French Ligue 1

Monaco vs Angers 2022-23 Ligue 1

  • 54': Breel Embolo
  • 70': Aleksandr Golovin
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2 - 0

AS Monaco seal 2-0 home win over Angers in Ligue 1

Breel Embolo and Aleksandr Golovin scored in the second half as Monaco beat bottom side Angers 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 19': Adrien Hunou (Angers) is shown the yellow card.
  • 25': Malang Sarr (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Penalty saved! Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+2': Takumi Minamino (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Monaco. Vanderson replaces Malang Sarr.
  • 45': Substitution, Angers. Abdoulaye Bamba replaces Yan Valery because of an injury.
  • 45': Second Half begins Monaco 0, Angers 0.
  • 54': Goal! Monaco 1, Angers 0. Breel Embolo (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vanderson with a cross.
  • 55': Substitution, Monaco. Caio Henrique replaces Ismail Jakobs.
  • 55': Substitution, Monaco. Aleksandr Golovin replaces Takumi Minamino.
  • 57': Abdoulaye Bamba (Angers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Substitution, Monaco. Kevin Volland replaces Breel Embolo.
  • 68': Substitution, Angers. Abdallah Sima replaces Amine Salama.
  • 70': Goal! Monaco 2, Angers 0. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kevin Volland.
  • 73': Substitution, Monaco. Krépin Diatta replaces Maghnes Akliouche because of an injury.
  • 73': Substitution, Angers. Waniss Taibi replaces Himad Abdelli.
  • 73': Substitution, Angers. Farid El Melali replaces Adrien Hunou.
  • 84': Axel Disasi (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Batista Mendy (Angers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 7,069

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+47 Paris Saint-Germain 30 69 1
+18 AS Monaco 30 58 6
+15 Brest 30 53 7
+17 Lille 30 52 6
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Statistics

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15 Fouls 18
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
0 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 3
47.8 Possession 52.2
7 SHOTS 8
4 ON GOAL 5
0.6 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
385 Accurate Passes 400
462 Passes 487
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 4
6 Crosses 27
0.5 Cross % 0.1
48 Long Balls 49
27 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 1
6 Effective Tackles 10
13 Tackles 21
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
5 Interceptions 11
18 Effective Clearances 4
18 Clearances 4

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
16 Alexander Nübel (GK)
3 Guillermo Maripán
23 Malang Sarr Yellow Card
6 Axel Disasi Yellow Card
15 Eliot Matazo
19 Youssouf Fofana
18 Takumi Minamino Yellow Card
14 Ismail Jakobs
21 Maghnes Akliouche
10 Wissam Ben Yedder
36 Breel Embolo

ANG Angers (5-3-2)

No. Name
30 Yahia Fofana (GK)
17 Ibrahim Amadou
2 Batista Mendy Yellow Card
22 Cédric Hountondji
15 Pierrick Capelle
94 Yan Valery
6 Nabil Bentaleb
8 Azzedine Ounahi
10 Himad Abdelli
23 Adrien Hunou Yellow Card
11 Salama

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