Montpellier vs Monaco

5 October 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Florent Mollet 31’
  • Pedro Mendes 39’
  • Andy Delort 56’
  • Wissam Ben Yedder 68’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Florent Mollet put Montpellier ahead with a header in the 31st minute, set up by Gaetan Laborde and Pedro Mendes made it 2-0 from a corner in the 39th minute. In the second half, Andy Delort made it 3-0 in the 56th minute, set up by Florent Mollet and Wissam Ben Yedder pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 68th minute, set up by Islam Slimani.

The chances backed that up: Montpellier created 2.80 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Monaco's 1.36 from 14. Monaco had a player sent off.

Match stats

Montpellier Monaco
17 Shots 14
10 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 8
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
2.75 xG 1.36
2.75 Non-penalty xG 1.36
5 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Montpellier Monaco
Kick-off
Florent Mollet
Assist: Gaetan Laborde1-0 (Montpellier)
31’
Pedro Mendes2-0 (Montpellier)
39’
Half-time2-0
Andy Delort
Assist: Florent Mollet3-0 (Montpellier)
56’
68’
Wissam Ben Yedder
Assist: Islam Slimani3-1 (Monaco)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Montpellier
  • Nicolas Cozza
Monaco
  • Aleksandr Golovin

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 2.80 1.36 31’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), 1-0 31’ 39’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), 2-0 39’ 56’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), 3-0 56’ 68’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 3-1 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.80 1.36 31’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), 1-0 Mollet 31’ 39’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), 2-0 Mendes 39’ 56’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), 3-0 Delort 56’ 68’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 3-1 Ben Yedder 68’
Montpellier 2.80 xGMonaco 1.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Monaco attacking Montpellier attacking 
39’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.95 xG, goal 31’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 56’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 26’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 53’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.35 xG, off target 34’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 36’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 84’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 8’ Islam Slimani (Monaco), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 54’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 68’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 15’ Kamil Glik (Monaco), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Hilton (Montpellier), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 76’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Islam Slimani (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi (Monaco), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 29’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Kamil Glik (Monaco), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 76’ Kamil Glik (Monaco), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.95 xG, goal 31’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 56’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 26’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 53’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.35 xG, off target 34’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 36’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 84’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 8’ Islam Slimani (Monaco), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 54’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 68’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 15’ Kamil Glik (Monaco), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Cesc Fàbregas (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 76’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Hilton (Montpellier), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Islam Slimani (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi (Monaco), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 29’ Andy Delort (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Kamil Glik (Monaco), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Gelson Martins (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Florent Mollet (Montpellier), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Hilton (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Pedro Mendes (Montpellier), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Junior Sambia (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 76’ Kamil Glik (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
Gerónimo Rulli GK900 0.000.000
Hilton DEF902 0.080.000
Nicolas Cozza DEF900 0.000.000
Pedro Mendes DEF9012 0.970.000
Junior Sambia MID901 0.020.000
Damien Le Tallec MID900 0.000.131
Joris Chotard MID890 0.000.031
Ambroise Oyongo MID900 0.000.112
Florent Mollet MID82113 0.620.584
Gaetan Laborde FWD9013 0.280.692
Andy Delort FWD5916 0.830.000
Souleymane Camara Sub310 0.000.152
Mihailo Ristic Sub80 0.000.000
Daniel Congré Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 30% Avg odds 3.13
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.35
Monaco win 41% Avg odds 2.31

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier LWDWL
Monaco DLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Montpellier 2-2 Monaco, 10 Feb 19 Next meeting: Monaco 1-0 Montpellier, 14 Feb 20  All Montpellier vs Monaco 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.