French Ligue 1

PSG vs Monaco 2023-24 Ligue 1

  • 18': Gonçalo Ramos
  • 39': Kylian Mbappé (P)
  • 70': Ousmane Dembélé
  • 72': Vitinha
  • 90'+6': Randal Kolo Muani
FT
5 - 2
  • 22': Takumi Minamino
  • 75': Folarin Balogun

Mbappé, Balogun trade goals in PSG win over Monaco

Paris Saint-Germain put on a scintillating performance to earn a 5-2 win over AS Monaco on Friday as the hosts strengthened their grip on Ligue 1's top spot.

Match Commentary

  • 18': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Monaco 0. Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  • 22': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Monaco 1. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 39': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Monaco 1. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 2, Monaco 1.
  • 59': Wilfried Singo (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Monaco 1. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  • 72': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  • 72': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Bradley Barcola replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  • 72': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Monaco 1. Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  • 75': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Monaco 2. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Takumi Minamino with a through ball.
  • 79': Substitution, Monaco. Wissam Ben Yedder replaces Mohamed Camara.
  • 79': Substitution, Monaco. Maghnes Akliouche replaces Takumi Minamino.
  • 79': Substitution, Monaco. Krépin Diatta replaces Vanderson.
  • 82': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Carlos Soler replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  • 90'+6': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 5, Monaco 2. Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,896

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
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Statistics

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19 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
5 Offsides 1
10 Corner Kicks 2
7 Saves 5
45.9 Possession 54.1
14 SHOTS 16
7 ON GOAL 11
0.5 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
376 Accurate Passes 464
456 Passes 548
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 2
19 Crosses 14
0.3 Cross % 0.1
46 Long Balls 49
22 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 3
16 Effective Tackles 9
27 Tackles 18
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
9 Interceptions 8
21 Effective Clearances 20
21 Clearances 20

Line-Ups

PSG Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)

No. Name
99 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
21 Lucas Hernández
37 Milan Skriniar
26 Nordi Mukiele
2 Achraf Hakimi
4 Manuel Ugarte
17 Vitinha
8 Fabián Ruiz
9 Gonçalo Ramos
7 Kylian Mbappé
10 Ousmane Dembélé

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

No. Name
16 Philipp Köhn (GK)
3 Guillermo Maripán
88 Soungoutou Magassa
99 Wilfried Singo Yellow Card
6 Denis Zakaria
4 Mohamed Camara
14 Ismail Jakobs
2 Vanderson
29 Folarin Balogun
17 Aleksandr Golovin
18 Takumi Minamino

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