Lorient vs Monaco Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: contrasting trajectories

Across their last 20 matches in all competitions, Monaco have won 11, drawn 4 and lost 5, scoring 39 goals and conceding 32. That sample covers the closing weeks of last season, pre-season friendlies and the start of this campaign, so it's a broad picture rather than a pure league read.

Lorient: 20 completed matches; Monaco: 20 completed matches.

Lorient

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

26

Difference

+4

Monaco

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

32

Difference

+7

Lorient's equivalent record is 8 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, with 30 scored and 26 conceded. It's a similar goal difference to Monaco's but a noticeably lower win rate, which lines up with where the two clubs currently sit.

Monaco's win rate across this broader sample is comfortably the better of the two.

Comparative Team Statistics: Lorient vs Monaco

Head-to-head: recent history favours Lorient

Monaco and Lorient have faced each other 20 times in the available record, stretching back over a decade. The two most recent meetings both went to Lorient, including a 3-1 away win in January and a 3-1 home win the previous September.

Further back there are draws and Monaco wins too, so this isn't a one-sided rivalry over the long run. But the fact Lorient have won the last two is notable given where both clubs currently stand in the table.

Lorient have had Monaco's measure in the most recent meetings, even though the underlying league form points the other way.

Where they stand in Ligue 1

In the current Ligue 1 table, Monaco sit top with 13 points from five games, having won four and drawn one, scoring eight and conceding just three. Lorient are down in 12th with five points from the same number of matches, winning once, drawing twice and losing twice.

That's a sizeable early-season gap between the two clubs.

Players to watch

Paris Josua Brunner has been Monaco's main source of goals lately, scoring four in his last five appearances. Golovin has added two assists in the same span and has picked up two yellow cards, as has teammate Camara.

Lorient:

Best assist providers:

P. Katseris - 3

Monaco:

Best scorers:

Paris Josua Brunner - 4

Best assist providers:

A. Golovin - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Golovin x 2

L. Camara x 2

For Lorient, Katseris has been the main creative outlet, providing three assists in his last five games.