In this week 8 match on Sep 18th, Monaco will travel to Reims to battle Reims in a clash 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 will be a great treat for players. Reims sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Toulouse. Zakaria Aboukhlal scored the first goal for Toulouse in the 31st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Reims couldn’t muster any offence and Toulouse ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while in their last match, 7th placed Monaco, recorded a 2-1 win against Olympique Lyonnais. Benoît Badiashile struck first for Monaco in the 55th minute on a feed from Caio Henrique, then Guillermo Maripán added another in the 63rd minute. Monaco is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade Louis Ii., Monaco was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost four thousand jubilant fans. Keita Baldé struck first for Monaco in the 61st minute on a feed from Wissam Ben Yedder, then Marshall Munetsi got the equalizer for Reims in the 69th minute on a feed from Nicolas Lemaitre.
Monaco is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Breel Embolo and Guillermo Maripán each having 2 goals in their last 5. Folarin Balogun has been the most prolific scorer on Reims in the last 5 matches with 3 goals
Azor Matusiwa and Thomas Foket are unavailable to play for Óscar García Junyent’s team, while Philippe Clement’s Monaco squad will be without Kevin Volland.