Week 28 features a match on Sunday Mar 13th, where Monaco and Strasbourg will play a match in Strasbourg in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Strasbourg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Reims. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde struck first for Strasbourg in the 69th minute, then Jens Cajuste tied it up for Reims in the 84th minute on a feed from Arbër Zeneli earning them at least the one point. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Strasbourg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Monaco recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Olympique Marseille. Gelson Martins scored the first goal for Monaco in the 58th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Olympique Marseille was frustrated by Monaco’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Monaco ended the match with the shutout victory. Monaco is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Monaco and Strasbourg battled to a 1-1 draw. Wissam Ben Yedder struck first for Monaco in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty, but Ludovic Ajorque got the equalizer for Strasbourg in the 48th minute on a penalty earning them at least the one point.
Jean Marcelin and Wissam Ben Yedder are the top scorers for Monaco in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Strasbourg hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Dimitri Liénard and Kévin Gameiro, and they each have 1 goal
Julien Stéphan’s squad will be without Adrien Thomasson, Dimitri Liénard, Majeed Waris, Maxime Le Marchand, Ismael Doukoure and Eiji Kawashima, while Philippe Clement’s Monaco squad will be without Krépin Diatta, Cesc Fàbregas and Aleksandr Golovin.