Nice vs Monaco Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
This match will be played exactly 67 years after the first derby between Nice and Monaco in Ligue 1, won 3-0 by Nice in November 1953. The overall result of the clashes between the two teams is 41 wins to 30 for Monaco (27 draws).
Nice have lost only one of their last six Ligue 1 matches against Monaco (W3 D2), having lost four of the previous five (W1).
Nice have won their last four Ligue 1 home matches against Monaco (keeping three clean sheets) by an aggregate scoreline of 12-1.
Nice have 17 points after nine Ligue 1 matches in 2020/21. Les Aiglons have only done better once at this stage in the competition in the 21st century (in 2016/17 – 23 points and finishing 3rd that campaign).
Monaco have found the net in 19 of their last 20 Ligue 1 matches (33 goals), only failing to score in a defeat against Brest in October (0-1).
Nice found the net in 21 of their last 22 home Ligue 1 matches, only failing to score against Paris in September during this period (0-3).
Monaco have lost their last three away matches in Ligue 1 and could suffer a fourth consecutive defeat away from home in the top-flight for the first time since September-October 2006 (4).
Monaco beat Bordeaux 4-0 last weekend. The previous time they won by a four goal margin in Ligue 1 (5-1 v Lille in December 2019), they followed it up with a 3-3 draw against Paris.
Nice goalkeeper Walter Benitez has made 34 saves in Ligue 1 this season (from 42 shots on target), more than any other goalkeeper.
Wissam Ben Yedder has scored nine goals in 11 matches against Nice in Ligue 1, that's at least three more goals than against any other team in the top-flight. He scored 24 goals after 35 Ligue 1 matches with Monaco, the best total after that number of games for a Monaco player since Delio Onnis in August 1974.
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