Real Madrid vs Monaco Prediction & Betting Tips (20 January)

Real Madrid recently missed a chance to win a major trophy, in the Spanish Super Cup, lost for the second time in a row against FC Barcelona in Saudi Arabia, losing 3-2. It's starting to do a lot for the White House, which has not won a final since the arrival of a certain Kylian Mbappé. Now there remains the Copa del Rey, the championship and the Champions League for the, now men of Alvaro Arbeola. Furthermore, recently, the Merengue will have played in Albacete in the 1/8th final of the Copa del Rey result to come and against Levante in La Liga the last weekend result to follow. In this Champions League, same problem for the 15-time winner of the big-eared cup, unable to win his opponents in hat 1, in this case Manchester City defeated 0-2 and Liverpool defeated 1-0. Otherwise, against OM 2-1, Juventus 1-0, Kairat Almaty 0-5 or Olympiakos 3-4, Real Madrid won everything and is ranked 7th in the league phase.

AS Monaco, 19th with 9 points in this Champions League, is not yet guaranteed to participate in the play-offs to reach the round of 16 of the competition. A victory this evening would greatly help the Rocher players get closer to qualifying for the 1/16 finals of the C1. In this campaign, the Monegasques had the merit of shaking Manchester City at home 2-2 but also of beating Galatasaray 1-0, avoiding the trap of Pafos in Cyprus 2-2, of taking the 3 points on the lawn of the semi-finalist of the Europa League last year: Bodo-Glimt victory 0-1 without forgetting the sharing of points with Tottenham 0-0. The only defeat in this C1 for Monaco took place in the first game, against Club Bruges 4-1. In Ligue 1, Paul Pogba's partners should offer a reaction to their supporters last weekend for the reception of Lorient, result to follow in order to confirm their good score in the Coupe de France against Orléans a few days earlier 1-3. 

As curious as it is, Kylian Mbappé (9 goals in C1) made a long trip to Saudi Arabia to play only 20 minutes against Barça in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, while the latter was announced injured and out for three weeks at the beginning of January. It is not even certain to see him playing 100% today against his former club. Central defender E.Militao remains out, while Rüdiger is also uncertain, as are F.Mendy (again on the flank) and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

 Within the Principality of Monaco, full-back K.Diatta (Senegalese international) was not registered to participate in this Champions League. In terms of defections, winger Ansu Fati (5 goals in L1), manager Dier and Mawissa are on the sidelines (injured) and could stay at home for this trip to the Spanish capital. The American Balogun (3 goals in C1) will be a good addition, as will Minamino (3 goals, 2 assists in L1) and Akliouche (3 goals, 2 assists in L1).