On the 10th of April, in this week 31 match, Monaco will host Troyes at Stade Louis Ii. in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. Monaco sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Metz. Wissam Ben Yedder scored the first goal for Monaco in the 46th minute, then Ibrahim Amadou got the equalizer for Metz in the 62nd minute on a feed from Farid Boulaya. Monaco should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 15th placed Troyes, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Reims. Renaud Ripart scored the first goal for Troyes in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Reims couldn’t muster any offence and Troyes ran away with the shutout win. Troyes is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Monaco and Troyes last played eachother at the Stade De L’aube on Aug 29th. Monaco took the match by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 10000 dissapointed spectators. Sofiane Diop scored the first goal for Monaco in the 40th minute, but Ruben Aguilar got the equalizer for Troyes on an own goal in the 51st minute.
Lebo Mothiba has been the most prolific scorer on Troyes in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Wissam Ben Yedder has been the most effective weapon for Monaco lately. The French attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches
Monaco will be without Krépin Diatta, Cesc Fàbregas and Kevin Volland, while Bruno Irles’s squad will be without Gerson Rodrigues, Issa Kabore, Domingues and Tanguy Banhie-Zoukrou.