Aleksandr Golovin and Takumi Minamino have made their returns to the AS Monaco matchday squad. However, Maghnes Akliouche’s performance last weekend against Olympique de Marseille may consign one of them to the bench.
For last weekend’s 3-2 victory over Marseille, Golovin was suspended, whilst Minamino was absent with some minor adductor discomfort. However, both will return against Stade de Reims on Saturday night. Their returns will almost certainly see Monaco revert to deploying two No.10s and just one striker, meaning that Wissam Ben Yedder is once again in competition with Folarin Balogun for a starting spot. The latter will be hoping to get the nod as he visits his former club for the first time since his summer move to the Principality club.
Monaco likely lineup v Reims
Philipp Köhn; Soungoutou Magassa, Guillermo Maripán, Wilfried Singo; Ismaël Jakobs, Denis Zakaria, Youssouf Fofana, Krépin Diatta; Aleksandr Golovin, Wissam Ben Yedder, Maghnes Akliouche.
