Ligue 1: Monaco overcomes Saint-Étienne 4-1

Saragna|Apr 23, 2022 14:01 GMT

SAINT-ETIENNE. Monaco had a comfortable win over Saint-Étienne.

SAINT-ETIENNE. Monaco had a smooth win over Saint-Étienne. Monaco scored with W. Ben Yedder (23′), K. Volland (25′), T. Kolodziejczak (61′) and M. Boadu (78′). On the other side, W. Khazri (41′) scored for Saint-Étienne. Saint-Étienne lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy with the help of Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Bastien Courbet. The 4th official was Nicolas Rainville.

Saint-Étienne

1

Monaco

4

23 Apr 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 58% while Monaco was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Saint-Étienne was more aggressive with 28 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Monaco was able to find the solution to win this contest.

Saint-Étienne shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Monaco shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (W. Khazri and E. Mangala). On the opposite side, Monaco received 3 yellow cards (G. Martins, A. Tchouameni and D. Sidibe).

After playing this match, Saint-Étienne will stay with 31 points to stay in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Monaco will have 56 points like Rennes and Strasbourg to stay in the 5th place.

Match Events

21'

21'

G. Martins
23'

23'

W. Ben Yedder
25'

25'

K. Volland
40'

40'

A. Tchouameni
41'

41'

W. Khazri (Penalty)
42'

42'

A. Nordin

S. Gabriel
43'

43'

W. Khazri
46'

46'

D. Sidibe

G. Martins
59'

59'

M. Boadu

W. Ben Yedder
59'

59'

I. Jakobs

A. Golovin
61'

61'

T. Kolodziejczak (OG)
65'

65'

D. Sidibe
66'

66'

R. Hamouma

W. Khazri
66'

66'

M. Trauco

T. Kolodziejczak
66'

66'

Z. Youssouf

L. Douath
71'

71'

A. Aouchiche

Y. Macon
73'

73'

E. Mangala
78'

78'

M. Boadu
86'

86'

G. Maripan

A. Disasi
86'

86'

E. Matazo

A. Tchouameni

Next match

In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Saint-Étienne will play away against Rennes on the 30th of April with a 12-6 head to head stats in favor of Rennes (14 draws).

Rennes

2

Saint-Étienne

0

30 Apr 2022 Full time

Monaco will host Angers SCO on the 1st of May with a 9-2 head to head record in favor of Monaco (2 draws).

Monaco

2

Angers SCO

0

1 May 2022 Full time

Saint-Étienne: Formation and Lineups

Saint-Étienne started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Pascal Dupraz chose to play with the following team: Paul Bernardoni (5.9), Mickael Nade (6.5), Eliaquim Mangala (6.2), Timothée Kolodziejczak (5.9), Yvann Maçon (6.2), Mahdi Camara (7.3), Lucas Gourna-Douath (6.4), Gabriel Silva (6.3), Ryad Boudebouz (6.6), Wahbi Khazri (7.1) and Denis Bouanga (7.3).

Substitutes

Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: S. Gabriel for A. Nordin (42′), W. Khazri for R. Hamouma (66′), T. Kolodziejczak for M. Trauco (66′), L. Douath for Z. Youssouf (66′) and Y. Macon for A. Aouchiche (71′).

Top player: Denis Bouanga

The player who no doubt impressed Saint-Étienne the most was Denis Bouanga.

His rating is (7.3) with 32 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.

Monaco: Formation and Lineups

Monaco started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Philippe Clement played with: Alexander Nübel (7.0), Vanderson (7.0), Axel Disasi (6.6), Benoît Badiashile (6.5), Caio Henrique (7.5), Youssouf Fofana (6.1), Aurélien Tchouaméni (6.7), Gelson Martins (6.4), Kevin Volland (7.0), Aleksandr Golovin (7.0) and Wissam Ben Yedder (7.4).

Substitutes

Monaco made 5 changes: G. Martins for D. Sidibe (46′), W. Ben Yedder for M. Boadu (59′), A. Golovin for I. Jakobs (59′), A. Disasi for G. Maripan (86′) and A. Tchouameni for E. Matazo (86′).

Top player: Caio Henrique

Probably the most impressive player in Monaco was Caio Henrique even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 33 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Saragna

I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.