Arsenal vs Monaco Betting Tip and Prediction. In the first leg of 1/8 finals in the UEFA Champions League, Arsenal take on Monaco.
Arsenal have finished the group phase at the second position. Despite the fact that they had the same number of point Borussia Dortmund won the first position.
Home team is in the great form. In the last 15 matches in all competitions they lost only two times (12-1-2), while at home ground they have 9 wins in a row.
The most important thing for Arsenal is that not concede a goal.
“In the last four years we always came out frustrated because three times we conceded a goal at home in the first 30 minutes. That goal knocked us out. It was really tight. We have learnt from that and we can show that on Wednesday.” – said Arsène Wenger.
For this game Arsenal will be without Ramsey (18/3 m), Arteta (7/0 m), Debuchy (10/1 d), Diaby (0/0 m) and Wilshere (9/1 m), while Oxlade-Chamberlain (21/1 f) is doubtful.
Monaco finished at the first position in Group C. The visitors are playing very defensive – their main goal is score and after that to save their net. In the 6 matches in group phase, they scored only 4 goals and conceded one single goal.
In the last 12 matches they conceded only two goals and 11 of 12 those matches were finished under 2.5 goals.
AS Monaco also have some problems with the unavailable players. Bakayoko (10/0 m), R. Carvalho (16/0 d), Raggi (20/0 d), Toulalan (20/0 m) and L. Traoré (6/1 f) are all out, while Kurzawa (15/0 d) and their second top scorer Ferreira-Carrasco (24/4 m) are both doubtful.
Arsenal is a big favorite to win this one, but I expect very tough football between Arsenal vs Monaco, so my betting prediction for this match is under 2.5 goals.
Possible starting lineups:
Arsenal: Szczesny; Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Bellerin; Coquelin, Cazorla, Sanchez, Ozil, Welbeck; Giroud.
Monaco: Subasic; Fabinho, Abdennour, Wallace, Kurzawa; Kondogbia, Moutinho, Dirar, Silva, Ferreira-Carrasco; Berbatov.