Monaco host Nantes at Stade Louis II in Ligue 1’s Round 22 with both sides under pressure for very different reasons. The hosts sit 10th on 28 points and need a late-season push to stay in the European conversation, while Nantes arrive in 17th on just 14 points and firmly in the relegation zone. Monaco’s home record (6 wins from 11) contrasts sharply with Nantes’ fragile campaign, built on the league’s second-worst attack and one of its leakiest defences.
Head-to-head history heavily tilts this matchup. Monaco are unbeaten in the last five league meetings (W3 D2), scoring 21 goals in that span, including a 7-1 demolition at Stade Louis II and a 5-3 away win in October. That attacking dominance is reinforced by season stats: Monaco average 2.0 goals per home game, while Nantes concede 2.0 per match on the road and score fewer than one per outing overall.
The big question is whether Monaco’s injury crisis blunts their edge. Key names like Takumi Minamino, Lukas Hradecky, Pape Cabral, Paul Pogba and Mohammed Salisu are all ruled out, while top scorer Ansu Fati (7 league goals) is only questionable with a muscle problem. Nantes, by contrast, have just one notable doubt in full-back Frédéric Guilbert, lacking match fitness.
Even with absentees, Monaco’s superior firepower, strong home record and dominant recent history over Nantes point towards another high-scoring home win, piling more pressure on the visitors’ relegation fight.
