Monaco vs Nantes

2 October 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Breel Embolo 2’
  • Wissam Ben Yedder 6’, 28’, 62’ (pen)
  • Caio Henrique 79’ (og)

Match summary

Monaco won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Nantes. Monaco led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Breel Embolo put Monaco ahead with a header in the 2nd minute, Wissam Ben Yedder made it 2-0 in the 6th minute, set up by Breel Embolo, and Ben Yedder made it 3-0 in the 28th minute, set up by Aleksandr Golovin. In the second half, Ben Yedder made it 4-0 from the penalty spot in the 62nd minute and Henrique's own goal pulled one back to make it 4-1 from a corner in the 79th minute.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 2.21 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Nantes's 0.41 from 7.

Match stats

Monaco Nantes
10 Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.18 xG 0.41
1.42 Non-penalty xG 0.41
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Monaco Nantes
Kick-off
Breel Embolo1-0 (Monaco)
2’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Assist: Breel Embolo
2-0 (Monaco)
6’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Assist: Aleksandr Golovin
3-0 (Monaco)
28’
Half-time3-0
Wissam Ben Yedder
Penalty
4-0 (Monaco)
62’
79’
Caio Henrique
Own goal
4-1 (Nantes)
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Nantes
  • Andrei Girotto

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 2.21 0.41 2’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), 1-0 2’ 6’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 2-0 6’ 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 3-0 28’ 62’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 4-0 62’ 79’ Caio Henrique (Nantes) own goal, 4-1 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.21 0.41 2’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), 1-0 Embolo 2’ 6’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 2-0 Ben Yedder 6’ 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 3-0 Ben Yedder 28’ 62’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 4-0 Ben Yedder 62’ 79’ Caio Henrique (Nantes) own goal, 4-1 Henrique 79’
Monaco 2.21 xGNantes 0.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nantes attacking Monaco attacking 
62’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 2’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 6’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 41’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 19’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 53’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+1’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+2’ Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 2’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 72’ Lohann Doucet (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 18’ Andrei Girotto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Krépin Diatta (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 71’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 25’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Quentin Merlin (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 79’ Caio Henrique (Monaco), own goal 62’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 2’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 6’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 41’ Breel Embolo (Monaco), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+2’ Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 19’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 53’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 2’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+1’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Lohann Doucet (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 18’ Andrei Girotto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Krépin Diatta (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 71’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 25’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Quentin Merlin (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 79’ Caio Henrique (Monaco), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexander Nübel GK900 0.000.000
Vanderson DEF670 0.000.000
Axel Disasi DEF900 0.000.000
Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi DEF670 0.000.000
Caio Henrique DEF900 0.000.091
Krépin Diatta MID901 0.050.000
Mohamed Camara MID900 0.000.182
Youssouf Fofana MID720 0.000.000
Aleksandr Golovin MID6712 0.180.462
Wissam Ben Yedder FWD9034 1.470.051
Breel Embolo FWD47112 0.460.301
Kevin Volland Sub430 0.000.000
Guillermo Maripán Sub230 0.000.000
Malang Sarr Sub230 0.000.000
Takumi Minamino Sub231 0.050.000
Eliot Matazo Sub180 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 67% Avg odds 1.42
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.00
Nantes win 14% Avg odds 6.91

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

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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.