Monaco vs Marseille

Match summary

Monaco won 2-0 at home to Marseille. Monaco led 1-0 at half-time.

Paris Brunner put Monaco ahead with a header in the 13th minute, set up by Aleksandr Golovin and Brunner made it 2-0 in the 53rd minute, set up by Eric Dier.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 1.62 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Marseille's 1.25 from 13.

Monaco secured a two-nil victory against Marseille in Ligue 1 on matchday two despite registering only thirty-six percent possession and fewer total shots with eleven compared to thirteen. Marseille dominated the territorial battle through one hundred and twenty-five attacks and sixty-six dangerous attacks, accumulating six hundred and forty-eight passes at a ninety-one percent accuracy and earning seven corners to five. However, Monaco proved far more clinical, creating an expected goals total of 1.62 and forcing five shots on target from their eleven attempts, while limiting the visitors to just two shots on target and an expected goals figure of 1.25. Discipline became a factor as Monaco collected four yellow cards while Marseille received none.

Paris Brunner opened the scoring for Monaco in the thirteenth minute with a header from a chance valued at 0.43 expected goals, giving the hosts a one-nil lead at half-time. Before the break, Monaco received yellow cards shown to Denis Zakaria for a foul in the forty-second minute and Lamine Camara for argument in the forty-third minute. Marseille made double substitutions at the start of the second half before Brunner struck again in the fifty-third minute with a left-footed shot to make it two-nil. Further substitutions followed due to injuries for Marseille, alongside multiple changes for Monaco. Late in the match, Nazinho received a yellow card for a foul in the eighty-eighth minute, and Lukas Hradecky was cautioned for time wasting in the ninety-second minute before the match concluded.