Lorient vs Monaco: Prediction, Stats and Preview
Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 October 2026 · 15:15 UTC · Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir, Lorient · updated 2026-10-09
Lorient host Monaco in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 October 2026 at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. On this season's numbers, Moneyball's model makes Monaco slight favourites at 37%, in a match close to a coin toss, puts the draw at 29% and expects about 2.4 goals.
Moneyball's estimate
- Expected goals: Lorient 1.15, Monaco 1.22.
- Over 2.5 goals: 42% · both teams to score: 49%.
- Most likely score: 1–1 (14%).
From each side's goals and expected goals this season (Sportmonks), pulled toward the league average while a side has played few matches (5 and 5 so far), through a Dixon-Coles score model. No bookmaker prices are in it; once the odds are out, the full model in the app reads them too.
The difference-maker: Paris Brunner
Paris Brunner, 20 · Monaco · CF · Poacher
Moneyball Scout picks Paris Brunner as the player most likely to decide this match, with a Moneyball Score of 61 against every centre-forward in Europe's top five leagues (attacking 53, defensive 43).
- Goals: 0.92 per 90 minutes, better than 84% of centre-forwards
- Shots on target: 56%, better than 79% of centre-forwards
- Shots: 3.68 per 90 minutes, better than 76% of centre-forwards
Lorient concede 1.2 goals a match this season (1.41 expected), about the league's average: whether they hold depends on how they handle a poacher like Paris Brunner.
Scout's notes: Clinical finisher.
What he is worth on the market, how many league points he would add to another club and who could replace him: Moneyball Scouting Players Research.
Season statistics
| Lorient | Per match this season | Monaco |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Matches | 5 |
| 1.0 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 0.6 |
| 1.16 | Expected goals (xG) | 1.18 |
| 1.41 | xG conceded | 1.48 |
| 10.4 | Shots | 10.2 |
| 3.2 | On target | 4.6 |
| 48.0 | Possession % | 44.6 |
| 40% | Clean sheets % | 40% |
| 60% | Both teams scored % | 60% |
| 2.4 | Corners | 3.6 |
| 1.0 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 6.84 | Average rating | 6.99 |
Averages per match from Sportmonks.
Players to watch
Lorient
- Nathaniel Adjei defender · rating 7.11 · 5 apps
- Jean-Victor Makengo forward · rating 7.10 · 5 apps
- Montassar Talbi defender · rating 7.07 · 5 apps
Monaco
- Lamine Camara midfielder · rating 7.41 · 5 apps
- Eric Dier defender · rating 7.32 · 5 apps
- Nazinho defender · rating 7.22 · 5 apps
The best-rated players of each side this season, with 180 minutes or more.
The full analysis
Moneyball Odds prices every line of the match once bookmakers do: win, draw and loss, Asian handicaps and goals lines, with fair odds and the expected value of each.
More Ligue 1 previews
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- Monaco vs Toulouse Saturday 10 October 2026
- Lorient vs Paris Saturday 10 October 2026
- Brest vs Angers SCO Saturday 10 October 2026
- Troyes vs Olympique Marseille Sunday 11 October 2026
- Le Mans vs Toulouse Friday 16 October 2026
- Strasbourg vs Paris Saint Germain Saturday 17 October 2026
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