The start of the final rush of Ligue 1 opens with a great match, a derby but above all the challenge between the third and fourth in the standings: Monaco - Nice is undoubtedly the highlight of the twenty-seventh day. It is difficult to establish whether the importance of the match is more due to the position in the standings of the two teams or to the geographical one, that is, to the fact that the derby of the Côte d'Azur is being played, much felt in recent years. The impression is that these two factors come together and that the break for the national teams has also increased the anticipation for this challenge. In the last five matches, the performance of the two teams is the same but, in the very short period, Nice is the team that has suffered the most due to the two missteps at home that cost third place and the approach in the standings of Lyon and Strasbourg. Monaco, on the other hand, comes into the match with the usual certainties, namely that of a home field advantage that makes itself felt and a centre forward, Mika Biereth, who is surprising more and more, naturally with goals. It will therefore take the Nice of a few days ago, the concrete and winning one, to try to get, for the third year in a row, a full result at Louis II: in fact, the derbies played in the Principality in the last two seasons have been Rossoneri.

Monaco's Shape and Key Stats

Only PSG has recently been able to score points at Louis II, a true fortress for Hutter's team that has won its last 4 home games in Ligue 1. In front of its home crowd, Monaco scores a lot, 2.38 goals per game!

In the standings, the team from the Principality is third, despite having already lost 7 league games. Returning to goals, since Mika Biereth arrived in the team, things have changed significantly: the Danish striker has already scored 11 goals in 2025.

Nice's Shape and Key Stats

Only 1 point in the last 2 games, home games at that, is equivalent to a small slowdown for Nice who, before these games, had won 5 of the last 6.

Like Monaco, Nice also has an attack with important numbers that scores 1.92 goals per match and like the Monegasques there is a reference striker who, for Haise's team, is called Evan Guessand, who scored with his Ivory Coast national team, after scoring his eleventh goal in the championship against Auxerre.

Monaco - Nice Prediction and Tactical Analysis

Let's start, in trying to imagine how this challenge will go, from the strengths of the two teams and therefore from their attacks that are doing well and from two important center forwards who want to leave their mark. Monaco has done better in the last matches and has the home field advantage on its side even if, Nice, has slowed down in correspondence with two home matches, therefore, it is conceivable that the Louis II factor could have a few levels of effectiveness less. What is therefore easier for us to hypothesize is a match with several goals, from wherever they may come. The prediction of the BetMines algorithm favorably sees this solution: more than two goals in the ninety minutes.

• The prediction of the BetMines algorithm for the Monaco - Nice match predicts an Over 2.5 goals at 62%
• The prediction of the BetMines algorithm for the Monaco - Nice match predicts an Under 2.5 goals at 38%

Monaco - Nice Predicted Lineups

Monaco (4-2-3-1): Majecki; Kehrer, Salisu, Mawissa, Henrique; Camara, Coulibaly; Akliouche, Ben Seghir, Minamino; Biereth. Coach: Hutter.

Nizza (3-4-3): Bulka; Clauss, Ndayishimiye, Bombito; Dante, Louchet, Boudaoui, Santamaria; Guessand, Laborde, Boga. Coach: Haise.