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Monaco hosts Guingamp at Stade Luis II, Wednesday 7 May in the 36th round of the French Ligue 1. Monaco will have revenge in mind after Guingamp knocked them out from the French Cup semifinals a couple of weeks ago.
Monaco is sure to finish second in the league but even so they have played very well lately and they will go today for their 5th consecutive win in Ligue 1. Last round the beat Ajaccio convincingly on the road, 4-1, and will try to carry that form in today’s game in order to get revenge over Guingamp. Monaco lost 3-1 in extra-time on the road to the relegation threatened side in the French Cup semifinals and Guingamp actually went on to win the final against Rennes. Team news for Monaco say that Falcao will continue to miss. The only other squad problem is Kurzawa – questionable.
Monaco lineup: Subasic – Fabinho, Carvalho, Abdennour, Raggi – Moutinho, Toulalan, Kondogbia – Rodriguez – Germain, Berbatov
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Guingamp is on a high after the amazing Cup win vs. Rennes on Saturday but they need to forget it quickly because relegation is a real possibility for the visitors. Guingamp is on the 16th position in the standings, tied with no 17 Evian and only 1 point over Sochaux, the first team in the drop zone. Unfortunately for Guingamp things did not work so well in the league lately. They did win a hard fought 1-0 home game to Valenciennes last round but that was after 5 consecutive losses and Valenciennes is already relegated and the poorest team in France at the moment. Team news for Guingamp say that Pereira will miss the game but otherwise no issues for the visitors.
Guingamp lineup: Samassa – Santos, Kerbrat, Sorbon, Leveque – Beauvue, Mathis, Sankhare, Langil – Yatabare, Mandanne
Monaco may have lost to Guingamp in the French Cup semifinals, but a home game will always be different. It is true that the visitors are the more motivated team but Monaco would absolutely love to send them to Ligue 2 after Guingamp denied them a trophy this season so I think there is enough desire in this for Monaco also. There is an obvious difference between these two teams both in quality and in form and I will pick Monaco to win this one, maybe even by a clear difference. My tip is Monaco to win with -1 asian handicap. Correct score prediction: AS Monaco – Guingamp 2-0.
Pick: Monaco (-1 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 2.03 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 8.24
Event date: 7 May
