MONACO. Monaco conquers Saint-Étienne 3-1. Its vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Louis II. stadium in Monaco on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard who was helped by Benjamin Pages and Alexis Auger. The 4th official was Arnaud Baert. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.8 degrees Celsius or 69.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Monaco started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up. On the other side, Saint-Étienne adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Monaco – Formation
The manager Niko Kovač decided to play with the following team: Alexander Nübel , Djibril Sidibé , Axel Disasi , Benoît Badiashile , Krépin Diatta , Youssouf Fofana , Eliot Matazo , Caio Henrique , Kevin Volland , Sofiane Diop and Myron Boadu .
The home team had on the bench: Strahinja Pavlović , Aleksandr Golovin , R. Majecki, Jean Lucas, Wissam Ben Yedder , Ruben Aguilar , Gelson Martins, Fàbregas and Aurélien Tchouaméni .
Best player: Wissam Ben Yedder
The player that probably impressed the most for Monaco was Wissam Ben Yedder.
His rating is with 2 goals, 7 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 61′.
Saint-Étienne – Formation
On the opposite side, Claude Puel played with: Etienne Green , Harold Moukoudi , Timothée Kolodziejczak , Mickael Nade , Miguel Trauco , Mahdi Camara , Yvan Neyou , Denis Bouanga , Arnaud Nordin , Wahbi Khazri and Jean-Philippe Krasso .
They had on the bench: Gabriel Silva, Ryad Boudebouz , Zaydou Youssouf , Romain Hamouma , Stefan Bajić , Adil Aouchiche , I. Ramírez, S. Sow and L. Gourna-Douath.
Best player: Denis Bouanga
The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Denis Bouanga.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 22. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork twice times.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 14 Total 8
- 6 On Target 2
- 8 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 155 Attack 97
- 67 Dangerous attack 29
- 73 Ball safe 65
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 17 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 6 Substitutions 5
Monaco was in firm control of the ball 66% while Saint-Étienne was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Monaco was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Monaco won the match.
Monaco shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Saint-Étienne shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Monaco received 1 yellow card (D. Sidibe). On the other side, Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card (T. Kolodziejczak).
Also, Saint-Étienne didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after E. Green (Saint-Étienne) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (33′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Monaco will have 8 points like Lille and Rennes to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne will stay with 3 points like Metz to stay in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Monaco will play away against Clermont on the 26th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Saint-Étienne will host Nice on the 25th of September with a 15-10 head to head in favor of Nice (6 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Olympique Marseille – 0-0
- Lens – Strasbourg – 0-1
- Lille – Reims – 2-1
- Lorient – Nice – 1-0
- Olympique Lyonnais – Troyes – 3-1
- Metz – Paris Saint Germain – 1-2
- Monaco – Saint-Étienne – 3-1
- Montpellier – Bordeaux – 3-3
- Nantes – Brest – 3-1
- Rennes – Clermont – 6-0