Monaco vs Strasbourg Prediction, 8/20/2023 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 8/15/2023

Game: Monaco vs Strasbourg

Date: Sunday, August 20, 2023

Location: Stade Louis II in Monaco

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Monaco (-106) Strasbourg (+265)

Stade Louis II is the location where Strasbourg (9-13-15 last year) will play Monaco (19-8-10 last season) on Sunday. Strasbourg are at at +265 and the Monégasques are at -106. The betting total is set at 2.5. The expected starting goaltenders will be Philipp Kohn for Monaco and Matz Sels for Strasbourg.

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Monaco allowed 56 goals while relinquishing 1.51 goals per 90 minutes, and their opponents accumulated 187 SoT on them. They had 9 clean sheets, which gave them a percentage of 24.3 last year. Monaco accounted for 63 yellow cards over the course of the prior season in addition to 5 red cards. The Monégasques sat at 6th when it comes to expected goals with 59.9, and the team's expected goals against came in at 50.6. For the previous season, the squad averaged 1.76 points per contest (65 pts) and also were 2nd in Ligue 1 with 47 assists. The team's goal differential sat at 13 because of 69 goals put in the net and 56 goals allowed. Monaco had a total of 134 saves and they had a SV percentage of 72.7 for the previous season.

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The Racers averaged 1.1 pts per fixture while accounting for 27 assists and 7 red cards. Strasbourg earned a shut out % of 16.2 for the previous season in addition to 72 yellow card warnings. Strasbourg sat at 13th in the category of goals given up having 57, and the squad's goal differential was -7. Last year, the Racers had a save rate of 72.5 (171 SoT against), and also sat at 15th in the league with 40 points. Their goals against per 90 min sat at 1.54 in addition to 114 saves, and they had 6 clean sheets. Strasbourg had 50 goals and their goals expected last season was sitting at 47.6.

The man who will protect the net for Monaco is Philipp Kohn. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 0.66 (40 total goals allowed) and he holds a save percentage of 75.5. Kohn (45-12-3 record during his career) has accounted for 30 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 50.0% clean sheet percentage. Kohn has defended the goal for 5,457 minutes and has accumulated 114 stops so far in his career. The goalie from Germany has had 151 shots attempted at him in 60 starts.

Matz Sels will be looking after the net for Strasbourg. Sels has earned 85 clean sheets while defending 1,279 shots tried against him in 27,990 career mins. He is the owner of a save percentage of 71.6 and his clean sheet rate sits at 27.3%. He has given up 1.27 goals per 90 minutes while earning a mark of 123-93-95. So far in his pro soccer career, Sels has conceded 396 goals and has totaled 882 saves in 311 starting assignments.

Kevin Volland is a footballer who could help decide the outcome for Monaco. Volland has had a starting assignment in 345 outings in his career and he scores 0.37 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Germany has 124 goals scored in 29,986 mins. He has 75 assists while tallying 62 yellow card cautions so far in his pro soccer career.

Strasbourg features Habib Diallo, who the defense is sure to gameplan for in this matchup. He currently averages 0.56 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 184 games so far in his career. The forward from Senegal has totaled 16,767 mins while he has scored 104 goals. He has totaled 17 yellow cards in his pro soccer career and has helped on a goal 23 times.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Monaco (-106)

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