Match Report
In the standings it was Monaco 7th on 54 points, LOSC Lille 3rd on 61 — separated by 7. Monaco ranked just 13th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Monaco were scoring 1.76 and conceding 1.59, LOSC Lille 1.53 and 1.09, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched LOSC Lille in 6 games.
The sides have met 30 times in the GioScore results database: 11 wins for Monaco, 8 draws and 11 for LOSC Lille, at 2.57 goals per meeting. Goals have dried up lately: 1.4 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.57 across the full history.
Stade Louis II. staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,523. With 100 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, C. Turpin was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
LOSC Lille: Denis Zakaria (72' og)
Key stats
Possession: Monaco 55% · LOSC Lille 45% · Total shots: 7-7 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 5-2