AS Monaco vs Strasbourg Preview

AS Monaco will be looking to bounce back from their two game winless run when they host Strasbourg in this game.

The French champions Lost 4-0 to Nice in the league last weekend before following that up with 1-1 draw at Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday.

They struggled to hold Mario Balotelli who scored twice and more importantly they failed to put together coordinated attacking displays against Lucien Favre’s side and looked like a side missing many of their important attacking players at several points during that game.

After letting most of their Ligue 1 winning players leave this summer, they are expected to finish second in the league table this season but they need to get back to winning ways soon to achieve a second place finish.

Strasbourg have just 4 points from their opening 5 games and they lost their last league game 1-0 to Amiens which showed  their lack of depth this season.

They face a tough run of games from this fixture as they are going to play Nice, Nantes and Marseille after this game.

Getting a single point from this encounter would be great achievement for them in this game however they could shock the defending champions after Monaco’s midweek Champions League tie.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

AS Monaco 

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Nice		4-0		AS Monaco	Sep 9, 2017	French Ligue 1
W	AS Monaco		6-1		Marseille	Aug 27, 2017	French Ligue 1
W	Metz		0-1		AS Monaco	Aug 18, 2017	French Ligue 1
W	Dijon FCO		1-4		AS Monaco	Aug 13, 2017	French Ligue 1
W	AS Monaco		3-2		Toulouse	Aug 4, 2017	French Ligue 1

Strasbourg  

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Strasbourg		0-1		SC Amiens	Sep 9, 2017	French Ligue 1
L	Guingamp		2-0		Strasbourg	Aug 27, 2017	French Ligue 1
D	Montpellier		1-1		Strasbourg	Aug 19, 2017	French Ligue 1
W	Strasbourg		3-0		Lille	Aug 13, 2017	French Ligue 1
L	Lyon		4-0		Strasbourg	Aug 5, 2017	French Ligue 1

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Strasbourg		0-2		AS Monaco	Apr 5, 2008	French Ligue 1
AS Monaco		3-0		Strasbourg	Nov 10, 2007	French Ligue 1
AS Monaco		1-1		Strasbourg	Jan 11, 2006	French Ligue 1
Strasbourg		1-2		AS Monaco	Aug 14, 2005	French Ligue 1
Strasbourg		0-0		AS Monaco	Mar 16, 2005	French Ligue 1

Other fixtures taking place this week in France Ligue 1:

France Ligue 1 Table

France Ligue 1 Results