AS Monaco vs Metz, 2016-17 French Ligue 1, Regular Season
· French Ligue 1Mbappe hat trick, Falcao brace as Monaco thrash Metz 5-0
Radamel Falcao added Monaco's other two goals as the prolific pacesetters restored their three-point advantage over Paris Saint-Germain.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 5': Attempt missed. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 5': Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Mevlüt Erdinc (Metz).
- 7': Boschilia (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Jonathan Rivierez (Metz).
- 7': Goal! Monaco 1, Metz 0. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Falcao with a headed pass.
- 9': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Almamy Touré.
- 9': Hand ball by Fallou Diagne (Metz).
- 10': Goal! Monaco 2, Metz 0. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Almamy Touré with a cross.
- 15': Attempt missed. Benjamin Mendy (Monaco) left footed shot from long range on the left misses to the left.
- 16': Foul by Mevlüt Erdinc (Metz).
- 16': João Moutinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 16': Foul by Fallou Diagne (Metz).
- 17': Attempt saved. Falcao (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Boschilia.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Ismaila Sarr (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fallou Diagne.
- 20': Goal! Monaco 3, Metz 0. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Fabinho (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 27': Offside, Monaco. João Moutinho tries a through ball, but Boschilia is caught offside.
- 29': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Franck Signorino.
- 30': Offside, Monaco. Fabinho tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappe is caught offside.
- 31': Attempt saved. Benjamin Mendy (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 33': Almamy Touré (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Foul by Franck Signorino (Metz).
- 34': Foul by Almamy Touré (Monaco).
- 34': Franck Signorino (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 37': Attempt missed. Falcao (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 39': Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Fallou Diagne (Metz).
- 40': Attempt missed. João Moutinho (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 41': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Guido Milan.
- 43': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Monaco).
- 43': Franck Signorino (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Cheick Doukoure (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florent Mollet.
- 44': Offside, Metz. Ismaila Sarr tries a through ball, but Mevlüt Erdinc is caught offside.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Monaco 3, Metz 0.
- 0': Match ends, Monaco 5, Metz 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Monaco 3, Metz 0.
- 46': Attempt missed. Florent Mollet (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mevlüt Erdinc.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Boschilia (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 50': Goal! Monaco 4, Metz 0. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Boschilia with a through ball.
- 52': Attempt saved. Mevlüt Erdinc (Metz) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ismaila Sarr with a cross.
- 52': Delay in match Danijel Subasic (Monaco) because of an injury.
- 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Falcao (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 55': Goal! Monaco 5, Metz 0. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy with a cross.
- 56': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Kamil Glik.
- 57': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Benjamin Mendy.
- 59': Attempt missed. Boschilia (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 60': Hand ball by Bernardo Silva (Monaco).
- 61': Foul by Benjamin Mendy (Monaco).
- 61': Mevlüt Erdinc (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 61': Benjamin Mendy (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 63': Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 63': Foul by Florent Mollet (Metz).
- 63': Florent Mollet (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Substitution, Monaco. Abdou Diallo replaces Benjamin Mendy.
- 66': Boschilia (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 66': Foul by Jonathan Rivierez (Metz).
- 66': Jonathan Rivierez (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Delay in match Boschilia (Monaco) because of an injury.
- 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 69': Substitution, Monaco. Nabil Dirar replaces Boschilia because of an injury.
- 70': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Jonathan Rivierez.
- 71': Attempt missed. Nabil Dirar (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva following a corner.
- 71': Substitution, Metz. Opa Nguette replaces Renaud Cohade.
- 71': Foul by Falcao (Monaco).
- 71': Franck Signorino (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Ismaila Sarr.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Nabil Dirar (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 74': Attempt saved. Almamy Touré (Monaco) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Falcao.
- 74': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Thomas Didillon.
- 76': Almamy Touré (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Foul by Franck Signorino (Metz).
- 77': Franck Signorino (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Attempt missed. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kylian Mbappe with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 78': Offside, Monaco. Falcao tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappe is caught offside.
- 81': Substitution, Monaco. Irvin Cardona replaces Falcao.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Ismaila Sarr (Metz) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florent Mollet.
- 85': Offside, Monaco. Bernardo Silva tries a through ball, but Abdou Diallo is caught offside.
- 85': Substitution, Metz. Chris Philipps replaces Cheick Doukoure.
- 86': Attempt saved. Irvin Cardona (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 87': Foul by Opa Nguette (Metz).
- 87': Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Foul by Nabil Dirar (Monaco).
- 88': Franck Signorino (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Franck Signorino.
- 90': Attempt saved. Nabil Dirar (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 90'+1': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Thomas Didillon.
- 90'+1': Bernardo Silva (Monaco) hits the left post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by João Moutinho following a corner.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90'+1': Foul by Irvin Cardona (Monaco).
- 90'+1': Franck Signorino (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Irvin Cardona (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 90'+4': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Thomas Didillon.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Bernardo Silva (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Monaco 5, Metz 0.
Statistics
 METZ |
MON |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 7 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 8 | Saves | 1 |
| 37.8 | Possession | 62.2 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 26 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 13 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 255 | Accurate Passes | 478 |
| 345 | Passes | 556 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 14 | Crosses | 27 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 70 | Long Balls | 57 |
| 27 | Accurate Long Balls | 40 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 14 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 24 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 24 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade Louis II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 6,069
Venue: Stade Louis II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 6,069
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Monaco | 4 | +4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stade Rennais | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| 3 | Lyon | 4 | +4 | 8 |
| 4 | Paris FC | 4 | +4 | 8 |
Line-Ups
AS Monaco (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Danijel Subasic (GK) |
| 24 | Andrea Raggi |
| 25 | Kamil Glik |
| 23 | Benjamin Mendy |
| 38 | Almamy Touré |
| 8 | João Moutinho |
| 2 | Fabinho |
| 26 | Gabriel Boschilia |
| 10 | Bernardo Silva |
| 29 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 9 | Radamel Falcao |
Metz (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Didillon (GK) |
| 6 | Simon Falette |
| 5 | Guido Milán |
| 13 | Franck Signorino  |
| 3 | Jonathan Rivierez |
| 24 | Renaud Cohade |
| 10 | Cheick Doukouré |
| 2 | Fallou Diagne |
| 9 | Mevlut Erdinç |
| 19 | Florent Mollet |
| 26 | Ismaïla Sarr |
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