Monaco vs Ajaccio

15 January 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Ruddy Buquet

Full time 7 – 1

Half-time: 5–1

  • Axel Disasi 2’
  • Krépin Diatta 6’
  • Wissam Ben Yedder 21’, 28’, 35’ (pen)
  • Breel Embolo 63’, 89’
  • Mohamed Youcef Belaïli 11’

Match summary

Monaco won comfortably, 7-1 at home to Ajaccio. Monaco led 5-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Axel Disasi put Monaco ahead from a corner in the 2nd minute, Krépin Diatta made it 2-0 in the 6th minute, set up by Vanderson, Mohamed Youcef Belaïli pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 11th minute, set up by Cyrille Bayala, Wissam Ben Yedder made it 3-1 in the 21st minute, Ben Yedder made it 4-1 in the 28th minute, set up by Aleksandr Golovin, and Ben Yedder made it 5-1 from the penalty spot in the 35th minute. In the second half, Breel Embolo made it 6-1 with a header in the 63rd minute, set up by Krépin Diatta and Embolo made it 7-1 in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 4.18 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Ajaccio's 0.22 from 5.

Match stats

Monaco Ajaccio
11 Shots 5
8 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4.17 xG 0.22
3.41 Non-penalty xG 0.22
4 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Monaco Ajaccio
Kick-off
Axel Disasi1-0 (Monaco)
2’
Krépin Diatta
Assist: Vanderson2-0 (Monaco)
6’
11’
Mohamed Youcef Belaïli
Assist: Cyrille Bayala2-1 (Ajaccio)
Wissam Ben Yedder3-1 (Monaco)
21’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Assist: Aleksandr Golovin4-1 (Monaco)
28’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Penalty5-1 (Monaco)
35’
Half-time5-1
Breel Embolo
Assist: Krépin Diatta6-1 (Monaco)
63’
Breel Embolo7-1 (Monaco)
89’
Full-time7-1

Bookings

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

Monaco
  • Mohamed Camara
Ajaccio
  • Ismael Diallo
  • Thomas Mangani

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.18 0.22 2’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), 1-0 2’ 6’ Krépin Diatta (Monaco), 2-0 6’ 11’ Mohamed Youcef Belaïli (Ajaccio), 2-1 11’ 21’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 3-1 21’ 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 4-1 28’ 35’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 5-1 35’ 63’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), 6-1 63’ 89’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), 7-1 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.18 0.22 2’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), 1-0 Disasi 2’ 6’ Krépin Diatta (Monaco), 2-0 Diatta 6’ 11’ Mohamed Youcef Belaïli (Ajaccio), 2-1 Belaïli 11’ 21’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 3-1 Ben Yedder 21’ 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 4-1 Ben Yedder 28’ 35’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 5-1 Ben Yedder 35’ 63’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), 6-1 Embolo 63’ 89’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), 7-1 Embolo 89’
Monaco 4.18 xGAjaccio 0.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Ajaccio attacking Monaco attacking 
6’ Krépin Diatta (Monaco), open play, 0.96 xG, goal 35’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 2’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), from a corner, 0.63 xG, goal 72’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), open play, 0.59 xG, off target 89’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 63’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), from a corner, 0.26 xG, goal 62’ Caio Henrique (Monaco), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 11’ Mohamed Youcef Belaïli (Ajaccio), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 21’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 83’ Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Clement Vidal (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Krépin Diatta (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 2’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Florian Chabrolle (Ajaccio), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 6’ Krépin Diatta (Monaco), open play, 0.96 xG, goal 35’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 2’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), from a corner, 0.63 xG, goal 72’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), open play, 0.59 xG, off target 89’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 63’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), from a corner, 0.26 xG, goal 62’ Caio Henrique (Monaco), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 11’ Mohamed Youcef Belaïli (Ajaccio), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 21’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 83’ Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 63’ Krépin Diatta (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Clement Vidal (Ajaccio), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Florian Chabrolle (Ajaccio), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexander Nübel GK900 0.000.000
Vanderson DEF9010 0.000.961
Guillermo Maripán DEF901 0.030.000
Axel Disasi DEF7311 0.630.000
Caio Henrique DEF901 0.130.000
Youssouf Fofana MID900 0.000.000
Mohamed Camara MID480 0.000.000
Krépin Diatta MID90112 0.990.261
Aleksandr Golovin MID6310 0.000.342
Wissam Ben Yedder FWD7333 1.140.000
Ben Seghir FWD630 0.000.000
Eliot Matazo Sub420 0.000.000
Ismail Jakobs Sub270 0.000.000
Breel Embolo Sub2723 1.250.000
Malang Sarr Sub170 0.000.000
Myron Boadu Sub170 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 69% Avg odds 1.39
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.68
Ajaccio win 11% Avg odds 8.73

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

Form going into the game

Monaco WLWWD
Ajaccio WDWLL

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Previous and next meeting

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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.