Monaco vs Montpellier

24 October 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Kevin Volland 12’
Wissam Ben Yedder 17’
Gelson Martins 62’

Téji Savanier 81’ (pen)

Match summary

Monaco beat Montpellier 3-1. Monaco led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kevin Volland put Monaco ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Caio Henrique and Wissam Ben Yedder made it 2-0 with a header in the 17th minute, set up by Kevin Volland. In the second half, Gelson Martins made it 3-0 in the 62nd minute and Téji Savanier pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 2.17 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Montpellier's 1.17 from 12.

Match stats

14 Shots 12

4 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.12 xG 1.17

2.12 Non-penalty xG 0.41

6 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Monaco Montpellier

Kick-off

Kevin Volland
Assist: Caio Henrique

1-0

12’

Wissam Ben Yedder
Assist: Kevin Volland

2-0

17’

Half-time2-0

Gelson Martins

3-0

62’

81’

Téji Savanier
Penalty3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Monaco

Guillermo Maripán

Montpellier

Nicolas Cozza
Téji Savanier
Béni Makouana
Mihailo Ristic

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 2.17 xGMontpellier 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Montpellier attacking Monaco attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alexander Nübel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ruben Aguilar	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Strahinja Pavlovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Guillermo Maripán	DEF	47			1	0.05	0.00	0
Caio Henrique	DEF	68		1	2	0.16	0.68	2
Gelson Martins	MID	76	1		2	0.66	0.13	2
Aurelien Tchouameni	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Eliot Matazo	MID	90			1	0.02	0.04	1
Sofiane Diop	MID	68			2	0.08	0.05	1
Kevin Volland	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.71	0.42	1
Wissam Ben Yedder	FWD	76	1		2	0.44	0.04	1
Axel Disasi	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean Lucas	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ismail Jakobs	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youssouf Fofana	Sub	14			1	0.02	0.00	0
Myron Boadu	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.02	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Omlin	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Sambia	DEF	63		0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxime Estève	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mamadou Sakho	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Cozza	DEF	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joris Chotard	MID	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Léo Leroy	MID	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Florent Mollet	MID	90		2	0.05	0.07	2
Téji Savanier	MID	90	1	3	0.80	0.15	2
Stephy Mavididi	MID	66		2	0.07	0.02	1
Valère Germain	FWD	66		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mihailo Ristic	Sub	43		0	0.00	0.02	1
Sepe Elye Wahi	Sub	43		2	0.17	0.00	0
Arnaud Souquet	Sub	27		1	0.02	0.00	0
Béni Makouana	Sub	24		1	0.04	0.00	0
Nicholas Gioacchini	Sub	24		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 65% Avg odds 1.46

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.66

Montpellier win 14% Avg odds 6.65

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

Form going into the game

Monaco D W W W L

Montpellier D D L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Montpellier 2-3 Monaco, 15 Jan 21 Next meeting: Montpellier 3-2 Monaco, 23 Jan 22 All Monaco vs Montpellier 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.

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