Nice – Monaco: last Riviera derby of the season 
This is the kind of night where the table barely matters. The final Riviera derby of the season lands on Sunday and the Allianz Riviera will be rocking when Monaco turn up. Nice are still hunting their first home win of 2026. Monaco arrive buzzing after sweeping Rennes aside. Two wobbling runs, an old rivalry and an atmosphere that promises sparks. Nice kicked off January with a gritty draw against Brest — sitting 13th and still a long way from Europe. Monaco, 10th, hit back hard last week: 4-0 versus Rennes. A statement they’d been due for weeks.
Nice: head up, slowly 
The end of 2025 left marks. Six straight defeats, a dressing room stunned, stands gone quiet. Since the new year, though, Nice are breathing again. Three games, four points. Not a miracle — a rebuild in its first days. Claude Puel, back to try and put out the fire, still hasn’t won at home. Their last league win on the Riviera was back on matchday ten against Lille. Feels ancient in this league.
The job’s heavy. Nine points to make up to chase a Conference League place. And yet the Allianz Riviera is starting to believe. Five matches unbeaten at this ground across all competitions — a small thing, but it matters with Monaco coming. Remember: Nice beat Monaco here last season, 2-1, on a night that burned. That memory won’t be forgotten.
Monaco: chasing consistency 
Talent has never been the issue. It’s the run-to-run stuff. Last Saturday Monaco’s attack finally woke up — four goals to crush Rennes, stop a barren January and end a five-game winless streak in the league. Sebastien Pocognoli can now chase a rare string of wins. But there’s a pebble in the shoe: away form. Four away games without a win, ten goals conceded on the road, and crucially three straight away matches in the league without scoring. You don’t head towards Europe with that on your record.
Monaco remain through to the Champions League knockout stage, but in the domestic table the gap is real. Twelve points off Lyon for the European spots. Every game feels like a mini-final. Still, Monaco tend to do okay here: points taken in five of the last six visits, goals scored on each of the last seven trips to Nice. This derby never gets won without finding the net.
Probable lineups
Nice :
Dupe ; Clauss, Dante, Oppong, Abdi ; Vanhoutte, Boudaoui ; Cho, Sanson, Diop ; Wahi
Monaco :
Kohn ; Teze, Kehrer, Zakaria ; Vanderson, Coulibaly, Camara, Ouattara ; Fati, Golovin ; Biereth
Football prediction Nice vs Monaco
Both teams to score
Monaco can be hot and cold. Nice are edging forward and finally look sharper going forward. In a derby where nerves often snap, it’s hard to see a cagey, goalless slog. The hosts will want to hit in front of their crowd. The visitors know they can’t afford another silent away day.
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