MONACO. Monaco managed to find the solution against Metz to win 2-1. A. Golovin was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Metz to strike first with an early goal of Lamine Camara at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 42′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Aleksandr Golovin gave the win to Monaco in the 55′ minute scoring a double. Monaco was truly superior in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Louis II. stadium in Monaco on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Romain Lissorgue who was helped by Christophe Mouysset and Ludovic Reyes. The 4th official was Remi Landry. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.9 degrees Celsius or 66.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Monaco was in firm control of the ball 76% while Metz was struggling with a 24% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monaco was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Monaco won the match.
Monaco shot 27 times, 13 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Metz shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Monaco received 1 yellow card (Chrislain Matsima). On the opposite side, Metz received 3 yellow cards (Benjamin Tetteh, Joseph N’Duquidi and Lamine Camara).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Monaco will have 20 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Metz will stay with 8 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Monaco will play away with Olympique Lyonnais on the 28th of April with a 17-11 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (7 draws).
Metz will host Paris Saint Germain on the 18th of May with a 14-1 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (1 draw).
Monaco – Formation
Monaco
67'
42', 55'
46'
Monaco started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).
The manager Adolf Hütter decided to play with the following team: Yllan Okou, Philipp Köhn , Krépin Diatta , Wilfried Singo , Chrislain Matsima , Ismail Jakobs , Mohamed Camara , Youssouf Fofana , Takumi Minamino , Aleksandr Golovin , Folarin Balogun and Wissam Ben Yedder .
The home team had on the bench: Radosław Majecki, Eliesse Ben Seghir , Myron Boadu, Maghnes Akliouche , Nassim Baa, Edan Diop, Antonin Cartillier, Ritchy Valme and Malamine Efekele.
Monaco could not rely on the presence of Myron Boadu (injured).
Substitutions
Monaco made 4 changes: Mohamed Camara for Maghnes Akliouche (46′), Wissam Ben Yedder for Myron Boadu (90′), Takumi Minamino for Eliesse Ben Seghir (79′) and Folarin Balogun for Edan Diop (89′).
Best player: Aleksandr Golovin
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Monaco was Aleksandr Golovin.
His rating is with 2 goals, 61 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.
Metz – Formation
Metz
Metz started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
László Bölöni played with: Kévin N’Doram, Alexandre Oukidja , Maxime Colin , Ismaël Traoré , Fali Candé , Matthieu Udol , Danley Jean Jacques , Joseph N’Duquidi , Ablie Jallow , Lamine Camara , Cheick Tidiane Sabaly and Óscar Estupiñán .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Koffi Kouao, J. Asoro , Guillaume Dietsch, Pape Diallo, Benjamin Tetteh , Kevin Van Den Kerkhof , Arthur Atta , Malick Mbaye and Christophe Herelle.
Metz could not rely on the presence of Benjamin Tetteh (injured).
Substitutions
Metz made 4 changes: Óscar Estupiñán for Benjamin Tetteh (32′), Cheick Tidiane Sabaly for Kevin Van Den Kerkhof (71′), Lamine Camara for Arthur Atta (71′) and Ablie Jallow for J. Asoro (61′).
Best player: Alexandre Oukidja
The most impressive player for Metz was the goalkeeper: Alexandre Oukidja. His rating is 8.87. He performed 11 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Lyonnais – Clermont – 1-2
- Nantes – Montpellier – 2-0
- LOSC Lille – Brest – 1-0
- Monaco – Metz – 2-1
- Lorient – Rennes – 2-1
- Toulouse – Reims – 1-1
