duel with Monaco, since he has completed his suspension, while center-back Lewczuk and striker Mendy are both still out of action due to injuries.

Probable lineups Bordeaux: Costil – Sabaly, Baysse, Pablo, Poundje – Lerager, Otavio, Meite – Malcom, Laborde, de Preville

Verdict:

Even though Girondins have raised their form considerably in this second part of the season, we still feel that Monaco is much closer to victory in this Ligue 1 derby, especially since Marseille and Lyon continue to face a major fight for placement in the Champions League.

Pick:  Monaco wins 1.68 - 68/100 @1XBet