MONACO. Toulouse overcome Monaco to win 2-1. It was Toulouse to strike first with a goal of Vincent Sierro at the 41′. Then it was a goal in the 48′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Logan Costa gave the win to Toulouse in the 70′ minute with a goal. Monaco was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Stade Louis II. stadium in Monaco on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien assisted by Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Ali Djedid. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 15.77 degrees Celsius or 60.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Monaco had a strong ball possession 65% while Toulouse was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monaco was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Toulouse managed to find the solution to win this match.
Monaco shot 22 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Toulouse shot 14 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Monaco received 1 yellow card (Denis Zakaria). Talking about the opposition, Toulouse received 3 yellow cards (Aron Dønnum, Christian Mawissa and Guillaume Restes).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Monaco stays with 38 points like LOSC Lille to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, Toulouse will has 23 points to hold in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Monaco will play away against Lens on the 25th of February with a 10-7 head to head stats in favor of Monaco (12 draws).
Toulouse will host Lille on the 25th of February with a 14-8 head to head stats in favor of Lille (13 draws).
Monaco – Formation
Monaco started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Adolf Hütter decided to play with the following team: Philipp Köhn
, Thilo Kehrer , Guillermo Maripán , Mohammed Salisu , Ismail Jakobs , Youssouf Fofana , Denis Zakaria , Mohamed Camara , Maghnes Akliouche , Folarin Balogun and Takumi Minamino .The home team had on the bench: Radosław Majecki, Eliesse Ben Seghir
, Kassoum Ouattara , Edan Diop, Mamadou Coulibaly , Ritchy Valme, Aurélien Platret, Lucas Michal and Yann Lienard.Monaco could not rely on the presence of Mamadou Coulibaly (injured).
Substitutions
Monaco made 2 changes: Folarin Balogun for Eliesse Ben Seghir (71′) and Ismail Jakobs for Kassoum Ouattara (78′).
Player of the match: Youssouf Fofana
The player that probably impressed the most for Monaco was Youssouf Fofana.
His rating is
with 73 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 20. He performed 1 cross.Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Carles Martínez Novell played with: Guillaume Restes
, Moussa Diarra , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Logan Costa , Warren Kamanzi , Vincent Sierro , Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes , Christian Mawissa , Frank Magri , Yann Gboho and Thijs Dallinga .The following players were sitting on the bench: Ibrahim Cissoko, César Gelabert, Kévin Keben Biakolo, Alex Domínguez, Mikkel Desler
, Stijn Spierings, Niklas Schmidt, Shavy Babicka and Aron Dønnum .Substitutions
Toulouse made 3 changes: Warren Kamanzi for Mikkel Desler (56′), Yann Gboho for Shavy Babicka (88′) and Thijs Dallinga for Aron Dønnum (76′).
Player of the match: Vincent Sierro
The most impressive player for Toulouse was Vincent Sierro.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 41 passes (65% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 6 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Brest – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Montpellier – Metz – 3-0
- Reims – Lens – 1-1
- Monaco – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Clermont – 3-1
- Strasbourg – Lorient – 1-3