Saint-Étienne vs AS Monaco, 2017-18 French Ligue 1, Regular Season
· French Ligue 1
FT
0 - 4
0 - 4
Monaco brush aside 10-man St Etienne to close gap on PSG
Monaco made the most of their Friday night fixture as they closed to within six points of Ligue 1 leaders PSG with a 4-0 rout of 10-man St Etienne.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Foul by Lois Diony (St Etienne).
- 1': Kamil Glik (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Keita (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 3': Goal! St Etienne 0, Monaco 1. Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
- 5': Foul by Vágner (St Etienne).
- 5': Jorge (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Attempt saved. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabinho with a through ball.
- 6': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Stéphane Ruffier.
- 7': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Habib Maiga.
- 7': Attempt blocked. João Moutinho (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 8': Foul by Gabriel Silva (St Etienne).
- 8': João Moutinho (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 9': Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Foul by Vincent Pajot (St Etienne).
- 9': Attempt blocked. João Moutinho (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rony Lopes.
- 11': Attempt missed. Rony Lopes (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 12': Attempt missed. Fabinho (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 14': Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Cheikh M'Bengue (St Etienne).
- 16': Offside, St Etienne. Rémy Cabella tries a through ball, but Kévin Monnet-Paquet is caught offside.
- 16': Foul by Gabriel Silva (St Etienne).
- 16': Rony Lopes (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Attempt missed. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Fabinho following a set piece situation.
- 18': Attempt missed. Falcao (Monaco) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rony Lopes.
- 19': Foul by Rony Lopes (Monaco).
- 19': Gabriel Silva (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 21': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Kamil Glik.
- 22': Offside, St Etienne. Rémy Cabella tries a through ball, but Vágner is caught offside.
- 22': Foul by Keita (Monaco).
- 22': Vincent Pajot (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Attempt missed. Kévin Monnet-Paquet (St Etienne) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vágner.
- 25': Attempt missed. Keita (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 25': Foul by Jemerson (Monaco).
- 25': Lois Diony (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Foul by Kamil Glik (Monaco).
- 26': Lois Diony (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 28': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Stéphane Ruffier.
- 32': Goal! St Etienne 0, Monaco 2. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Keita.
- 34': Foul by Djibril Sidibe (Monaco).
- 34': Rémy Cabella (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Hand ball by Vágner (St Etienne).
- 43': Foul by Fabinho (Monaco).
- 43': Rémy Cabella (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Jemerson (Monaco).
- 45': Rémy Cabella (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, St Etienne 0, Monaco 2.
- 45': Second Half begins St Etienne 0, Monaco 2.
- 47': Attempt missed. Kévin Monnet-Paquet (St Etienne) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Habib Maiga with a cross.
- 48': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Fabinho.
- 49': Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Vincent Pajot (St Etienne).
- 52': Attempt missed. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 52': Attempt saved. Keita (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Lemar.
- 52': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Stéphane Ruffier.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Rony Lopes (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamil Glik.
- 53': Attempt saved. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rony Lopes.
- 53': Goal! St Etienne 0, Monaco 3. Fabinho (Monaco) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 53': Stéphane Ruffier (St Etienne) is shown the red card.
- 56': Substitution, St Etienne. Jessy Moulin replaces Vágner.
- 60': Goal! St Etienne 0, Monaco 4. Keita (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 62': Foul by Jorge (Monaco).
- 62': Rémy Cabella (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 63': Foul by João Moutinho (Monaco).
- 63': Rémy Cabella (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Attempt saved. Hernani (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 64': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Jorge.
- 65': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by João Moutinho.
- 65': Substitution, St Etienne. Assane Diousse replaces Hernani.
- 66': Substitution, Monaco. Rachid Ghezzal replaces Thomas Lemar.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 67': Foul by Fabinho (Monaco).
- 67': Rémy Cabella (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Rony Lopes (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keita.
- 73': Foul by Vincent Pajot (St Etienne).
- 73': João Moutinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 73': Vincent Pajot (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Foul by Vincent Pajot (St Etienne).
- 75': Rony Lopes (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Offside, Monaco. Djibril Sidibe tries a through ball, but Rachid Ghezzal is caught offside.
- 77': Substitution, Monaco. Guido Carrillo replaces Keita.
- 81': Attempt saved. Rony Lopes (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rachid Ghezzal.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Rachid Ghezzal (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 84': Attempt saved. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Kévin Monnet-Paquet (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Silva.
- 85': Attempt saved. Rémy Cabella (St Etienne) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Silva.
- 86': Cheikh M'Bengue (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Falcao (Monaco).
- 87': Substitution, Monaco. Adama Diakhaby replaces Rony Lopes.
- 88': Substitution, St Etienne. Saidy Janko replaces Rémy Cabella.
- 88': Adama Diakhaby (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Habib Maiga (St Etienne).
- 90'+1': Second Half ends, St Etienne 0, Monaco 4.
- 90'+1': Match ends, St Etienne 0, Monaco 4.
Statistics
 MON |
ASSE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 5 |
| 59.1 | Possession | 40.9 |
| 22 | SHOTS | 5 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 457 | Accurate Passes | 276 |
| 536 | Passes | 366 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 15 | Crosses | 12 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 44 | Long Balls | 55 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 25 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 23 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
| 23 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Location: Saint-Etienne, France
Attendance: 23,107
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Location: Saint-Etienne, France
Attendance: 23,107
Line-Ups
Saint-Étienne (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Stéphane Ruffier (GK)  |
| 12 | Cheikh M'Bengue |
| 2 | Kévin Théophile-Catherine |
| 11 | Gabriel Silva |
| 13 | Habib Maïga |
| 10 | Rémy Cabella |
| 5 | Vincent Pajot  |
| 20 | Hernani |
| 9 | Loïs Diony |
| 22 | Kévin Monnet-Paquet |
| 33 | Vágner |
AS Monaco (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Danijel Subasic (GK) |
| 5 | Jemerson |
| 25 | Kamil Glik |
| 6 | Jorge |
| 19 | Djibril Sidibé |
| 27 | Thomas Lemar |
| 2 | Fabinho |
| 8 | João Moutinho |
| 9 | Radamel Falcao |
| 14 | Keita Baldé |
| 20 | Rony Lopes |
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