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Top and unbeaten: Monaco travel to Lorient without leading scorer Brunner
Monaco, top of Ligue 1 and yet to lose a league game, visit Lorient on Sunday 18 October with Paris Josua Brunner suspended.
By FootieRadar Desk · Published · 2 min read
Monaco arrive at the Stade du Moustoir top of Ligue 1 on 14 points, unbeaten in six league games. Lorient sit ninth on eight points, with goals for and against level at six apiece.
Kick-off is Sunday 18 October at 6:15pm Kenya time, with Marc Bollengier refereeing. Lorient's defence is the first thing to watch: three clean sheets in six league games, one more than Monaco have kept.
Monaco's steady start, Lorient's mixed one
Monaco have won four and drawn two, scoring 10 and conceding five. Across all competitions their last five read three wins and two draws, with nine goals scored and five conceded. The latest was a 2-1 win away at CSKA Sofia in the UEFA Europa Conference League on 15 Oct, and before that they drew 2-2 at home to Toulouse in Ligue 1 on 10 Oct.
Lorient's league record is more uneven. Two wins, two draws and two defeats have produced six goals each way. Both wins were 1-0, against Paris FC and Lens, while both defeats were 1-2, at Le Mans and at home to Estac Troyes.
| Lorient | Monaco | |
|---|---|---|
| 9th | League position | 1st |
| 8 | Points | 14 |
| 2-2-2 | Won-drawn-lost | 4-2-0 |
| 6 / 6 | Goals for / against | 10 / 5 |
| 3 | Clean sheets | 2 |
| W L D W L | Last five, latest first | W D W W D |
Brunner out, two doubts for Monaco
Paris Josua Brunner is suspended and misses the fixture. He is the only Monaco player on the competition's top scorers list, with four league goals and no assists, so his absence takes away the side's most reliable league finisher on the data we hold.
E. Dier (muscle injury) and S. Idumbo (injury) are both listed as questionable. Lorient are missing N. Mbamba, who is out with a muscle injury.
Lorient's edge in recent meetings
Lorient have won two of the last five league meetings with Monaco, both in the most recent seasons: 3-1 at home in September 2025 and 3-1 away in January 2026. Monaco's only win across the five was 3-1 in April 2023, and the other two, in September 2023 and March 2024, ended 2-2.
Lorient have also scored more goals across those five games, so the head-to-head record is closer than Monaco's league form suggests.
What the market and the numbers say
At the time of writing, the betting market's view is Monaco 46%, a draw 28% and Lorient 26%. This is calculated from Pinnacle's odds with the bookmaker's margin removed, and it is not our opinion. On the league table, Monaco's unbeaten record and goal difference of 5, against Lorient's zero, line up with that order.
The market favours Monaco. Lorient's clean sheets and their two wins over Monaco in the last five meetings are why the numbers do not settle this game.
Odds in Kenya
Kick-off is Sunday 18 October, 6:15pm Kenya time at Stade du Moustoir, Lorient. These are the best prices at bookmakers licensed in Kenya right now.
Market view
The chance of each result implied by Pinnacle’s odds, with the bookmaker’s margin (3.5%) removed. Updated hourly. Calculated from betting-market data, not our opinion, and never a guarantee. How we calculate this →
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Data: API-Football (fixtures, standings, form, injuries, head-to-head, odds). Written by the FootieRadar desk with AI assistance and checked against the match data. How our predictions work.
