Success over Reims in front of their own fans has been extremely hard to come by for Monaco in recent times, but given their visitors' recent problems on the road, Hutter's men have a prime opportunity to end that hoodoo here.
Both teams have seen their ranks ravaged by international call-ups, but with a refreshed creative force in Golovin returning to the Monaco XI, we have faith in the hosts to come up trumps.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Monaco win with a probability of 49.97%. A win for Reims had a probability of 26.43% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Monaco win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.16%) and 2-0 (7.97%). The likeliest Reims win was 1-2 (6.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.02%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 2.7% likelihood.