Strasbourg vs Monaco

Monaco will aim to bounce back from inconsistent run in domestic fixture when they visit Strasbourg to Stade de la Meinau in the French top flight on Saturday.

Another European win has Adi Hutter’s side on a path to a top-eight finish in the league phase of the Champions League, although they have lost their last two games in France.

Before the November fixtures at the national team level after this set of games, Monaco has tailed off in Ligue 1 since the break that was taken in October.

Monaco has started the season with 19 out of 21 points on the first matches but now with only three matches without victory due to both ill-discipline and loss of confidence the Monaco has moved from the first place to the third place.

A 0-0 draw at home to Lille required them to defend a point after Teze received his marching orders and a similar dismissal for Vanderson a week later at Nice condemn them to a 2-1 loss after they had taken an early lead.

Monaco was able to retain 11 men on the field the previous Friday but lost at home to an Angers side that shouldn’t have been too much for them, as per Hutter who criticised his team for their lethargy and creativity deficit as they experienced one of the shocking losses in the Ligue 1 campaign.

Paris Saint-Germain soon caught up with Monaco and has seven points clear of the side from the principality now, while Marseille also moved a point ahead of them having played a game less after their win against Nantes.

The visitors should take heart from their top-notch form in the Champions League though; Thilo Kehrer clinched a 1-0 away victory for the Dall’Ara against Bologna midweek.

That win took MU to the third position and on the 10 points tally the site considers adequate for a direct qualification to the next stage.

Next up is Strasbourg, a team that Monaco has won the league twice in the last two seasons. They have won two close games here after going four games without a victory from 2018 to 2022, losing three of those games.

Next up is Strasbourg, a team that Monaco has won the league twice in the last two seasons. They have won two close games here after going four games without a victory from 2018 to 2022, losing three of those games.

Following a humiliating 2-0 away loss to struggling Saint-Etienne last week—the first game the Alsace club has failed to score this season—the hosts will be eager to go back to their familiar surroundings.

Strasbourg, who are now in ninth place going into the weekend and just a few points outside of the top seven, are undoubtedly among the teams striving for Europe even if they have only taken two points away from home thus far.

Marvin Senaya of Strasbourg has completed his one-game ban, although he will not be playing in this encounter due to an ankle injury.

Since Moise Sahi Dion, Thomas Delaine, Alaa Bellaarouch, and Emanuel Emegha are still out for the home team, Rosenior has no fresh injury concerns.

With five aggressive players in his starting lineup and winger Krepin Diatta at right-back, Monaco manager Hutter may have gone too forward in the loss to Angers.

The Monaco manager will be able to field a more evenly distributed team tonight, as he did in Bologna, thanks to the return of both Vanderson and Teze from suspension in defense.

Folarin Balogun and Mohammed Salisu are still out for the visitors, and Denis Zakaria is also probably going to be out because the Swiss international has been battling a muscular issue periodically over the last month.