Lorient vs Monaco 2023-24 Ligue 1

Lorient

2': Tosin Aiyegun
90'+8': Romain Faivre

FT
2 - 2

AS Monaco

17': Aleksandr Golovin
69': Folarin Balogun

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Benjamin Mendy fights for the ball with Folarin Balogun [1296x729]

AS Monaco missed the chance to go four points clear at the top after Lorient's Romain Faivre scored a late equaliser to salvage a 2-2 draw.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
2': Goal! Lorient 1, Monaco 0. Aiyegun Tosin (Lorient) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eli Junior Kroupi with a through ball.
17': Goal! Lorient 1, Monaco 1. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana with a through ball.
55': Substitution, Lorient. Théo Le Bris replaces Eli Junior Kroupi.
66': Substitution, Monaco. Krépin Diatta replaces Vanderson.
66': Substitution, Monaco. Folarin Balogun replaces Wissam Ben Yedder.
66': Substitution, Monaco. Maghnes Akliouche replaces Youssouf Fofana.
68': Denis Zakaria (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Goal! Lorient 1, Monaco 2. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin.
70': Substitution, Lorient. Igor Silva replaces Gédéon Kalulu.
70': Substitution, Lorient. Joel Mvuka replaces Julien Ponceau.
70': Substitution, Lorient. Benjamin Mendy replaces Vincent Le Goff.
82': Substitution, Lorient. Siriné Doucouré replaces Aiyegun Tosin.
83': Substitution, Monaco. Eliot Matazo replaces Denis Zakaria because of an injury.
86': Substitution, Monaco. Ismail Jakobs replaces Takumi Minamino.
90'+8': Goal! Lorient 2, Monaco 2. Romain Faivre (Lorient) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Isaak Touré with a headed pass.
90'+8': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat
Location: Lorient, France
Attendance: 15,247

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+55	Paris Saint-Germain	33	81	2
+25	Marseille	33	62	9
+26	AS Monaco	33	61	8
+19	Nice	33	57	8

Full Table

Statistics

MON		LOR
14	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
6	Corner Kicks	8
1	Saves	4
59	Possession	41
20	SHOTS	10
7	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
517	Accurate Passes	328
593	Passes	397
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	2
16	Crosses	20
0.3	Cross %	0.1
37	Long Balls	48
20	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
5	Blocked Shots	3
5	Effective Tackles	10
13	Tackles	19
0.4	Tackle %	0.5
4	Interceptions	11
17	Effective Clearances	17
17	Clearances	17

Line-Ups

Lorient (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
38	Yvon Mvogo (GK)
15	Julien Laporte
95	Isaak Touré
3	Montassar Talbi
21	Julien Ponceau
19	Laurent Abergel
25	Vincent Le Goff
24	Gedeon Kalulu
22	Eli Junior Kroupi
27	Tosin Aiyegun
10	Romain Faivre

Substitutes:

Joel Mugisha, Loris Mouyokolo, Darlin Yongwa, Alfred Gomis, Igor Silva, Ckene Doucouré, Benjamin Mendy, Théo Le Bris, Pablo Pagis.

AS Monaco (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
16	Philipp Köhn (GK)
3	Guillermo Maripán
88	Soungoutou Magassa
99	Wilfried Singo
19	Youssouf Fofana
6	Denis Zakaria
12	Caio Henrique
2	Vanderson
10	Wissam Ben Yedder
17	Aleksandr Golovin
18	Takumi Minamino

Substitutes:

Maghnes Akliouche, Eliot Matazo, Folarin Balogun, Ismail Jakobs, Chrislain Matsima, Myron Boadu, Krépin Diatta, Radoslaw Majecki, Malamine Efekele.

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