French Ligue 1

Nice vs AS Monaco, 2018-19 French Ligue 1, Regular Season

· French Ligue 1
Nice
  • 36': Benoît Badiashile (OG)
  • 67': Mickaël Le Bihan (P)
FT
2 - 0
AS Monaco

    Monaco salvage Ligue 1 status as Caen go down

    Monaco salvaged their Ligue 1 place despite losing 2-0 at Nice while Caen were relegated.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Adrien Tameze.
    • 8': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Christophe Herelle.
    • 9': Offside, Nice. Danilo tries a through ball, but Mickael Le Bihan is caught offside.
    • 11': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Youcef Atal.
    • 12': Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin with a cross following a corner.
    • 12': Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Benjamin Henrichs (Monaco).
    • 12': Benjamin Henrichs (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 13': Foul by Christophe Herelle (Nice).
    • 13': Radamel Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Malang Sarr (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Adrien Tameze.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Radamel Falcao.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Gelson Martins (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 17': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Walter Benítez.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Fode Ballo-Toure.
    • 21': Danilo (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Foul by Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco).
    • 21': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Danilo (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 25': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Foul by Dante (Nice).
    • 28': Foul by Dante (Nice).
    • 28': Radamel Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left.
    • 30': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Fode Ballo-Toure.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Mickael Le Bihan (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Mickael Le Bihan (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youcef Atal.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gelson Martins with a cross.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Radamel Falcao (Monaco) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe with a cross.
    • 36': Own Goal by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi, Monaco. Nice 1, Monaco 0.
    • 38': Foul by Dante (Nice).
    • 38': Radamel Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Foul by Kamil Glik (Monaco).
    • 41': Mickael Le Bihan (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi.
    • 44': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Foul by Adrien Tameze (Nice).
    • 44': Adrien Tameze (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Nice 1, Monaco 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Nice 1, Monaco 0.
    • 48': Adrien Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Foul by Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice).
    • 51': Adrien Tameze (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco).
    • 53': Attempt missed. Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ignatius Ganago.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Henrichs with a through ball.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Henrichs.
    • 58': Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Foul by Adrien Silva (Monaco).
    • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice).
    • 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Silva.
    • 63': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Kamil Glik.
    • 64': Penalty Nice. Allan Saint-Maximin draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 64': Penalty conceded by Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 65': Delay in match because of an injury Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice).
    • 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 66': Kamil Glik (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
    • 67': Goal! Nice 2, Monaco 0. Mickael Le Bihan (Nice) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
    • 68': Hand ball by Radamel Falcao (Monaco).
    • 69': Attempt saved. Mickael Le Bihan (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Allan Saint-Maximin with a through ball.
    • 70': Substitution, Nice. Jean-Victor Makengo replaces Danilo.
    • 70': Benjamin Henrichs (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Ignatius Ganago (Nice).
    • 71': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 71': Foul by Malang Sarr (Nice).
    • 72': Substitution, Monaco. Rony Lopes replaces Gelson Martins.
    • 73': Substitution, Monaco. Jean Eudes Aholou replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
    • 76': Dante (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 76': Foul by Radamel Falcao (Monaco).
    • 76': Foul by Benjamin Henrichs (Monaco).
    • 76': Ignatius Ganago (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Foul by Dante (Nice).
    • 78': Attempt missed. Rony Lopes (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 78': Foul by Youcef Atal (Nice).
    • 78': Jean Eudes Aholou (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 82': Substitution, Nice. Remi Walter replaces Adrien Tameze.
    • 84': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 84': Foul by Jean-Victor Makengo (Nice).
    • 84': Jean-Victor Makengo (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Radamel Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 86': Substitution, Nice. Christophe Jallet replaces Mickael Le Bihan.
    • 87': Substitution, Monaco. Carlos Vinicius replaces Radamel Falcao.
    • 88': Foul by Youcef Atal (Nice).
    • 88': Kamil Glik (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice).
    • 89': Jean Eudes Aholou (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Djibril Sidibe (Monaco).
    • 90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+4': Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Kamil Glik (Monaco).
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Nice 2, Monaco 0.
    • 90'+5': Match ends, Nice 2, Monaco 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 13
    3 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    4 Corner Kicks 3
    1 Saves 4
    43.4 Possession 56.6
    11 SHOTS 8
    4 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    397 Accurate Passes 552
    460 Passes 609
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    5 Accurate Crosses 0
    11 Crosses 7
    0.5 Cross % 0.0
    35 Long Balls 46
    18 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    16 Effective Tackles 7
    25 Tackles 12
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    10 Interceptions 15
    8 Effective Clearances 14
    8 Clearances 14

    Game Information

    Competition: French Ligue 1

    Venue: Allianz Riviera
    Location: Nice, France
    Attendance: 23,356

    Ligue 1 Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Paris Saint-Germain 34 +45 76
    2 Lens 34 +31 70
    3 Lille 34 +15 61
    4 Lyon 34 +13 60
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NICE Nice (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    40 Walter Benítez (GK)
    31 Dante
    29 Christophe Hérelle
    23 Malang Sarr
    20 Youcef Atal
    5 Adrien Tamèze Yellow Card
    21 Danilo Barbosa
    8 Pierre Lees-Melou
    10 Mickaël Le Bihan
    14 Ignatius Ganago
    7 Allan Saint-Maximin
    Nice Substitutes:
    Olivier Boscagli, Rémi Walter, Christophe Jallet, Yannis Clementia, Ihsan Sacko, Jean-Victor Makengo, Bassem Srarfi.

    MON AS Monaco (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    16 Diego Benaglio (GK)
    32 Benoît Badiashile
    25 Kamil Glik Yellow Card
    2 Fodé Ballo-Touré
    39 Benjamin Henrichs Yellow Card
    44 Cesc Fàbregas
    15 Adrien Silva
    17 Aleksandr Golovin Yellow Card
    9 Radamel Falcao
    29 Gelson Martins
    19 Djibril Sidibé
    AS Monaco Substitutes:
    Seydou Sy, Georges-Kévin N'Koudou, Naldo, Nacer Chadli, Jean-Eudes Aholou, Carlos Vinícius, Rony Lopes.

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