H2H: Nice vs Monaco – Prediction (Ligue 1

H2H: Nice vs Monaco – Comparison.

Nice’s Amine Gouiri has netted three league goals this season, while five of his last six competitive strikes have come between the 20th and 35th minute. Joint-second in the league’s top scorer stakes, Wissam Ben Yedder has netted in five of Monaco’s last six matches. Two of his nine career league goals against Nice came last term. Only one of the last 11 league H2Hs held here has been drawn, with both sides winning five apiece. Eight of the last nine such matches featured goals in both halves.

Nice Insights.

Unbeaten in five Ligue 1 (L1) matches (W3, D2), Nice have made their best start to a league season since 2016/17. Although defeat to Slavia Prague (Nov 5) continued their European struggles, they’ve scored in each of their last seven competitive fixtures (W4, D1, L2). Those matches produced an average of 3.71 goals per game. Yet to keep a clean sheet as league hosts (W2, D1, L1) or claim a first-half lead (HT: D3, L1), Nice have neither scored nor conceded here after the 75th minute this term. That stands out as ahead of the round, as 19.92% of all L1 goals this season came during that period.

Monaco Insights.

Monaco have been inconsistent in the league (W4, D2, L3) but hard to beat if netting first in L1 action this term (W4, L1). Additionally, their matches have provided plenty of entertainment, with an average of 3.11 goals per L1 fixture to date. That said, Niko Kovač’s side have lost the last four league H2Hs here. They conceded an average of three goals per game across those four H2H losses above, and they’ve also lost 53.85% of L1 matches entered as away favourites since the start of last season. Interestingly, they’ve conceded five (71.43%) out of seven L1 away ‘goals against’ this term either between the 30th minute and HT or after the 75th minute.