Monaco vs Marseille 2023-24 Ligue 1

AS Monaco

8': Maghnes Akliouche
23': Folarin Balogun
52': Maghnes Akliouche

FT
3 - 2

Marseille

1': Iliman Ndiaye
18': Samuel Gigot

Akliouche, Balogun fire Monaco to 3-2 win over Marseille

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AS Monaco beat Marseille 3-2 on Saturday to move top of Ligue 1, thanks to a brace from French midfielder Maghnes Akliouche and a powerful strike from United States striker Folarin Balogun.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
1': Goal! Monaco 0, Marseille 1. Iliman Ndiaye (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with a cross.
8': Goal! Monaco 1, Marseille 1. Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
18': Goal! Monaco 1, Marseille 2. Samuel Gigot (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Iliman Ndiaye with a cross.
23': Goal! Monaco 2, Marseille 2. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Maghnes Akliouche.
42': Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Second Half begins Monaco 2, Marseille 2.
48': Substitution, Marseille. Amine Harit replaces Iliman Ndiaye because of an injury.
52': Goal! Monaco 3, Marseille 2. Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Folarin Balogun.
54': Joaquín Correa (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
59': Samuel Gigot (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
59': Denis Zakaria (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
73': Jonathan Clauss (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Substitution, Monaco. Eliot Matazo replaces Maghnes Akliouche.
75': Substitution, Marseille. Ismaïla Sarr replaces Joaquín Correa.
75': Substitution, Monaco. Krépin Diatta replaces Ismail Jakobs.
76': Eliot Matazo (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77': Valentin Rongier (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Substitution, Monaco. Myron Boadu replaces Folarin Balogun.
83': Substitution, Marseille. Vítinha replaces Azzedine Ounahi.
90'+2': Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Substitution, Monaco. Mohamed Camara replaces Denis Zakaria.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 9,912

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+52	Paris Saint-Germain	32	78	2
+23	Marseille	32	59	9
+24	AS Monaco	32	58	8
+21	Nice	32	57	7

Full Table

Statistics

OLM		MON
15	Fouls	17
4	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	1
6	Corner Kicks	2
4	Saves	2
54	Possession	46
8	SHOTS	10
4	ON GOAL	7
0.5	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
379	Accurate Passes	316
481	Passes	407
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	1
14	Crosses	12
0.4	Cross %	0.1
54	Long Balls	59
17	Accurate Long Balls	30
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	1
5	Effective Tackles	10
15	Tackles	19
0.3	Tackle %	0.5
10	Interceptions	17
29	Effective Clearances	17
29	Clearances	17

Line-Ups

AS Monaco (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
16	Philipp Köhn (GK)
3	Guillermo Maripán
88	Soungoutou Magassa
99	Wilfried Singo
6	Denis Zakaria
19	Youssouf Fofana
21	Maghnes Akliouche
14	Ismail Jakobs
2	Vanderson
29	Folarin Balogun
10	Wissam Ben Yedder

Substitutes:

Chrislain Matsima, Antonin Cartillier, Edan Diop, Radoslaw Majecki, Mohamed Camara, Eliot Matazo, Myron Boadu, Malamine Efekele, Krépin Diatta.

Marseille (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Pau López (GK)
99	Chancel Mbemba
4	Samuel Gigot
62	Michael Murillo
7	Jonathan Clauss
21	Valentin Rongier
27	Jordan Veretout
8	Azzedine Ounahi
10	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
20	Joaquín Correa
29	Iliman Ndiaye