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On Epiphany, French professional football wakes up from the very short winter break. In Ligue 1, all ten games of the 18th matchday are on the program on Wednesday at 18:00 p.m. Among other things, there is a duel between promoted Lorient and Monaco.
Unsurprisingly, the season is difficult for the newcomer from Lorient. With only twelve points, the team of head coach Christophe Pelissier is on the relegation place in the current Ligue 1 table. Niko Kovac can only be partially satisfied with his Monegasque. As sixth in the table, the team is nine points behind the leader from Lille.
Lorient :
With Mickael Landreau, the team from Brittany missed promotion twice. In the debut year of head coach Christophe Pelissier, however, FC Lorient not only succeeded in advancing, but thanks to an outstanding defense, the team even crowned itself the title holder in the aborted Ligue 2 season.
The euphoria after the promotion has long since vanished, because the team of ÖFB national player Adrian Grbic has big problems in the French upper house. In 17 league games, the newcomer was only able to celebrate three wins and drew in three other games.
Accordingly, there are already eleven defeats and the strong defensive from last year is no longer a plus. Goalkeeper Paul Nardi has already conceded 31 goals, so Lorient has already conceded six more than in the shortened 28-game season 2019/20.
But not only the defensive row worries the fans, but also the offensive. The aforementioned Grbic, the most expensive newcomer with a nine million euro transfer fee, has not yet been able to establish itself and mostly comes from the bank. After all, he shows strong nerves and converted a penalty in the final phase against Nice in the last game in 2020 to win points.
The offensive weakness is underlined by the fact that Lorient has been without scoring eight times in the last ten league games. At the start of the year between Lorient and Monaco, the tip that both teams won’t meet is an interesting option.
Monaco:
After two horror seasons, the former Bayern coach Niko Kovac has received a clear assignment – he should lead the team from the principality back towards the top of the table. The association has finally thrown the philosophy of bygone days overboard.
The average age in the squad has been increased significantly after a few years ago the feeling arose that Monaco would like to repeat the coup from the 2016/17 season with a teenage team.
After almost half a year in office, the conclusion for head coach Niko Kovac is mixed. On the one hand there are outstanding performances such as the 3-2 win against champions PSG, but the other side has many unnecessary point losses and some disappointing performances.
All in all, Kovac has celebrated eight wins after 17 league games, drew three times and had to deal with six defeats. As sixth in the table, Monaco has at least made a leap forward, but the Champions League is eight points away for Kevin Volland & Co.
An average of 3.12 hits per game were scored in games in the Monegas, this is the fourth highest value in Ligue 1. The absolute top value, however, is 76% (13 of the 17 games), which ended with three or more hits.
Monaco, on the other hand, can count on a very accurate storm with 28 hits. Newcomer Kevin Volland has already scored ten points (seven goals, three assists), his strike partner and captain Wissam Ben Yedder even has one point more (seven goals, four assists). In any case, Monaco has enormous quality in the game forward.
Lorient vs Monaco head to head matches
19.12.18 COU Monaco Lorient 1 : 0
22.01.17 L1 Monaco Lorient 4 : 0
18.11.16 L1 Lorient Monaco 0 : 3
17.01.16 L1 Lorient Monaco 0 : 2
20.09.15 L1 Monaco Lorient 2 : 3