Le Mans vs Monaco Preview & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Le Mans have largely been competitive at the start of this season but they are in poor form and declining as they now come up against Monaco on Sunday.
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Key stats
- This is the first Ligue 1 meeting between Le Mans and Monaco since 2009/10, and the first at Stade Marie Marvingt – all six previous Ligue 1 meetings in Le Mans since 1995/96 were at Stade Léon-Bollée.
- Monaco have won eight of the 12 Ligue 1 meetings since 1995/96 (D3 L1), with Le Mans' only win a 1-0 home victory on 26 January 2008.
- Le Mans have scored only two goals in six home Ligue 1 games against Monaco since 1995/96 (W1 D2 L3), failing to score in four of them.
- The last two meetings, both in 2009/10, finished 1-1.
- Le Mans are 17th with seven points coming into Matchweek 10, in their first Ligue 1 season since 2009/10, and have won only one of nine games (D4 L4) – 2-1 vs Lorient on 19 September.
- Le Mans are winless in four (D1 L3) and lost 0-2 at Troyes last time out, and they are winless in five away games this season (D2 L3).
- Le Mans' four draws are the joint-most in the division, along with Toulouse.
- Le Mans are one of three teams yet to keep a clean sheet this season, along with Lens and Strasbourg.
- Le Mans have won only seven of their 35 Ligue 1 games on a Sunday since 1995/96 (D13 L15).
- Monaco are seventh with 15 points coming into Matchweek 10 but are winless in four (D2 L2) since a 2-1 home win over Lens on 18 September.
- Monaco have lost their last two away games, 0-1 at Lorient and 1-3 at Paris FC on 1 November, and have conceded in seven consecutive games since 4 September.
- Monaco inflicted PSG's only defeat of the season, winning 2-1 at the Parc des Princes on 4 September.
- Bastien Dechepy has refereed eight Monaco Ligue 1 games since 2020/21 (W4 D2 L2), with Monaco scoring 19 goals, but they lost the most recent one 1-4 at home to Lens on 8 November 2025.
- This will be Dechepy's first Le Mans game in Ligue 1.
‘Key stats’ are Ligue 1 only (not all competitions)
Le Mans vs Monaco prediction
Following their promotion to the top-flight last season, under the management of Patrick Videira, Le Mans have now slipped into the bottom two and the automatic relegation places. They have collected just one point from their last four matches after a 2-0 defeat to Troyes in their most recent outing.
Monaco needed a result in midweek and they got one as they eased past Nordsjaelland by two goals to nil in the league phase of the UEFA Europa Conference League. Results have begun to match up with fairly unconvincing performances in the last month or so as they drift towards the middle-of-the-table.
Filipe Luis is a good and highly-rated coach – and there is an expectation they get back on the winning track here, albeit perhaps not necessarily in a thrilling manner.
Le Mans vs Monaco tip: Monaco to win & under 3.5 goals
