Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Monaco
Match Time & Date:
16 August 2025
18:00
Prediction: 3-0
Le Havre
Monaco will look to make a flying start to their Ligue 1 campaign when they host Le Havre to their Stade Louis II on Saturday evening. Les Rouges et Blancs are seen as hot favourites to win their season opener and they are likely to go all guns blazing at Le Club Doyen. As for the hosts, the spotlight will be on summer arrival Ansu Fati, brought in on loan from Barcelona. Fellow new recruit Paul Pogba is likely to start as well.
Le Havre, on the other hand, were struggling in preseason, with the team failing to record a win in the process. As Monaco have reinforced the squad in the summer transfer window, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. In their last meeting at the venue, Monaco defeated La Havre 3-1 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. Le Havre summer signings Younes Namli, Ally Samatta, Ayumu Seko, and Godson Kyeremeh are all pushing for a start.
Highlighted Player (Paul Pogba):
After spending four seasons at Juventus, Paul Pogba returned to Manchester United in the summer of 2016. The French midfielder signed a five-year deal with the Premier League giants for a world-record fee of €105 million. He set an all-time record for highest football transfer fee, surpassing Gareth Bale, the former record holder. However, he missed the 2016/2017 Premier League opener against Bournemouth through suspension.
Pogba was born in Lagny-sur-Marne, France on 15 March, 1993 and he represents les Tricolores on the international stage. He won the 2013 FIFA U20 World Cup with France, while making it to the Euro 2016 final with Didier Deschamps’ troops. However, they were beaten by Portugal in the title game at Stade de France.
It has to be noted that Paul Pogba won four Serie A trophies with Juventus. He produced a fine display in the 2013/2014 Champions League final against Barcelona, but Juve suffered a 3-1 loss to Barca in the Olympiastadion Berlin clash. Pogba is a central midfielder, but he is capable of playing as an attacking and a defensive midfielder as well.
Highlighted Team (Monaco):
Though based in Monaco, Les Rouges et Blances – as they are commonly referred to – play their games in the French football league system. Members of the top tier Ligue 1, Monaco play their home matches at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille in front of 18,500 people. The Principality club boasts a turbulent history, which saw Monaco reach the highest heights of both domestic and international scene, but also get relegated to the amateur leagues at the very beginnings and to Ligue 2 in 2010-11 season.
The following year AS Monaco were acquired by the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, whose heavy investments turned the Principality club into one of the biggest spenders in Europe in 2013 and reestablishing its place among Europe’s top clubs.
AS Monaco have had notable European results in the modern football era having been runners-up in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 2004. One of the most successful clubs in France AS Monaco have so far won seven league titles and five Coupe de France trophies.
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