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As week 17 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 arrives, Monaco take on Lyon at Stade Louis-II on 2026-01-03 (kick-off 16:00 GMT).
With the data available to us, S. Pocognoli and Paulo Fonseca have not met as managers before.
Monaco are 9th in the standings with 23 points, followed by Lyon in 5th on 27 points.
Monaco report 5 missing players: L. Camara (International duty), K. Diatta (International duty), T. Minamino (Knee Injury), A. Fati (Muscle Injury), P. Pogba (Calf Injury) while Lyon report 3 missing players: M. Fofana (Ankle Injury), M. Niakhate (International duty), E. Nuamah (Knee Injury).
Our forecast has Monaco in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Lyon set to counter in 4-3-3.
The previous match saw M. Biereth lead Monaco with a 8.5 TheyScored rating, and Endrick top-rating for Lyon at 7.
Monaco came off a win (2-1 vs Auxerre) and Lyon also triumphed (3-0 vs Saint-Cyr Collonges).
Both teams have been in great form: Monaco 3-0-2 and Lyon 4-0-1 over their last 5 matches.
Lyon hold the upper hand H2H: of 41 meetings, they've triumphed 19 times, conceded 13 times and shared 9 draws.
TheyScored users favour 2-1 (14.1%) over all other scorelines - 1-1 sits second at 12%.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (5-1-2 vs 2-3-3) and scoring roughly 2.00-1.75 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
Monaco is going head to head with Lyon on 3/1/2026 16:00 GMT at Stade Louis-II for the France Ligue 1. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 3. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Monaco v Lyon H2H statistics!