On Thursday Nov 3rd, Monaco hosts Crvena Zvezda at Stade Louis Ii. in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Monaco recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Angers SCO. Breel Embolo scored the first goal for Monaco in the 54th minute, then Aleksandr Golovin added another in the 70th minute In the end, Angers SCO was frustrated by Monaco’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Monaco ended the match with the shutout victory. Monaco should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Crvena Zvezda recorded a 2-1 win against Trabzonspor. Aleksandar Katai struck first for Crvena Zvezda in the 37th minute on a feed from Osman Bukari, but Anastasios Bakasetas got the equalizer for Trabzonspor in the 39th minute. Crvena Zvezda looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
On Thu Sep 8th, Crvena Zvezda hosted Monaco at the Stadion Rajko Mitić in their last match together. Monaco was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Breel Embolo struck first for Monaco in the 74th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Crvena Zvezda was frustrated by Monaco’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Monaco ended the match with the shutout victory.
Crvena Zvezda’s most prolific scorer has been Aleksandar Pešić. The Serbian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. For Monaco, their top scorers are Wissam Ben Yedder and Breel Embolo, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.