In a weekend match in week 12, on Sun Oct 23rd, Lille will play host to Monaco in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 7th placed Lille, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Strasbourg. Jonathan David scored the first goal for Lille in the 41st minute on a penalty shot, then Jonathan David added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Timothy Weah In the end, Strasbourg couldn’t muster any offence and Lille ran away with the shutout win. Lille is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Monaco, recorded a 1-1 draw against Clermont. Breel Embolo struck first for Monaco in the 31st minute, but Komnen Andrić got the equalizer for Clermont in the 53rd minute earning Clermont a comeback draw. Monaco should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Monaco won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Monaco is glad to have Wissam Ben Yedder in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. Lille is glad to have Jonathan David in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals
Benjamin André, Bafode Diakite, José Fonte and Alan Virginius are unavailable to play for Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s team, while Monaco will be without Mohamed Camara, Kevin Volland, Gelson Martins and Ruben Aguilar.