In a mid week match on Wednesday Apr 20th, in week 33, Monaco plays host to Nice in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. Monaco is fresh off their 3-2 win against Rennes. Flavien Tait scored the first goal for Rennes in the 3rd minute, then Vanderson de Oliveira Campos tied it up for Monaco in the 12th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 57th minute on a goal by Wissam Ben Yedder. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Monaco should be reasonably happy with their performance, while nice sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Lorient. Andy Delort struck first for Nice in the 54th minute from the penalty spot, then Armand Lauriente tied it up for Lorient in the 61st minute on a feed from Vincent Le Goff. Nice is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 19th of September, Nice hosted Monaco in their last match together. Nice and Monaco battled to a 2-2 draw. Aleksandr Golovin struck first for Monaco in the 39th minute on a feed from Gelson Martins, then Andy Delort got the equalizer for Nice in the 51st minute on a feed from Amine Gouiri .
Nice’s most prolific scorer has been Andy Delort. The French attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Wissam Ben Yedder has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Monaco
Monaco will be without Krépin Diatta, Cesc Fàbregas, Kevin Volland, Gelson Martins and Guillermo Maripán, while Nice will be without Morgan Schneiderlin, Dante, Youcef Atal, Alexis Claude Maurice and Danilo.