Metz vs Monaco

30 March 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 2 – 5

Half-time: 0–3

Papa Amadou Diallo 78’
Ibou Sané 84’

Takumi Minamino 4’
Maghnes Akliouche 10’
Vanderson 16’
Folarin Balogun 76’, 87’

Match summary

Monaco won comfortably, 5-2 away at Metz. Monaco led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Takumi Minamino put Monaco ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Ben Seghir, Maghnes Akliouche made it 0-2 in the 10th minute, and Vanderson made it 0-3 in the 16th minute, set up by Aleksandr Golovin. In the second half, Folarin Balogun made it 0-4 in the 76th minute, Papa Amadou Diallo pulled one back to make it 1-4 in the 78th minute, set up by Koffi Kouao, Ibou Sané made it 2-4 in the 84th minute, set up by Koffi Kouao, and Balogun made it 2-5 from a corner in the 87th minute, set up by Thilo Kehrer.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 2.86 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Metz's 1.80 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 17

7 Shots on Target 7

5 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.76 xG 2.86

1.76 Non-penalty xG 2.86

7 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Metz Monaco

Kick-off

4’

Takumi Minamino
Assist: Ben Seghir

0-1

10’

Maghnes Akliouche

0-2

16’

Vanderson
Assist: Aleksandr Golovin

0-3

Half-time0-3

76’

Folarin Balogun

0-4

Papa Amadou Diallo
Assist: Koffi Kouao

1-4

78’

Ibou Sané
Assist: Koffi Kouao

2-4

84’

87’

Folarin Balogun
Assist: Thilo Kehrer

2-5

Full-time2-5

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.

Metz 1.80 xGMonaco 2.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Monaco attacking Metz attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alexandre Oukidja	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Koffi Kouao	DEF	90		2	1	0.06	1.09	2
Fali Candé	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Ismael Traoré	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthieu Udol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kévin Van Den Kerkhof	MID	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arthur Atta	MID	90			1	0.04	0.09	2
Lamine Camara	MID	90			2	0.06	0.14	3
Aboubacar Lô	MID	83			0	0.00	0.29	2
Joel Asoro	MID	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Georges Mikautadze	FWD	83			4	0.45	0.03	1
Papa Amadou Diallo	Sub	67	1		2	0.65	0.09	1
Ablie Jallow	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.06	1
Sadibou Sané	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibou Sané	Sub	7	1		1	0.49	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Radoslaw Majecki	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vanderson	DEF	90	1		2	0.45	0.10	2
Thilo Kehrer	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.56	1
Wilfried Stephane Singo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ismail Jakobs	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.47	3
Aleksandr Golovin	MID	80		1	1	0.02	0.34	1
Youssouf Fofana	MID	66			2	0.09	0.10	2
Maghnes Akliouche	MID	90	1		1	0.40	0.13	2
Takumi Minamino	MID	66	1		1	0.12	0.00	0
Ben Seghir	MID	66		1	0	0.00	0.12	1
Wissam Ben Yedder	FWD	90			4	0.55	0.11	1
Soungoutou Magassa	Sub	24			1	0.01	0.00	0
Krépin Diatta	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Folarin Balogun	Sub	24	2		3	1.12	0.00	0
Edan Diop	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mamadou Coulibaly	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 18% Avg odds 5.27

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.19

Monaco win 59% Avg odds 1.62

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

Form going into the game

Metz L L W W L

Monaco L W D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Monaco 2-1 Metz, 22 Oct 23 Next meeting: Monaco 5-2 Metz, 21 Sep 25 All Metz 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.