Asvel vs Monaco: Analysis and Prediction – Asvel and Monaco will play in the in the third round of LNB Pro A championship.
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Asvel Team News
Asvel played a very good game in the first three rounds of the French championship. He won Le Mans, Gravelines, and then Le Portel with 101:66. The question is how much that last game can be a benchmark, given that it was one of the worst, if not the worst team in the league.
That’s why we will focus to a certain extent on the first two duels. Against Le Mans, it was 89:75 for Aswell, and against Gravelines away from home it was a little harder and 79:74. What is noticeable from those two clashes is that the backbone of the team consists of Nando de Colo, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and Joffrey Lauvergne. A particularly positive thing is that the French center found his rhythm after a year off due to injury and started the new season in an excellent way – with 14 points and eight rebounds against Le Mans and with 14 points and six rebounds against Gravelines. Now Aswell has a serious interior game through Youssouphe Fall and Lauvergne, but also very good defenders, for the balance between those two lines.
This season, Aswell will continue with the same trend as last season. There is no way to go on a losing streak and then have coach TJ Parker fired. When that scoring pressure is missing, it is hard to expect that the team could do more serious things, no matter how good they looked in the first three games.
Monaco Team News
Like the next rival, Monaco was maximum in the first three rounds. Sasa Obradovic’s team was better than Limoges, Chalon and, in the end, more difficult than expected, they defeated Saint Quentin with 77:75 on their floor.
A big drop in the game happened to the “princes” in the third quarter of the last game, which they lost 25:11, but they managed to reverse the result in the fourth quarter 30:18 and in the end, in a dramatic ending, they reversed the result. It was not easy at all. At the halfway point of the fourth part of the game, they were down by eight, to break the resistance of their rivals with a series of 12:2. The most deserving for that were Mike James and Elie Okobo with 19 points each. In addition to them, in the first three games, Jaron Blossomgame stood out as a very good attacking option. Kemba Walker is still waiting for his first minutes in the Monaco jersey, and until that happens, this team’s shortened rotation will have to overcome all challenges, like this one.
It is clear that against Saint Quentin there was a lot of relaxation due to the lack of motivation to play to the maximum against a lower quality team. It is this mental thing that is the biggest obstacle for Monaco, who will try to win all the trophies in the domestic competition this season.
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Asvel vs Monaco H2H
In the last 10 matches, Monaco has won seven times, of which they currently have a streak of five wins in a row.
Absences and Injuries
Mike Scott and Charles Kahudi are questionable (Asvel), while Monaco’s Jordan Lloyd is injured and Kemba Walker is still recovering and likely won’t play.
Asvel vs Monaco Prediction
The last five defeats in each other’s matches speaks volumes about the fact that it does not matter on whose field these duels are played. The reason for Monaco’s somewhat weaker performances, especially in the previous round, is the lack of motivation. That will not be a problem against the biggest rival in the fight for the trophy. Therefore, we expect Obradović’s team to enter this duel with maximum concentration and to break the game in their favor with their quality, with higher margin than the offered handicap.
Tip-off Time: Sunday, 01.10.2023, 19:00 CET
Prediction: Monaco -1.5
Odds: 1.73
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