Montpellier vs AS Monaco, 2020-21 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1
FT
2 - 3
2 - 3
Monaco hold off spirited Montpellier to go fourth
Monaco survived a spirited second-half fightback to earn a 3-2 victory at Montpellier in Ligue 1 on Friday, with two goals from Wissam Ben Yedder.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Kevin Volland (Monaco).
- 2': Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco).
- 8': Foul by Ruben Aguilar (Monaco).
- 8': Nicolas Cozza (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier).
- 9': Ruben Aguilar (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 11': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Pedro Mendes.
- 12': Foul by Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier).
- 12': Ruben Aguilar (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 13': Foul by Kevin Volland (Monaco).
- 14': Attempt blocked. Andy Delort (Montpellier) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaetan Laborde.
- 16': Djibril Sidibé (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier).
- 18': Florent Mollet (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Foul by Youssouf Fofana (Monaco).
- 18': Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Sambia.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Andy Delort (Montpellier) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florent Mollet.
- 22': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Sofiane Diop.
- 24': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Daniel Congré.
- 24': Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Kevin Volland with a headed pass following a corner.
- 24': Goal! Montpellier 0, Monaco 1. Kevin Volland (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 28': Foul by Ruben Aguilar (Monaco).
- 28': Pedro Mendes (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sofiane Diop.
- 31': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Damien Le Tallec.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djibril Sidibé with a cross.
- 32': Attempt missed. Sofiane Diop (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 32': Attempt missed. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Guillermo Maripán following a corner.
- 34': Foul by Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier).
- 34': Ruben Aguilar (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Goal! Montpellier 0, Monaco 2. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Caio Henrique with a cross.
- 39': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Djibril Sidibé.
- 40': Offside, Montpellier. Junior Sambia tries a through ball, but Florent Mollet is caught offside.
- 43': Foul by Daniel Congré (Montpellier).
- 43': Sofiane Diop (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Hand ball by Andy Delort (Montpellier).
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Kevin Volland (Monaco) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ruben Aguilar.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruben Aguilar.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Montpellier 0, Monaco 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Montpellier 0, Monaco 2.
- 46': Foul by Jordan Ferri (Montpellier).
- 46': Ruben Aguilar (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Andy Delort (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 50': Foul by Ruben Aguilar (Monaco).
- 52': Attempt blocked. Kevin Volland (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sofiane Diop.
- 52': Attempt missed. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Djibril Sidibé with a cross.
- 53': Foul by Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier).
- 53': Kevin Volland (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Substitution, Montpellier. Sepe Elye Wahi replaces Mihailo Ristic.
- 54': Substitution, Montpellier. Téji Savanier replaces Damien Le Tallec.
- 57': Offside, Monaco. Benoit Badiashile tries a through ball, but Ruben Aguilar is caught offside.
- 57': Benoit Badiashile (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Andy Delort (Montpellier).
- 59': Foul by Ruben Aguilar (Monaco).
- 59': Nicolas Cozza (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Ruben Aguilar (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 60': Attempt missed. Andy Delort (Montpellier) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Junior Sambia with a cross.
- 60': Foul by Junior Sambia (Montpellier).
- 60': Sofiane Diop (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Penalty Monaco. Kevin Volland draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 60': Penalty conceded by Daniel Congré (Montpellier) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 61': Goal! Montpellier 0, Monaco 3. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 64': Goal! Montpellier 1, Monaco 3. Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gaetan Laborde.
- 65': Foul by Djibril Sidibé (Monaco).
- 65': Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Guillermo Maripán.
- 66': Foul by Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier).
- 66': Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Goal! Montpellier 2, Monaco 3. Andy Delort (Montpellier) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florent Mollet.
- 70': Substitution, Monaco. Aleksandr Golovin replaces Sofiane Diop.
- 70': Foul by Daniel Congré (Montpellier).
- 70': Kevin Volland (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Djibril Sidibé.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 73': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Jordan Ferri.
- 75': Attempt saved. Andy Delort (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Florent Mollet.
- 75': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Benjamin Lecomte.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Sepe Elye Wahi.
- 77': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Nicolas Cozza.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ruben Aguilar.
- 80': Substitution, Monaco. Fode Ballo-Toure replaces Ruben Aguilar.
- 80': Substitution, Monaco. Stevan Jovetic replaces Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Kevin Volland (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fode Ballo-Toure with a cross.
- 82': Substitution, Montpellier. Stephy Mavididi replaces Gaetan Laborde.
- 83': Substitution, Montpellier. Joris Chotard replaces Jordan Ferri.
- 83': Daniel Congré (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Kevin Volland (Monaco).
- 83': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Foul by Joris Chotard (Montpellier).
- 83': Joris Chotard (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 87': Andy Delort (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Foul by Guillermo Maripán (Monaco).
- 88': Guillermo Maripán (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Hand ball by Florent Mollet (Montpellier).
- 89': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Fode Ballo-Toure.
- 89': Foul by Téji Savanier (Montpellier).
- 89': Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Téji Savanier (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Monaco. Chrislain Matsima replaces Caio Henrique.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Monaco. Axel Disasi replaces Kevin Volland.
- 90'+4': Axel Disasi (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Andy Delort (Montpellier).
- 90'+5': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Pedro Mendes.
- 90'+5': Foul by Stevan Jovetic (Monaco).
- 90'+5': Nicolas Cozza (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Montpellier 2, Monaco 3.
- 0': Match ends, Montpellier 2, Monaco 3.
- 0': Match ends, Montpellier 2, Monaco 3.
Statistics
 MON |
MON |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 17 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 48.7 | Possession | 51.3 |
| 16 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 302 | Accurate Passes | 327 |
| 423 | Passes | 441 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 12 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.5 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 68 | Long Balls | 76 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 40 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 23 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 17 | Interceptions | 14 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 14 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
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Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | AJ Auxerre | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Le Havre AC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Montpellier (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Omlin (GK) |
| 5 | Pedro Mendes |
| 31 | Nicolas Cozza |
| 3 | Daniel Congré |
| 7 | Mihailo Ristic |
| 6 | Junior Sambia |
| 12 | Jordan Ferri |
| 25 | Florent Mollet |
| 14 | Damien Le Tellec |
| 9 | Andy Delort |
| 10 | Gaëtan Laborde |
AS Monaco (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 40 | Benjamin Lecomte (GK) |
| 32 | Benoît Badiashile |
| 3 | Guillermo Maripán  |
| 12 | Caio Henrique |
| 29 | Djibril Sidibé |
| 31 | Kevin Volland |
| 8 | Aurélien Tchouaméni |
| 22 | Youssouf Fofana |
| 9 | Wissam Ben Yedder |
| 37 | Sofiane Diop |
| 26 | Ruben Aguilar |
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