Monaco vs Metz

3 April 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Johan Hamel

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Cesc Fàbregas 50’ (pen)
  • Kevin Volland 52’
  • Wissam Ben Yedder 77’, 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Monaco won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Metz. It was goalless at half-time.

Cesc Fàbregas put Monaco ahead from the penalty spot in the 50th minute, Kevin Volland made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute, set up by Eliot Matazo, Wissam Ben Yedder made it 3-0 in the 77th minute, set up by Caio Henrique, and Ben Yedder made it 4-0 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 2.50 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Metz's 0.36 from 6. Metz had a player sent off.

Match stats

Monaco Metz
15 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 1
2.50 xG 0.36
0.98 Non-penalty xG 0.36
14 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Monaco Metz
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Cesc Fàbregas
Penalty1-0 (Monaco)
50’
Kevin Volland
Assist: Eliot Matazo2-0 (Monaco)
52’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Assist: Caio Henrique3-0 (Monaco)
77’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Penalty4-0 (Monaco)
89’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Metz
  • John Boye
  • Marc-Aurele Caillard
  • Kiki Kouyate
  • Fabien Centonze
  • Papa Ndiaga Yade

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.50 0.36 50’ Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco), 1-0 50’ 52’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), 2-0 52’ 77’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 3-0 77’ 89’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 4-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.50 0.36 50’ Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco), 1-0 Fàbregas 50’ 52’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), 2-0 Volland 52’ 77’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 3-0 Ben Yedder 77’ 89’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 4-0 Ben Yedder 89’
Monaco 2.50 xGMetz 0.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Metz attacking Monaco attacking 
50’ Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 89’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 52’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 33’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.15 xG, hit the woodwork 45’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 77’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 41’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 52’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 42’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 64’ Vágner (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Pape Sarr (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 80’ Victorien Angban (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 89’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 52’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 33’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.15 xG, hit the woodwork 45’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 77’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 41’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 52’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 55’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 64’ Vágner (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 86’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Pape Sarr (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 80’ Victorien Angban (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Benjamin Lecomte GK900 0.000.000
Djibril Sidibe DEF830 0.000.000
Guillermo Maripán DEF900 0.000.000
Axel Disasi DEF900 0.000.000
Caio Henrique DEF9010 0.000.142
Youssouf Fofana MID902 0.060.021
Eliot Matazo MID7610 0.000.341
Aleksandr Golovin MID642 0.150.203
Cesc Fàbregas MID7611 0.760.021
Kevin Volland MID9013 0.520.102
Stevan Jovetic FWD644 0.120.041
Wissam Ben Yedder Sub2623 0.900.000
Krépin Diatta Sub260 0.000.000
Florentino Luís Sub140 0.000.000
Gelson Martins Sub140 0.000.000
Chrislain Matsima Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 62% Avg odds 1.54
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.09
Metz win 15% Avg odds 6.31

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

Form going into the game

Monaco WWLDW
Metz WWLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Metz 0-1 Monaco, 30 Aug 20 Next meeting: Monaco 4-0 Metz, 05 Dec 21  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.