Monaco - Nantes predictions

This is a fairly one-sided matchup in the hosts’ favour. While there may be a tiny chance of a draw or even an upset, we wouldn’t count on it. Monaco winning is by far the most likely outcome.

The current perspective makes the situation crystal clear. Given the superiority of Monaco and the 7.18 odds given to Nantes to win, it is evident that anything but a home win would be an incredible shock.

The host’s away game in the previous round went about as expected. Most bookies expected them to win easily, and they did. They took some time to get the game moving but clearly established their dominance by winning 0:2 after a rather inconclusive first half.

The away team played the previous round of the Ligue 1 at home, but they were still highly unlikely to come out on top. As expected, their opponents Lille recorded a narrow but firm away win after spending most of the match ahead.

Monaco have a reputation for consistently scoring high, especially in the past few matches. Records show more than 5 goals scored in total over their previous 3 outings, which is a fairly strong result.

Considering they conceded more than 5 times in their latest 3 home games, there’s not a lot of confidence in Nantes and their defenses. Hopefully, they’ll somehow do better as visitors.

Monaco are trailing behind the table leaders by 9 points. The top online bookmakers consider their odds of taking another 3 points this Sunday fairly strong, though.

These two teams already clashed multiple times this season, and neither managed to come out on top in any of those games. Most bookmakers see Monaco as the favourites, though, so they’ll want to use the extra drive of being the hosts to finally earn a conclusive result.

The visitors’ status as underdogs is further made worse by the exceptionally high number of injuries going into this match. Rémy Descamps, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Moses Simon, Stredair Appuah, Douglas Augusto, Bastien Meupiyou Menadjou will all be unable to play at Stade Louis II, so think twice before putting down any bets.

Decent offers are in short supply for this match, so our best tip is to risk an HT/FT bet and go for Draw/Home. It’s quite a bold offer to take at odds of 1.50, but the betting value makes it interesting.