Match Report
Lorient (9th, 45 pts) visited Monaco (7th, 54 pts) with 9 points between them. Monaco ranked just 13th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Monaco 1.76 scored and 1.59 conceded per game, Lorient 1.41 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.41.
Lorient's unbeaten run stood at 8.
GioScore's database holds 21 meetings between the two: 9 for Monaco, 5 for Lorient and 7 drawn, at 3.24 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win. 71% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 62%.
The venue was Stade Louis II., with room for 18,523 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Monaco: Ansu Fati (76') · Lorient: Bamba Dieng (68'), Jean-Victor Makengo (85'), Karim Dermane (87')
Key stats
Possession: Monaco 62% · Lorient 38% · Total shots: 14-14 · On target: 7-4 · Corners: 4-3