Monaco vs Marseille

2 September 2018 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Benoît Millot

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Youri Tielemans 48’
Falcao 53’

Kostas Mitroglou 45+1’
Florian Thauvin 74’
Valère Germain 89’

Match summary

Marseille came from behind to win 3-2 away at Monaco, with a late winner. Marseille led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kostas Mitroglou put Marseille ahead with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Dimitri Payet. In the second half, Youri Tielemans equalised in the 48th minute, Falcao put Monaco in front in the 53rd minute, Florian Thauvin equalised in the 74th minute, set up by Hiroki Sakai, and Valère Germain won it with a header in the 89th minute, set up by Florian Thauvin.

There was little between the sides on chances: Monaco created 1.86 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Marseille 1.82 from 15.

Match stats

8 Shots 15

4 Shots on Target 5

1 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.86 xG 1.82

1.86 Non-penalty xG 1.82

2 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Monaco Marseille

Kick-off

45+1’

Kostas Mitroglou
Assist: Dimitri Payet

0-1

Half-time0-1

Youri Tielemans

1-1

48’

Falcao

2-1

53’

74’

Florian Thauvin
Assist: Hiroki Sakai

2-2

89’

Valère Germain
Assist: Florian Thauvin

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Monaco

Kamil Glik

Marseille

Jordan Amavi

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.

Monaco 1.86 xGMarseille 1.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Marseille attacking Monaco attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Diego Benaglio	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Henrichs	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jemerson	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kamil Glik	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonio Barreca	DEF	82		1	0.01	0.00	0
Youssef Ait Bennasser	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Grandsir	MID	67		0	0.00	0.10	1
Jean Eudes Aholou	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	87	1	3	0.63	0.04	1
Rony Lopes	MID	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Falcao	FWD	90	1	4	1.22	0.00	0
Djibril Sidibe	Sub	23		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Mboula	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pietro Pellegri	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yohann Pelé	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hiroki Sakai	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.38	1
Luiz Gustavo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adil Rami	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Amavi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Morgan Sanson	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Kevin Strootman	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Bouna Sarr	MID	63			3	0.08	0.32	1
Dimitri Payet	MID	89		1	2	0.05	0.52	4
Lucas Ocampos	MID	90			1	0.02	0.44	2
Kostas Mitroglou	FWD	90	1		5	0.83	0.00	0
Florian Thauvin	Sub	27	1	1	2	0.81	0.02	1
Boubacar Kamara	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valère Germain	Sub	1	1		1	0.02	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 34% Bet365 odds 2.80

Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30

Marseille win 37% Bet365 odds 2.54

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Monaco W D L

Marseille W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Marseille 1-1 Monaco, 13 Jan 19 All Monaco vs Marseille 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.