On the 13th of February, Lorient and Monaco will play a match in Monaco in a clash of the Ligue 1. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 6th placed Monaco, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Amiens SC. Aurelien Tchouameni struck first for Monaco in the 5th minute, then Kevin Volland added another in the 54th minute on a feed from Akliouche At the end of 90 a dissapointed Amiens SC couldn’t manage to score, and Monaco took the shutout win. Monaco is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while lorient sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Lens. Soumano struck first for Lorient in the 43rd minute on a feed from Armand Lauriente, then Ibrahima Kone added another in the 76th minute In the end, Lens couldn’t muster any offence and Lorient ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
Monaco and Lorient last played eachother at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir on Friday Aug 13th. Lorient won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over 12000 fans. Terem Moffi scored the first goal for Lorient in the 31st minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Monaco was frustrated by Lorient’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Lorient ended the match with the shutout victory.
Soumano has been the most prolific scorer on Lorient in the last five matches with three goals. Wissam Ben Yedder has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 6 goals for Monaco
Krépin Diatta, Cesc Fàbregas, Aleksandr Golovin, Djibril Sidibé, Kevin Volland, Benoît Badiashile and Radosław Majecki are unavailable to play for Philippe Clement’s team, while Christophe Pélissier’s Lorient squad will be without Fabien Lemoine and Abergel.