Monaco vs Nice prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-03-28 20:05.
[p]Monaco and Nice began this round locked together not only on 47 points but also on goal difference (+19), with Monaco sitting in third by virtue of the one extra goal they’ve scored. With just three UEFA Champions League (UCL) main draw spots up for grabs via this competition and Marseille also pushing for a top-three finish, this could be a decisive fixture in the race for the UCL.[/p]
[p]Monaco should draw confidence from a run of four consecutive home wins in the league, with their tally of 17 goals scored on home soil the most of any Ligue 1 side this calendar year. Sporting an excellent record of nine wins at the Stade Louis II so far this term (D2, L2), Adi Hütter’s side now have the chance to win five successive Ligue 1 home matches in the same season for the first time since 2021/22.[/p]
[p]Nice claimed all three points in addition to a clean sheet on their last two visits to Monaco and have proven to be no slouches on the road this season. Only three Ligue 1 teams had claimed more than the 19 points picked up by Franck Haise’s side on their travels at the beginning of this round (W5, D4, L4), with Nice scoring at least once in each of their last nine away games.[/p]
[p]The Eaglets’ quest for European qualification is still being plagued by a tendency to switch off after half-time. Only runaway Ligue 1 leaders PSG (16 games) have led at the break more often than Nice (14 games) this season, but Haise’s side have already dropped 13 points through second-half lapses, which at the end of last round’s 1-1 draw with mid-table Auxerre was an unwanted joint-league high tally shared with Strasbourg.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: January recruit Mika Biereth has already scored 11 goals for Monaco, ten of which were on home soil. Six of Gaëtan Laborde’s nine league goals for Nice so far this season have come in the first half, while he has also scored in the last two H2Hs.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Nice have won just one of their six Ligue 1 games as pre-match outsiders this season (D2, L3). [/p]
[p][i]Written by Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]