Monaco vs Metz

5 December 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Bastien Dechepy

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Sofiane Diop 2’
  • Kevin Volland 44’ (pen)
  • Gelson Martins 57’
  • Wissam Ben Yedder 87’

Match summary

Monaco won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Metz. Monaco led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sofiane Diop put Monaco ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Gelson Martins and Kevin Volland made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 44th minute. In the second half, Gelson Martins made it 3-0 in the 57th minute, set up by Sofiane Diop and Wissam Ben Yedder made it 4-0 in the 87th minute, set up by Aleksandr Golovin.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 1.91 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Metz's 0.55 from 6.

Match stats

Monaco Metz
8 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 0
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.91 xG 0.55
1.15 Non-penalty xG 0.55
5 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Monaco Metz
Kick-off
Sofiane Diop
Assist: Gelson Martins1-0 (Monaco)
2’
Kevin Volland
Penalty2-0 (Monaco)
44’
Half-time2-0
Gelson Martins
Assist: Sofiane Diop3-0 (Monaco)
57’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Assist: Aleksandr Golovin4-0 (Monaco)
87’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Monaco
  • Kevin Volland
Metz
  • Dylan Bronn
  • Boubacar Traore

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.91 0.55 2’ Sofiane Diop (Monaco), 1-0 2’ 44’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), 2-0 44’ 57’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), 3-0 57’ 87’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 4-0 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.91 0.55 2’ Sofiane Diop (Monaco), 1-0 Diop 2’ 44’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), 2-0 Volland 44’ 57’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), 3-0 Martins 57’ 87’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 4-0 Ben Yedder 87’
Monaco 1.91 xGMetz 0.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Metz attacking Monaco attacking 
44’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 87’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 57’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 24’ Dylan Bronn (Metz), from a corner, 0.38 xG, off target 2’ Sofiane Diop (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 27’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Dylan Bronn (Metz), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 81’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 10’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 26’ Ibrahima Niane (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 70’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Myron Boadu (Monaco), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 87’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 57’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 24’ Dylan Bronn (Metz), from a corner, 0.38 xG, off target 2’ Sofiane Diop (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 67’ Dylan Bronn (Metz), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 10’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 26’ Ibrahima Niane (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 38’ Myron Boadu (Monaco), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexander Nübel GK900 0.000.000
Djibril Sidibe DEF900 0.000.051
Guillermo Maripán DEF900 0.000.000
Axel Disasi DEF900 0.000.000
Ismail Jakobs DEF660 0.000.000
Aurelien Tchouameni MID901 0.020.000
Jean Lucas MID460 0.000.000
Sofiane Diop MID58111 0.060.482
Kevin Volland MID7311 0.760.000
Gelson Martins MID90113 0.550.072
Myron Boadu FWD581 0.010.000
Youssouf Fofana Sub440 0.000.000
Wissam Ben Yedder Sub3211 0.510.000
Aleksandr Golovin Sub3210 0.000.511
Caio Henrique Sub240 0.000.000
Eliot Matazo Sub170 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 68% Avg odds 1.39
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.85
Metz win 12% Avg odds 8.18

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

Form going into the game

Monaco LDDDW
Metz DDDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Monaco 4-0 Metz, 03 Apr 21 Next meeting: Metz 1-2 Monaco, 03 Apr 22  All Monaco vs Metz 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.