Monaco vs St Etienne Predictions & Tips

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Stade Louis II

Monaco

St Etienne

Monaco To Win To Nil

Reason for tip

Monaco have kept most of the squad that finished second last season together this summer, including a defence that kept eight home clean sheets. They overcame Barcelona 3-0 in their most recent friendly while Les Verts, who lost a couple of key goal contributors from their promotion-winning campaign, struggled to make much impact in attack during a recent 1-0 loss to Getafe.

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Monaco 2-0

Reason for tip

Although Monaco beat Barcelona 3-0 at Montilivi, they did not really impose themselves until the second half when a number of Hansi Flick’s starters had come off. They should have the quality to beat St Etienne in this contest, but Les Verts conceded no more than two goals in any of their away league games after the start of December, which suggests a 2-0 home win may be the final outcome.

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Breel Embolo To Score Anytime

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Breel Embolo looked sharp at the Euro 2024 Finals, scoring twice in five appearances for the Swiss, including the quarter-final against England. He notched in Monaco’s 3-0 friendly win over Barcelona last weekend and looks likely to start up front against Les Verts, who failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their pre-season matches.

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Monaco have kept most of the squad that finished second last season together this summer
St Etienne lost some key players of their promotion-winning squad
Monaco beat Barcelona 3-0 in their most recent friendly while Les Verts lost 1-0 to Getafe

Monaco can kick off campaign with a win

A Monaco win should be on the cards when the principality club kick off their Ligue 1 campaign with a home date against promoted St Etienne on Saturday evening.

Adi Hutter’s side are coming off an impressive 3-0 warm-up win over Barcelona and appear ready to hit the ground running as they attempt to mount a stronger challenge to Paris Saint-Germain this term.

Monaco will hope the departure of Kylian Mbappe from the PSG ranks could make up the nine-point difference between the clubs from last season, although they have also said goodbye to a reliable goalscorer in Wissam Ben Yedder. Hutter’s forward options still look pretty tasty by Ligue 1 standards, however, with Swiss international Breel Embolo and ex-Arsenal starlet Falorin Balogun supported by the likes of Takumi Minamino and new signing George Ilenikhena.

Les Verts may struggle to score at Stade Louis II

St Etienne lost attacker Irvin Cardona, who scored in both of their end-of-season play-off wins, and goalscoring midfielder Dylan Chambost in the summer and their replacements have yet to fire in pre-season.

A recent 1-0 reverse to Getafe was followed by a 3-2 win over Bundesliga newcomers Holstein Kiel, albeit the match was played over 120 minutes.

Les Verts may struggle at the top end of the pitch at this level and the pick here is for them to draw a blank in a defeat to a Monaco side that kept eight home clean sheets last season. Les Monagasques conceded only once in their final four home games of last season, all of which were wins, which seems like a good basis for a bet here.