AS Monaco vs Lille, 2017-18 French Ligue 1, Regular Season

· French Ligue 1

AS Monaco

43': Rony Lopes
61': Stevan Jovetic

FT
2 - 1

Lille

16': Lebo Mothiba

Monaco shake off slow start to beat Lille

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Offside, Monaco. João Moutinho tries a through ball, but Rony Lopes is caught offside.
4': Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
4': Foul by Thiago Mendes (Lille).
4': Attempt missed. Kamil Glik (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Thomas Lemar with a cross following a set piece situation.
9': Hand ball by Andrea Raggi (Monaco).
9': Attempt blocked. Thiago Maia (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
10': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Youri Tielemans.
10': Offside, Lille. Yassine Benzia tries a through ball, but Fode Ballo-Toure is caught offside.
13': Attempt missed. Youri Tielemans (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
14': Foul by Thiago Maia (Lille).
14': Thomas Lemar (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16': Goal! Monaco 0, Lille 1. Lebo Mothiba (Lille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thiago Mendes.
22': Attempt blocked. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rony Lopes.
23': Offside, Lille. Nicolas Pepe tries a through ball, but Lebo Mothiba is caught offside.
24': Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
24': Foul by Adama Soumaoro (Lille).
25': Attempt saved. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Thiago Mendes.
26': Attempt saved. Thiago Maia (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
28': Foul by João Moutinho (Monaco).
28': Nicolas Pepe (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Ibrahim Amadou (Lille).
29': Foul by João Moutinho (Monaco).
29': Thiago Mendes (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Thiago Mendes (Lille).
30': Thomas Lemar (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Kamil Glik (Monaco).
31': Lebo Mothiba (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Offside, Lille. Ibrahim Amadou tries a through ball, but Thiago Mendes is caught offside.
36': Foul by Falcao (Monaco).
36': Thiago Mendes (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Attempt saved. Lebo Mothiba (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
38': Foul by Ibrahim Amadou (Lille).
38': Rony Lopes (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Offside, Lille. Thiago Maia tries a through ball, but Nicolas Pepe is caught offside.
41': Foul by Keita (Monaco).
41': Thiago Mendes (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt saved. Rony Lopes (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Keita.
43': Goal! Monaco 1, Lille 1. Rony Lopes (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
45'+1': First Half ends, Monaco 1, Lille 1.
45': Second Half begins Monaco 1, Lille 1.
45': Substitution, Monaco. Stevan Jovetic replaces Keita.
47': Attempt missed. Falcao (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe.
48': Attempt missed. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Stevan Jovetic.
48': Attempt blocked. Thiago Mendes (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
48': Corner, Lille. Conceded by Andrea Raggi.
50': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Adama Soumaoro.
52': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Edgar Ié.
52': Attempt saved. Falcao (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross.
53': Foul by Fode Ballo-Toure (Lille).
53': Rony Lopes (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Foul by Junior Alonso (Lille).
61': Goal! Monaco 2, Lille 1. Stevan Jovetic (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Moutinho with a through ball.
63': Attempt blocked. Thiago Mendes (Lille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
63': Attempt blocked. Yassine Benzia (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Thiago Mendes.
67': João Moutinho (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Foul by João Moutinho (Monaco).
69': Yassine Benzia (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Adama Soumaoro (Lille).
75': Substitution, Lille. Fares Bahlouli replaces Lebo Mothiba.
75': Substitution, Lille. Luiz Araujo replaces Yassine Benzia.
76': Substitution, Monaco. Rachid Ghezzal replaces Falcao.
77': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Edgar Ié.
77': Attempt missed. Stevan Jovetic (Monaco) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Lemar with a cross following a corner.
79': Foul by João Moutinho (Monaco).
79': Thiago Mendes (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80': Substitution, Lille. Kevin Malcuit replaces Adama Soumaoro.
82': Attempt missed. Thiago Mendes (Lille) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
84': Offside, Lille. Nicolas Pepe tries a through ball, but Kevin Malcuit is caught offside.
85': Offside, Monaco. Danijel Subasic tries a through ball, but Rony Lopes is caught offside.
85': Foul by Fares Bahlouli (Lille).
85': Stevan Jovetic (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Attempt saved. Luiz Araujo (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Pepe.
87': Fode Ballo-Toure (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Rachid Ghezzal (Monaco).
87': Foul by Stevan Jovetic (Monaco).
87': Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Substitution, Monaco. Kevin N'Doram replaces Rony Lopes.
89': Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thiago Mendes.
89': Attempt blocked. Luiz Araujo (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
89': Attempt missed. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
90'+1': Foul by Kevin N'Doram (Monaco).
90'+1': Nicolas Pepe (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Fares Bahlouli with a cross following a set piece situation.
90'+2': Danijel Subasic (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Foul by Stevan Jovetic (Monaco).
90'+2': Kevin Malcuit (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Offside, Monaco. Stevan Jovetic tries a through ball, but Rachid Ghezzal is caught offside.
90'+3': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Fode Ballo-Toure.
90'+4': Fares Bahlouli (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Foul by Kevin N'Doram (Monaco).
90'+5': Second Half ends, Monaco 2, Lille 1.
90'+5': Match ends, Monaco 2, Lille 1.

Statistics

LILL		MON
10	Fouls	13
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	4
2	Saves	4
54.2	Possession	45.8
14	SHOTS	10
5	ON GOAL	4
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
450	Accurate Passes	374
535	Passes	457
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	3
17	Crosses	12
0.2	Cross %	0.3
43	Long Balls	51
24	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
6	Blocked Shots	1
15	Effective Tackles	13
16	Tackles	25
0.9	Tackle %	0.5
0	Interceptions	0
19	Effective Clearances	21
19	Clearances	21

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Louis II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 7,147

Line-Ups

AS Monaco (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Danijel Subasic (GK)
5	Jemerson
25	Kamil Glik
24	Andrea Raggi
19	Djibril Sidibé
27	Thomas Lemar
8	João Moutinho
17	Youri Tielemans
9	Radamel Falcao
20	Rony Lopes
14	Keita Baldé

AS Monaco Substitutes:

Diego Benaglio, Rachid Ghezzal, Stevan Jovetic, Adama Diakhaby, Jorge, Kevin N'Doram, Almamy Touré.

Lille (4-4-2)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
3	Júnior Alonso
5	Adama Soumaoro
25	Fodé Ballo-Touré
15	Edgar Ié
20	Thiago Maia
6	Ibrahim Amadou
10	Yassine Benzia
23	Thiago Mendes
18	Lebo Mothiba
19	Nicolas Pépé

Lille Substitutes:

Kévin Malcuit, Luiz Araújo, Ezequiel Ponce, Boubakary Soumaré, Kouadio Dabila, Hervé Koffi, Farés Bahlouli.

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