Marseille vs Monaco

12 December 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Benoît Millot

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Florian Thauvin 5’
  • Darío Benedetto 13’
  • Wissam Ben Yedder 79’ (pen)

Match summary

Marseille beat Monaco 2-1. Marseille led 2-0 at half-time.

Florian Thauvin put Marseille ahead with a header in the 5th minute, set up by Darío Benedetto, Darío Benedetto made it 2-0 in the 13th minute, set up by Florian Thauvin, and Wissam Ben Yedder pulled one back to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot in the 79th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Marseille created 1.53 expected goals (xG) from 5 shots, Monaco 1.71 from 9.

Match stats

Marseille Monaco
5 Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.53 xG 1.71
1.53 Non-penalty xG 0.95
4 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Marseille Monaco
Kick-off
Florian Thauvin
Assist: Darío Benedetto1-0 (Marseille)
5’
Darío Benedetto
Assist: Florian Thauvin2-0 (Marseille)
13’
Half-time2-0
79’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Penalty2-1 (Monaco)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Marseille
  • Boubacar Kamara
  • Florian Thauvin
  • Valère Germain
Monaco
  • Youssouf Fofana

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 1.71 5’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), 1-0 5’ 13’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 2-0 13’ 79’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 2-1 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 1.71 5’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), 1-0 Thauvin 5’ 13’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 2-0 Benedetto 13’ 79’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 2-1 Ben Yedder 79’
Marseille 1.53 xGMonaco 1.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Monaco attacking Marseille attacking 
79’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 13’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 1’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 5’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 59’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 90+5’ Enzo Millot (Monaco), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 67’ Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 34’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Enzo Millot (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 37’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Pietro Pellegri (Monaco), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 33’ Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi (Monaco), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 67’ Álvaro González (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 79’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 13’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 1’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 5’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 59’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 90+5’ Enzo Millot (Monaco), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 67’ Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 34’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Enzo Millot (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 37’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Pietro Pellegri (Monaco), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 33’ Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi (Monaco), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 67’ Álvaro González (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Steve Mandanda GK900 0.000.000
Hiroki Sakai DEF900 0.000.000
Duje Caleta-Car DEF900 0.000.000
Álvaro González DEF901 0.010.000
Yuto Nagatomo DEF900 0.000.000
Boubacar Kamara MID901 0.080.000
Valentin Rongier MID900 0.000.011
Morgan Sanson MID230 0.000.000
Michaël Cuisance MID670 0.000.000
Darío Benedetto FWD89111 0.640.802
Florian Thauvin FWD89112 0.800.722
Pape Alassane Gueye Sub670 0.000.000
Valère Germain Sub230 0.000.000
Leonardo Balerdi Sub10 0.000.000
Luis Henrique Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 28% Avg odds 3.36
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.45
Monaco win 44% Avg odds 2.14

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Monaco WWWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Monaco 3-4 Marseille, 15 Sep 19 Next meeting: Monaco 3-1 Marseille, 23 Jan 21  All Marseille vs Monaco meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.