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AS Monaco vs Marseille

Competition – France Ligue 1

Stadium – Stade Louis II

Date: 2nd September 2018

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Since winning the Ligue 1 two seasons ago, AS Monaco have made themselves a club constantly in transition as players keep coming to and leaving the principality club en masse every summer, and this summer has been no different.

However, credit to their manager, they have remained competitive in the French league even though they haven’t reached the heights they achieved in their triumphant campaign.

They started this season with a 4-0 loss to a largely changed PSG side in the French Super Cup, but they followed that up by beating Nantes 3-1 away from home in their first league game of the season, which has been their only three points of the season so far.

Since their opening day win, they have collected just one point from a possible six, so they will be looking to earn early bragging rights over Marseille in this game.

Marseille fell short of qualifying for the Champions League last season after they finished outside the top three and lost the Europa League final to Atletico Madrid.

This season they will be looking to challenge for the Ligue 1 crown and a place in the top three again however they have started their season in an inconsistent manner.

They opened their campaign with a 4-0 home win over Toulouse before losing their next game 3-1 at Nimes.   Marseille picked up a point from a 2-2 home draw against Rennes in their most recent fixture.

This game offers Marseille a chance to prove that they are ready to challenge PSG and Monaco for the league title and they should expect a very tough game.

Surprisingly, Marseille are currently trading as favourites with bookmakers to take all three points from the Stade Louis II however the odds are extremely close and many will find Monaco appealing with home advantage on their side.

Goal markets suggest this game will have goals will over 2.5 goals currently trading odds-on.

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

AS Monaco

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D AS Monaco 0-0 Lille 18 Aug, 2018 French Ligue 1
W Nantes 1-3 AS Monaco 11 Aug, 2018 French Ligue 1
L Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 AS Monaco 4 Aug, 2018 French Trophee des Champions
L Hamburg SV 3-1 AS Monaco 28 Jul, 2018 Friendly
W Troyes 0-3 AS Monaco 19 May, 2018 French Ligue 1

Marseille

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Nimes 3-1 Marseille 19 Aug, 2018 French Ligue 1
W Marseille 4-0 Toulouse 10 Aug, 2018 French Ligue 1
L AFC Bournemouth 5-2 Marseille 4 Aug, 2018 Friendly
L Marseille 2-3 Real Betis 25 Jul, 2018 Friendly
D Marseille 1-1 Villarreal 21 Jul, 2018 Friendly


H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Marseille 2-2 AS Monaco 28 Jan, 2018 French Ligue 1
AS Monaco 6-1 Marseille 27 Aug, 2017 French Ligue 1
Marseille 3-4 AS Monaco 1 Mar, 2017 French Coupe de France
Marseille 1-4 AS Monaco 15 Jan, 2017 French Ligue 1
AS Monaco 4-0 Marseille 26 Nov, 2016 French Ligue 1

Other fixtures taking place this week in France Ligue 1:

January 3, 2025
OGC Nice 21:00 Stade Rennais FC
January 4, 2025
Saint-Etienne 17:00 Stade de Reims
LOSC Lille Métropole 19:00 Nantes
Lyon 21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC
January 5, 2025
Lens 15:00 Toulouse
Angers 15:00 Brest
Strasbourg 15:00 Auxerre
Marseille 20:45 Le Havre
January 12, 2025
Stade Rennais FC 01:00 Marseille
Paris Saint-Germain 01:00 Saint-Etienne
Brest 01:00 Lyon
Montpellier Hérault SC 01:00 Angers
Le Havre 01:00 Lens
Auxerre 01:00 LOSC Lille Métropole
Nantes 01:00 Monaco
Toulouse 01:00 Strasbourg
Stade de Reims 01:00 OGC Nice

France Ligue 1 Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Paris Saint-Germain 16 12 4 0 44 14 +30 40
2 Marseille 15 9 3 3 32 18 +14 30
3 Monaco 16 9 3 4 26 16 +10 30
4 LOSC Lille Métropole 15 7 6 2 25 15 +10 27
5 Lyon 15 7 4 4 27 20 +7 25
6 OGC Nice 15 6 6 3 28 19 +9 24
7 Lens 15 6 6 3 19 14 +5 24
8 Auxerre 15 6 3 6 23 23 +0 21
9 Toulouse 15 6 3 6 17 17 +0 21
10 Stade de Reims 15 5 5 5 20 18 +2 20
11 Brest 15 6 1 8 24 27 -3 19
12 Stade Rennais FC 15 5 2 8 20 20 +0 17
13 Strasbourg 15 4 5 6 25 27 -2 17
14 Nantes 15 3 5 7 17 24 -7 14
15 Angers 15 3 4 8 14 26 -12 13
16 Saint-Etienne 15 4 1 10 12 34 -22 13
17 Le Havre 15 4 0 11 11 29 -18 12
18 Montpellier Hérault SC 15 2 3 10 15 38 -23 9

France Ligue 1 Results

December 18, 2024
Monaco 2 - 4 Paris Saint-Germain
December 15, 2024
Paris Saint-Germain 3 - 1 Lyon
Brest 4 - 1 Nantes
Le Havre 0 - 3 Strasbourg
Stade Rennais FC 2 - 0 Angers
Montpellier Hérault SC 2 - 2 OGC Nice
December 14, 2024
Stade de Reims 0 - 0 Monaco
Auxerre 2 - 2 Lens
Marseille 1 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole
December 13, 2024
Toulouse 2 - 1 Saint-Etienne
December 8, 2024
Saint-Etienne 0 - 2 Marseille
Nantes 1 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
Strasbourg 0 - 0 Stade de Reims
Lens 2 - 0 Montpellier Hérault SC
December 7, 2024
Angers 0 - 3 Lyon
OGC Nice 2 - 1 Le Havre
Monaco 2 - 0 Toulouse
December 6, 2024
Auxerre 0 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain
LOSC Lille Métropole 3 - 1 Brest

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