Monaco vs Nice

3 February 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Wissam Ben Yedder 28’ (pen), 51’
  • Pierre Lees-Melou 47’

Match summary

Monaco saw off Nice 2-1. Monaco led 1-0 at half-time.

Wissam Ben Yedder put Monaco ahead from the penalty spot in the 28th minute, Pierre Lees-Melou equalised in the 47th minute, and Ben Yedder won it in the 51st minute, set up by Kevin Volland.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 2.73 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Nice's 0.43 from 5.

Match stats

Monaco Nice
15 Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.73 xG 0.43
1.97 Non-penalty xG 0.43
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Monaco Nice
Kick-off
Wissam Ben Yedder
Penalty1-0 (Monaco)
28’
Half-time1-0
47’
Pierre Lees-Melou1-1 (Nice)
Wissam Ben Yedder
Assist: Kevin Volland2-1 (Monaco)
51’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Jordan Lotomba
  • Jean-Clair Todibo
  • Morgan Schneiderlin
  • Alexis Claude Maurice

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 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.73 0.43 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 1-0 28’ 47’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), 1-1 47’ 51’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 2-1 51’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.73 0.43 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 1-0 Ben Yedder 28’ 47’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), 1-1 Lees-Melou 47’ 51’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 2-1 Ben Yedder 51’
Monaco 2.73 xGNice 0.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nice attacking Monaco attacking 
15’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.85 xG, off target 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+1’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 47’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 43’ Sofiane Diop (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.12 xG, saved 6’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 63’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 79’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 86’ Ruben Aguilar (Monaco), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 18’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 85’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Sofiane Diop (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Myziane Maolida (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 51’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), set piece, 0.02 xG, goal 85’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Hassane Kamara (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Jeff Reine-Adelaide (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 15’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.85 xG, off target 28’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+1’ Stevan Jovetic (Monaco), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 47’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 43’ Sofiane Diop (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.12 xG, saved 6’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 63’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 79’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 86’ Ruben Aguilar (Monaco), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 18’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 85’ Axel Disasi (Monaco), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Sofiane Diop (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Myziane Maolida (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 51’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), set piece, 0.02 xG, goal 39’ Hassane Kamara (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Jeff Reine-Adelaide (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 22’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 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 DEF900 0.000.082
Guillermo Maripán DEF902 0.080.000
Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi DEF480 0.000.000
Caio Henrique DEF900 0.000.000
Krépin Diatta MID710 0.000.000
Aurelien Tchouameni MID900 0.000.000
Youssouf Fofana MID901 0.020.000
Sofiane Diop MID852 0.140.000
Kevin Volland FWD8511 0.090.963
Wissam Ben Yedder FWD6725 1.740.091
Axel Disasi Sub421 0.060.071
Aleksandr Golovin Sub231 0.080.061
Ruben Aguilar Sub191 0.070.081
Fode Toure Sub50 0.000.461
Stevan Jovetic Sub51 0.460.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 64% Avg odds 1.48
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.53
Nice win 15% Avg odds 6.52

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nice 1-2 Monaco, 08 Nov 20 Next meeting: Nice 2-2 Monaco, 19 Sep 21  All Monaco vs Nice 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.