Ligue 1 Betting Tips

RC Lens vs AS Monaco betting tips: Ligue 1 preview, predictions & odds


Saturday's Ligue 1 action sees two of the league’s form teams go head to head. Sang et Or have been good at home recently and have picked up 11 points from their last six Ligue 1 home matches here at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Les Rouges et Blancs have been even better on their travels recently and have picked up 15 points from their last six Ligue 1 matches on the road. Monaco have the stronger side on paper and more to play for than Lens which we think just edges it for them. Therefore, 101 Great Goals' prediction for this match is RC Lens 1-2 AS Monaco FC and is available at odds of 8.5/1.

Alternatively, you can bet on any Lens win at 3.4/1 against Les Rouges et Blancs at home on Saturday.

Or, back any away win for Monaco at 1.95/1 here at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

You can find odds of 3.8/1 for any draw between Lens and Monaco on Saturday.


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Match Preview

Blood and Gold welcome AS Monaco FC to the Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Saturday for this Ligue 1 match. Lens could climb into 5th place with a win here should results elsewhere fall their way. They could also drop a place into 8th should Lyon win and Lens fail to do so. Monaco needs a point to qualify for Champions League football next season. Should Marseille better their result, they may face a Qualifier over the summer to be involved in the group stages draw.

RC Lens come into the match on a run of seven league games undefeated. They have picked up 14 points from a maximum of 18 from their last six Ligue 1 matches.

Sang et Or won their last league match away to ESTAC Troyes. Expected goals of 0.9 to 0.2 in favour of Lens indicates it was likely a fair result. To score three goals despite an xG of just 0.9 suggests some excellent finishing was on display from Sang et Or. Particularly after going a goal behind so early in the match. The final score of the match was 1-3.

Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga got the second and ultimately winning goal in this match here. He is RC Lens’s top scorer with twelve goals in Ligue 1 this season and is 8/1 to score the game’s final goal against AS Monaco FC on Saturday.

Their opponent on Saturday, AS Monaco FC, come into the match on a run of nine wins in a row. This gives them a perfect 18 points from their last six Ligue 1 matches. The Red and Whites won their last league match at home to Stade Brestois. Expected goals of 3.8 to 2.0 in favour of Monaco indicates it was likely a fair result. Wissam Ben Yedder was clinical in front of goal here as he bagged a hat-trick for Les Rouges et Blancs against Brest to complete a comeback win. Ben Yedder now has 24 goals this season in the league for Monaco and is the 1.9/1 favourite to get on the scoresheet again here. The final score of the match was 4-2.

RC Lens vs AS Monaco FC: Previous Ligue 1 Meetings

71 in Total:- 17 RC Lens wins, 29 AS Monaco FC wins, 25 draws.


RC Lens team news

Gaël Kakuta (hamstring injury) and Jean-Louis Leca (fractured finger) will be unavailable for Blood and Gold due to injury on Saturday. RC Lens are likely to otherwise stick with a winning team after beating ESTAC Troyes in their last league match. Although, David Pereira Da Costa’s position might be under threat here as the attacking midfielder never had much impact on the game.

AS Monaco FC team news

The season will finish without former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fàbregas being involved and having made just two appearances in Ligue 1 this campaign. An ankle injury has seen him miss the end of the season and with him out of contract in the summer, he has likely played his final game for the club. Injury will also rule out Krépin Diatta (cruciate ligament) for the trip to the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. They are unlikely to make any further unforced changes to the side that beat Stade Brestois in their last league outing.

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