Winless-in-three Monaco visit Paris FC with in-form Brunner

📰 Monaco, winless in three league games, look to bounce back at Paris FC, who are one point behind them. 📌 Key points 🏟️ Monaco visit Paris FC at 5.15pm on 1 November. 📊 Fourth-placed Monaco are one point above sixth-placed Paris FC. ⭐ Brunner has won the club's player of the month for August, September and October. 🩹 Ansu Fati is out with a hamstring injury. 👋 Paris FC will hold a farewell for president Pierre Ferracci before kick-off. 📝 What happened 📉 Monaco have drawn 2-2 with Toulouse, lost 1-0 at Lorient and drawn 1-1 with Lille. They are fourth on 15 points, but defeat would let sixth-placed Paris FC (14) overtake them. Paris FC lost 2-1 at Lens on 24 October. ⭐ Paris Brunner is the man in form. Fans voted him the club's player of the month for October after August and September. Back from a two-match Ligue 1 ban for a celebration, he returned against Lille, and in October he scored in both Conference League games, at Sofia and against Freiburg. Filipe Luís said Brunner is in fantastic form. 🩹 Ansu Fati, injured against Lille, is out for about six weeks with a hamstring problem. 👋 Before kick-off Paris FC will honour Pierre Ferracci, 74, president since 2012. He steps down at a board meeting on 9 November to become honorary president, with Antoine Arnault already president. 📊 By the numbers • Monaco 15 points (4th) v Paris FC 14 points (6th) • Monaco's last three league games: two draws, one defeat • Brunner: club player of the month three times running 👀 What to watch ⚽ Brunner in Ligue 1 — can he carry his European scoring form into the league? 🧠 First-half control — can Filipe Luís fix the chaos he criticised in the first half against Lille? 🎉 A charged Jean-Bouin — the Ferracci farewell should lift the home crowd. 🔭 Why it matters A win keeps Monaco in the title chase; a defeat would drop them below Paris FC. Monaco host Nordsjælland in the Conference League on 5 November.