Monaco host Lille in Ligue 1 matchday 8

Monaco host Lille in a meeting between the two sides in matchday 8 of the French Ligue 1 football competition, on 25 October 2026 at 17:00 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time, with the match broadcast on beIN SPORTS.

Ahead of the match, Monaco have a mixed run of results, having beaten Freiburg 3-0 at home, before losing 0-1 away to Lorient, while they beat CSKA Sofia 2-1 away from home, drew 2-2 with Toulouse at home, and beat Lens 2-1 in an earlier match.

Lille's recent results were as follows: a 2-4 home defeat to Galatasaray, a 1-1 home draw with Brest, a 0-3 away defeat to Arsenal, a 1-0 home win over Le Havre, and a 1-2 away defeat to Nice.

In previous meetings between the two sides, Lille beat Monaco 1-0 on 10 May 2026, Lille also beat Monaco 1-0 on 24 August 2025, Lille beat Monaco 2-1 on 22 February 2025, another meeting between them ended in a 0-0 draw on 18 October 2024, while Monaco beat Lille 1-0 on 24 April 2024.

Monaco will be without Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier and Stanis Idumbo-Muzambo through injury, while Lille will be missing Thiago Santos, Ayyoub Oyeda and Hamza Igamane through injury, in addition to the absence of Osame Sahraoui for another reason.

In the table, Lille are in fourth place with 14 points from 7 matches, having won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1, with a goal difference of 10 for and 5 against, while Monaco are in fifth place with the same 14 points from 7 matches, having won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1, with a goal difference of 10 for and 6 against.