NANTES. Nantes and Monaco played an incredible match before drawing 3-3. Monaco was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Friday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard with the support of Nicolas Danos and Julien Pacelli. The 4th official was Antoine Valnet. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.92 degrees Celsius or 55.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Monaco had a superior ball possession 59% while Nantes was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Monaco was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 10 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Monaco to win the match​.

Nantes shot 3 times, 3 on target, 0 off target. Talking about the opposition, Monaco shot 27 times, 10 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Nantes received 2 yellow cards (Jean-Charles Castelletto and Samuel Moutoussamy). On the other side, Monaco received 2 yellow cards (Aleksandr Golovin and Wilfried Singo).

Standings

After this match, Nantes has 1 points to occupy the 16th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Monaco has 7 points (1st).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will host Olympique Marseille on the 1st of September with a 14-7 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (7 draws).

Monaco will host Lens on the 2nd of September with a 9-7 head to head record in favor of Monaco (11 draws).

Nantes – Formation

Nantes adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Pierre Aristouy decided to play with the following team: Rémy Descamps (7.5), Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (7.0), Nicolas Pallois (7.1), Jean-Charles Castelletto (7.7), Marcus Coco (6.7), Pedro Chirivella (7.0), Douglas Augusto (7.3), Quentin Merlin (7.0), Moses Simon (7.0), Abdoul Kader Bamba (7.0) and Mostafa Mohamed (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Florent Mollet (6.6), Ignatius Ganago (6.8), Samuel Moutoussamy (6.6), Marquinhos, Moussa Sissoko (6.6), Stredair Appuah, Jaouen Hadjam (6.4), Denis Petrić and Bastien Meupiyou Menadjou.

Substitutions

Nantes made 5 changes: Abdoul Kader Bamba for Samuel Moutoussamy (60′), Mostafa Mohamed for Florent Mollet (81′), Quentin Merlin for Jaouen Hadjam (81′), Moses Simon for Ignatius Ganago (69′) and Douglas Augusto for Moussa Sissoko (69′).

Best player: Mostafa Mohamed​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Mostafa Mohamed.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 24 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13.

Monaco – Formation

Also Monaco adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Adolf Hütter played with: Guillermo Maripán, Philipp Köhn (6.1), Wilfried Singo (7.5), Denis Zakaria (6.6), Soungoutou Magassa (6.8), Vanderson (7.1), Youssouf Fofana (6.3), Mohamed Camara (7.1), Caio Henrique (8.1), Takumi Minamino (8.4) and Aleksandr Golovin (7.0), Wissam Ben Yedder (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Radosław Majecki, Eliot Matazo, Myron Boadu (7.9), Ismail Jakobs, Krépin Diatta (6.8), Chrislain Matsima, Malamine Efekele and Yann Lienard.

Monaco could not rely on the presence of Krépin Diatta (injured).

Substitutions

Monaco made 2 changes: Vanderson for Krépin Diatta (74′) and Soungoutou Magassa for Myron Boadu (85′).

Best player: Takumi Minamino​

The most impressive player for Monaco was Takumi Minamino.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 43 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Nantes – Monaco – 3-3