REIMS. Monaco was eventually too good for Reims with the goal of A. Golovin (47′), T. Minamino (87′) and W. Ben Yedder (90′). Monaco was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier with the assistance of Valentin Evrard and Mathieu Grosbost. The 4th official was Eddy Rosier. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.9 degrees Celsius or 62.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Monaco had a strong ball possession 68% while Reims was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Monaco was putting more pressure with 81 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Monaco won the match.​

Reims shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Monaco shot 21 times, 9 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Reims received 4 yellow cards (M. Busi, O. Garcia, M. Munetsi and D. Lopy). Regarding the opposition, Monaco received 3 yellow cards (E. Matazo, M. Akliouche and A. Nubel).

(Reims) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (22′).

Standings

After this contest, Reims will stay with 6 points to sit in the 17th place. On the other side, Monaco will have 14 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will play away against Troyes on the 2nd of October with a 12-3 head to head in favor of Troyes (4 draws).

Monaco will host Nantes on the 2nd of October with a 16-5 head to head statistic in favor of Monaco (8 draws).

Reims – Formation

Reims started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Óscar García Junyent decided to play with the following team: Yehvann Diouf (7.5), Andrew Gravillon (6.8), Emmanuel Agbadou (6.6), Yunis Abdelhamid (6.4), Maxime Busi (6.7), Dion Lopy (7.3), Marshall Munetsi (6.9), Bradley Locko (4.5), Arbër Zeneli (6.8), Junya Ito (7.8) and Folarin Balogun (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: C. Keita, Noah Jean Holm (6.8), Nicolas Penneteau, Kamory Doumbia, Patrick Pentz, Ibrahim Diakité (6.6), Jens Cajuste (6.4), Nathanael Mbuku (6.5) and M. Adeline.

Reims could not rely on the presence of J. Cajuste (injured).

Substitutions

Reims made 4 changes: A. Zeneli for I. Diakite (46′), M. Busi for J. Cajuste (54′), D. Lopy for N. Mbuku (76′) and I. Diakite for N. Holm (83′).

Best player: Junya Ito​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reims was Junya Ito.

His rating is (7.8) with 27 passes (51% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 8 crosses.

Monaco – Formation

Monaco started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Philippe Clement played with: Alexander Nübel (6.8), Ruben Aguilar (6.8), Axel Disasi (8.3), Benoît Badiashile (7.1), Caio Henrique (7.6), Maghnes Akliouche (6.4), Youssouf Fofana (7.4), Eliot Matazo (6.6), Aleksandr Golovin (7.1), Breel Embolo (7.2) and Wissam Ben Yedder (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jean Lucas, Krépin Diatta, Gelson Martins (6.8), Malang Sarr, Vanderson (7.1), Mohamed Camara (7.4), Thomas Didillon, Takumi Minamino (8.1) and Myron Boadu.

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

Substitutions

Monaco made 4 changes: R. Aguilar for Vanderson (11′), E. Matazo for M. Camara (46′), A. Golovin for T. Minamino (65′) and M. Akliouche for G. Martins (66′).

Best player: Axel Disasi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Monaco was Axel Disasi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 71 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – Rennes – 1-1
• Olympique Lyonnais – Paris Saint Germain – 0-1
• Nice – Angers SCO – 0-1
• Reims – Monaco – 0-3
• Brest – Ajaccio – 0-1
• Nantes – Lens – 0-0
• Clermont – Troyes – 1-3