Sébastien Pocognoli restores Lukas Hradecky as Monaco’s number one for Brest | OneFootball

Lukas Hradecky will resume as Monaco’s starting goalkeeper on Saturday after a right knee sprain suffered on 3 January at Lyon, 1-3. According to Nice-Matin, the 36-year-old starts against Brest at Louis-II at 21:05 on matchday 26.

Sébastien Pocognoli called it a fairly clear decision and said bringing him back for the final nine league games should not disrupt Monaco’s defensive form. The side have let in four goals across their last seven Ligue 1 matches.

Hradecky has cleared medical and physical tests and trained well for two weeks. Last weekend was deemed a touch early for keeper-specific sharpness, but he has since worked without limits and now regains the gloves. Monaco sit seventh, chasing the top six.

He is preferred to Philipp Köhn for distribution and aerial presence. Köhn’s interim was credible, with notable displays at Orléans in the Coupe de France, 1-3, at Bodö in the Champions League, 0-1, and against PSG in the Champions League play-off first leg, 2-3, then in last Friday’s league game, 1-3. He cost 3.5 million euros and is tied until 2027.

On averages Hradecky concedes 1.18 goals per match to Köhn’s 1.66, while clean-sheet rates favour the Swiss, 31.03% to 27.27%. Pocognoli said Hradecky had momentum before his injury and keeps the number one status. An X poll of 363 fans saw 72.7% oppose keeping Köhn as number one.

Source: Nice-Matin