AS Monaco vs Metz, 2023-24 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Monaco come from behind to claim top spot with win over Metz
Two goals by Aleksandr Golovin allowed Monaco to come from a goal down to beat Metz 2-1 at home in Ligue 1 and reclaim top spot
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Goal! Monaco 0, Metz 1. Lamine Camara (Metz) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the top right corner.
- 7': Attempt saved. Mohamed Camara (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chrislain Matsima.
- 10': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ismail Jakobs.
- 11': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Matthieu Udol.
- 12': Attempt missed. Wilfried Singo (Monaco) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin with a cross following a corner.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Ablie Jallow (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthieu Udol.
- 14': Foul by Lamine Camara (Metz).
- 14': Wilfried Singo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Attempt saved. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Camara.
- 16': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Alexandre Oukidja.
- 17': Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Takumi Minamino (Monaco).
- 21': Attempt saved. Mohamed Camara (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Krépin Diatta.
- 22': Offside, Monaco. Youssouf Fofana tries a through ball, but Folarin Balogun is caught offside.
- 25': Attempt saved. Mohamed Camara (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana with a through ball.
- 25': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Foul by Lamine Camara (Metz).
- 27': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chrislain Matsima.
- 27': Foul by Chrislain Matsima (Monaco).
- 27': Óscar Estupiñán (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Delay in match because of an injury Óscar Estupiñán (Metz).
- 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 31': Delay in match because of an injury Óscar Estupiñán (Metz).
- 32': Substitution, Metz. Benjamin Tetteh replaces Óscar Estupiñán because of an injury.
- 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 33': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Matthieu Udol.
- 34': Foul by Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco).
- 34': Joseph N'Duquidi (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 37': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Matthieu Udol.
- 39': Attempt missed. Danley Jean-Jacques (Metz) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lamine Camara.
- 39': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Cheikh Sabaly.
- 40': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin with a cross following a corner.
- 41': Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Krépin Diatta (Monaco).
- 42': Goal! Monaco 1, Metz 1. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Chrislain Matsima.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Camara.
- 45': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Folarin Balogun.
- 45': Foul by Benjamin Tetteh (Metz).
- 45': Krépin Diatta (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Monaco 1, Metz 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Monaco 1, Metz 1.
- 45': Substitution, Monaco. Maghnes Akliouche replaces Mohamed Camara.
- 46': Attempt saved. Benjamin Tetteh (Metz) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danley Jean-Jacques.
- 46': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Philipp Köhn.
- 47': Chrislain Matsima (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 47': Foul by Danley Jean-Jacques (Metz).
- 48': Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 49': Attempt saved. Danley Jean-Jacques (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cheikh Sabaly.
- 49': Attempt missed. Benjamin Tetteh (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a fast break.
- 53': Hand ball by Ablie Jallow (Metz).
- 53': Foul by Lamine Camara (Metz).
- 53': Takumi Minamino (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Lamine Camara (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Goal! Monaco 2, Metz 1. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 57': Foul by Takumi Minamino (Monaco).
- 57': Matthieu Udol (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Krépin Diatta (Monaco).
- 59': Attempt blocked. Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 59': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Matthieu Udol.
- 60': Danley Jean-Jacques (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Takumi Minamino (Monaco).
- 61': Attempt blocked. Ismail Jakobs (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 61': Substitution, Metz. Joel Asoro replaces Ablie Jallow.
- 62': Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ismail Jakobs with a cross.
- 63': Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Folarin Balogun.
- 63': Attempt saved. Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 66': Foul by Benjamin Tetteh (Metz).
- 66': Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66': Benjamin Tetteh (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Attempt saved. Wilfried Singo (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin.
- 67': Alexandre Oukidja (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Chrislain Matsima (Monaco).
- 67': Chrislain Matsima (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 68': Benjamin Tetteh (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Chrislain Matsima (Monaco).
- 68': Attempt saved. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin.
- 70': Foul by Joel Asoro (Metz).
- 70': Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 70': Attempt missed. Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Folarin Balogun.
- 70': Substitution, Metz. Arthur Atta replaces Lamine Camara.
- 71': Substitution, Metz. Kévin Van Den Kerkhof replaces Cheikh Sabaly.
- 71': Foul by Folarin Balogun (Monaco).
- 71': Matthieu Udol (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Chrislain Matsima (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Benjamin Tetteh (Metz).
- 73': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Joseph N'Duquidi.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismail Jakobs.
- 73': Attempt missed. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 74': Foul by Joseph N'Duquidi (Metz).
- 74': Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 74': Joseph N'Duquidi (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Attempt missed. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Krépin Diatta.
- 76': Offside, Monaco. Takumi Minamino tries a through ball, but Folarin Balogun is caught offside.
- 76': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Ismail Jakobs.
- 77': Attempt missed. Matthieu Udol (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Arthur Atta following a corner.
- 78': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Joel Asoro.
- 78': Foul by Chrislain Matsima (Monaco).
- 78': Joseph N'Duquidi (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Substitution, Monaco. Eliesse Ben Seghir replaces Takumi Minamino.
- 84': Attempt saved. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Maghnes Akliouche.
- 84': Hand ball by Arthur Atta (Metz).
- 85': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Kévin Van Den Kerkhof.
- 86': Attempt missed. Krépin Diatta (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Wilfried Singo following a corner.
- 86': Offside, Metz. Joel Asoro tries a through ball, but Arthur Atta is caught offside.
- 87': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Joseph N'Duquidi.
- 87': Attempt missed. Wilfried Singo (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Maghnes Akliouche following a corner.
- 89': Substitution, Monaco. Edan Diop replaces Folarin Balogun.
- 90': Attempt saved. Kévin Van Den Kerkhof (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 90': Arthur Atta (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco).
- 90'+3': Substitution, Monaco. Myron Boadu replaces Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Monaco 2, Metz 1.
- 0': Match ends, Monaco 2, Metz 1.
Statistics
 METZ |
MON |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 12 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 11 | Saves | 3 |
| 24.1 | Possession | 75.9 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 27 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 13 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 148 | Accurate Passes | 642 |
| 231 | Passes | 729 |
| 0.6 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 5 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 58 | Long Balls | 49 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 19 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 31 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 31 | Clearances | 5 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 6,197
Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 6,197
Line-Ups
AS Monaco (4-2-2-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Philipp Köhn (GK) |
| 34 | Chrislain Matsima |
| 99 | Wilfried Singo |
| 14 | Ismail Jakobs |
| 27 | Krépin Diatta |
| 19 | Youssouf Fofana |
| 4 | Mohamed Camara |
| 10 | Wissam Ben Yedder |
| 29 | Folarin Balogun |
| 17 | Aleksandr Golovin |
| 18 | Takumi Minamino |
Metz (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Alexandre Oukidja (GK) |
| 5 | Fali Candé |
| 8 | Ismaël Traoré |
| 3 | Matthieu Udol |
| 2 | Maxime Colin |
| 18 | Lamine Camara |
| 34 | Joseph N'Duquidi  |
| 27 | Danley Jean Jacques |
| 9 | Óscar Estupiñán |
| 14 | Cheick Tidiane Sabaly |
| 36 | Abdoulie Jallow |
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