French Ligue 1

Monaco vs Angers 2022-23 Ligue 1

AS Monaco
  • 54': Breel Embolo
  • 70': Aleksandr Golovin
FT
2 - 0
Angers

    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
    +46 Paris Saint-Germain 33 73 2
    +22 AS Monaco 33 64 7
    +18 Lille 33 58 7
    +16 Brest 33 58 7
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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
    Substitutes:
    Vanderson, Caio Henrique, Aleksandr Golovin, Thomas Didillon, Kevin Volland, Gelson Martins, Jean Lucas, Krépin Diatta, Benoît Badiashile.

    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
    Substitutes:
    Sada Thioub, Waniss Taibi, Ilyes Chetti, Abdoulaye Bamba, Miha Blazic, Farid El Mellali, Paul Bernardoni, Ousmane Camara, Abdallah Sima.

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