CLERMONT-FERRAND. Monaco beats Clermont with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Maripán (3′) and a goal from B. Embolo (13′).

The match was played at the Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium in Clermont-Ferrand on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier with the collaboration of Erwan Finjean and Thomas Luczynski. The 4th official was Robin Chapapria.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Clermont was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Monaco that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Monaco was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Monaco won the match.​

Clermont shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Monaco shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Clermont received 1 yellow card (Saîf-Eddine Khaoui). Regarding the opposition, Monaco received 2 yellow cards (Ruben Aguilar and Takumi Minamino).

Standings

After this match, Clermont will stay with 30 points like Reims to remain in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Monaco will have 44 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Clermont will host Olympique Marseille on the 11th of February with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (0 draws).

Monaco will host Paris Saint Germain on the 11th of February with a 16-8 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (14 draws).

Clermont – Formation

Clermont started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Pascal Gastien decided to play with the following team: Mory Diaw (6.4), Florent Ogier (6.6), Mateusz Wieteska (6.7), Maximiliano Caufriez (6.6), Jim Allevinah (6.4), Yohann Magnin (6.8), Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (6.5), Neto Borges (6.7), Muhammed Cham-Saračević (6.3), Aïman Maurer (7.0) and Grejohn Kyei (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ouparine Djoco, Mehdi Zeffane (6.4), Souleymane Cissé, Baïla Diallo, Jérémie Bela (6.7), Yanis Massolin, Wabo Kamdem and Komnen Andrić (6.4).

Substitutions

Clermont made 3 changes: Muhammed Cham for Jérémie Bela (63′), Grejohn Kyei for Komnen Andrić (78′) and A. Maurer for Mehdi Zeffane (78′).

Best player: Aïman Maurer​

The most impressive player for Clermont was Aïman Maurer.

His rating is (7.0) with 31 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.

Monaco – Formation

Monaco started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Philippe Clement played with: Alexander Nübel (6.9), Ruben Aguilar (6.6), Axel Disasi (7.3), Guillermo Maripán (7.9), Caio Henrique (7.2), Youssouf Fofana (6.6), Mohamed Camara (7.2), Krépin Diatta (7.2), Takumi Minamino (6.8), Aleksandr Golovin (7.8) and Breel Embolo (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Maghnes Akliouche, Wissam Ben Yedder, Myron Boadu, Kevin Volland, Thomas Didillon, Chrislain Matsima, Ismail Jakobs, Gelson Martins and Eliot Matazo.

Substitutions

Monaco made 2 changes: Takumi Minamino for Kevin Volland (85′) and Krépin Diatta for Gelson Martins (90′).

Best player: Guillermo Maripán​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Monaco was Guillermo Maripán.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 38 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Olympique Marseille – Nice – 1-3
• Lorient – Angers SCO – 0-0
• Brest – Lens – 1-1
• Strasbourg – Montpellier – 2-0
• Clermont – Monaco – 0-2
• Auxerre – Reims – 0-0
• Ajaccio – Nantes – 0-2