Free-scoring Monaco will expect to find plenty of chances as they visit lowly Bastia this Friday in Ligue 1. The away side have notched a huge 75 times already this season and have a 3-point lead over nearest challengers PSG. Winning this one will put pressure on the chasing pack ahead of this weekend’s round of matches.
Key to Monaco’s success this season has been the electric form of Radamel Falcao, who has already found the net 16 times in Ligue so far. The Colombian may not have been a hit at either Manchester United or Chelsea but he is now finding life good in his second spell at Monaco. He has twice as many goals as second top scorer Valere Germain on 8. Falcao will need to keep on his excellent form if Monaco are to stay ahead of PSG and capture the title.
While Monaco have been in superb form, their opponents Bastia have not won in 2017 and while they are not bottom of the division at present, there is a danger that they could be cut adrift unless they manage to start picking up points soon. They were given a 4-1 hammering by Toulouse at the weekend which summed up their problems on the road, but their home form has not been much better, winning just 25% of matches there in 2016/17. Top scorer Enzo Crivelli has been one bright spark, managing to score 7 goals in what is a poor team.
We expect Monaco to win this game comfortably as they have looked confident on the road all season and have goals throughout their side. Back them to score in both halves of this match, a punt which is valued at 11/8 with bet365.
For our correct score prediction, we see Monaco running out 3-1 winners. That bet is priced at a decent 11/1 also with b365.
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