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The two teams met in the quarter-final of League Cup just seven days ago in Nice and Monaco won the match by 2-1, while the same team had an upper hand last autumn when it won by even 4-0 at home.

AS Monaco

All this tell us that the reigning champions of France are great favourites to win this duel, regardless of fact that their great rival from the French Riviera has significantly improved recently. Their recent head-to-head in the League Cup has showed that Nice is still not strong enough to fight off Monaco. Last weekend Monaco merely drew with Montpellier away 0-0, which at the same time put an end to their six-game winning streak.

True, half of those six victories Monaco achieved in French cups, while in the Ligue 1 this steam has five-game unbeaten streak of four wins and one draw, which was enough to keep it at the second place in the table. Monaco has the same number of points like third-placed Lyon and just one point more than fourth-positioned Marseille, while on the other hand leading PSG has 11 points more at the moment so it is already clear that Monaco can fight only for direct qualification for the Champions League. Let’s add that due to injuries out of action is stopper Jemerson, and midfielders Tielemans, Traore and Boschilia.

Probable lineups AS Monaco: Subasic – Sidibe, Glik, Raggi, Jorge – Fabinho, Moutinho – Diakhaby, Lemar, Keita – Falcao

OGC Nice

We have said in the introduction that the guests from Nice play significantly better after a dreadful start of new season. In the league a series of five wins and one draw propelled them to the sixth place in the table, however, Nice doesn’t do that well in French cups as Toulouse recently eliminated it from the French Cup, and Monaco from the League Cup. Nice had earlier qualified for the knockout phase of the Europa League.

The latest string of good results was primarily product of great work of Nice defence, which is best seen through fact that it received just one goal in last three matches, while at the same time Nice scored at least once in each of those matches. Now, ahead of it is away match with team that is also in a very good shape, and when out of action are defender Souquet, midfielders Mendy and Lusamba, and forward Le Bihan.

Probable lineups OGC Nice: Benitez – Jallet, Dante, Sarr, Le Marchand – Lees-Melou, Tameze, Seri, Saint-Maximin – Balotelli, Plea

Verdict:

After defeating Nice in the quarter-finals of League Cup by 2-1 just seven days ago we expect from Monaco to routinely outplay Nice in the league and in that way to keep the second place in the table.

Pick: Monaco 1.71 - 7/10 @1XBet