Intro:

Monaco need a draw against Zenit St. Petersburg to progress to the knock-out stage of the Champions League.

Script:

A draw against Zenit St. Petersburg will see Monaco progress to the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday.

Training ahead of the decisive encounter, Leonardo Jardim's side will be expecting an onslaught as their opponents need a win to progress ahead of them.

Monaco's impressive 1-0 away victory against group leaders Bayer Leverkusen on the previous match day sees them sitting second in the group.

If they go through to the knock-out stage, it'll be for the first time in 9 nine years in Europe's top club competition.

The two sides played out a scoreless draw in their last meeting in St. Petersburg in October.

Zenit's only triumph in France was almost 10 years ago in the UEFA Cup against Olympique de Marseille.

Monaco will have the home ground advantage as they try to resist Andre Villas Boas' men.

But they've only managed seven wins in 22 games in all competitions this season.

No where near the heights of last season.