MONTPELLIER. Montpellier overcome Monaco. Monaco was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stade de la Mosson stadium in Montpellier on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard assisted by Aurélien Drouet and Guillaume Debart. The 4th official was Guillaume Paradis. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.4 degrees Celsius or 43.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 14 Total 19
- 7 On Target 8
- 7 Off Target 11
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 82 Attack 147
- 37 Dangerous attack 83
- 95 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 10
Fouls
- 10 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Monaco had a strong ball possession 62% while Montpellier was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monaco was more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, Montpellier managed to find the solution to win this match.
Montpellier shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Monaco shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Montpellier received 2 yellow cards (S. Mavididi and J. Sambia). Regarding the opposition, Monaco received 2 yellow cards (C. Henrique and R. Aguilar).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Montpellier will have 34 points like Rennes to remain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Monaco will stay with 33 points like Lens to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
Montpellier – Formation
Montpellier
90'
32', 90'
87'
Montpellier started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Olivier Dall’Oglio decided to play with the following team: Jonas Omlin , Arnaud Souquet , Nicolas Cozza , Mamadou Sakho , Mihailo Ristić , Florent Mollet , Jordan Ferri , Joris Chotard , Stephy Mavididi , Valère Germain and Sepe Elye Wahi .
The home team had on the bench: Nicholas Selson Gioacchini , L. Leroy, Junior Sambia, Thuler, B. Makouana, D. Bertaud and S. Delaye.
Substitutions
Montpellier made 2 changes: E. Wahi for N. Gioacchini (71′) and V. Germain for J. Sambia (87′).
Best player: Stephy Mavididi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Montpellier was Stephy Mavididi.
His rating is with 2 goals, 24 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Monaco – Formation
Monaco
Monaco started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Philippe Clement played with: Alexander Nübel , Ruben Aguilar , Axel Disasi , Guillermo Maripán , Caio Henrique , Aurélien Tchouaméni , Gelson Martins , Eliot Matazo , Jean Lucas , Sofiane Diop and Wissam Ben Yedder .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ismail Jakobs , Vanderson , Youssouf Fofana , R. Majecki, V. Mannone, Tiago Ribeiro, C. Matsima and S. Pavlović.
Substitutions
Monaco made 4 changes: Jean Lucas for Vanderson (57′), E. Matazo for Y. Fofana (67′), G. Martins for I. Jakobs (67′) and C. Henrique for T. Ribeiro (89′).
Best player: Aurélien Tchouaméni
The most impressive player for Monaco was Aurélien Tchouaméni.
His rating is with 90 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 19.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Troyes – 2-1
- Bordeaux – Strasbourg – 4-3
- Clermont – Rennes – 2-1
- Metz – Nice – 0-2
- Montpellier – Monaco – 3-2
- Nantes – Lorient – 4-2
- Paris Saint Germain – Reims – 4-0
