Monaco vs Nice prediction and preview
Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 January 2027, 20:00 UTC
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Monaco vs Nice
Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 January 2027, 20:00 UTC · Stade Louis II., Monaco
Monaco vs Nice preview
Monaco host Nice in Ligue 1 on Saturday 2 January 2027, kick-off 20:00 UTC at Stade Louis II. in Monaco. Monaco are 7th in the table with 15 points from 9, while Nice go into the round 8th, on 14 points from 9 games.
Recent form: Monaco L-D-L-D-W, Nice W-W-L-W-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Monaco have scored 1.2 and conceded 1.5 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Nice average 2.0 scored and 1.3 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Monaco won 4, 3 games were drawn and Nice won 3. Those games averaged 2.5 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 8 Feb 2026, ended Nice 0-0 Monaco.
At home this season Monaco have 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 4 matches; on the road Nice have 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 4.
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Monaco expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukas Hradecky, Vanderson, Sadibou Sané, Nazinho, Eric Dier, Aleksandr Golovin, Lamine Camara, Denis Zakaria, Matthis Abline, Edan Diop, Paris Brunner
Nice expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Yehvann Diouf, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Youssouf Ndayishimiye, Xavier Mandza, Niels Nkounkou, Jonathan Clauss, Axel Witsel, Hicham Boudaoui, Mohamed Amoura, Elye Wahi
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