AS Monaco vs Clermont Foot, 2023-24 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1
FT
4 - 1
4 - 1
Monaco consolidate second spot with 4-1 win over lowly Clermont, Brest draw at Nantes
Wissam Ben Yedder's brace helped AS Monaco strengthen their hold on second place in Ligue 1 with a 4-1 home win over relegation battling Clermont on Saturday, leaving the visitors rooted to the bottom of the table.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, Clermont. Conceded by Wilfried Singo.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Jérémie Bela (Clermont) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Virginius with a cross.
- 3': Corner, Clermont. Conceded by Youssouf Fofana.
- 4': Offside, Clermont. Mehdi Zeffane is caught offside.
- 8': Foul by Breel Embolo (Monaco).
- 8': Yohann Magnin (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Offside, Clermont. Neto Borges is caught offside.
- 11': Foul by Grejohn Kyei (Clermont).
- 11': Wilfried Singo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Breel Embolo (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 13': Foul by Mehdi Zeffane (Clermont).
- 15': Foul by Muhammed Cham (Clermont).
- 15': Mohamed Camara (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 16': Goal! Monaco 1, Clermont 0. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maghnes Akliouche.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maghnes Akliouche.
- 20': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Andy Pelmard.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Vanderson (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Krépin Diatta.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 20': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Yohann Magnin.
- 21': Foul by Vanderson (Monaco).
- 21': Neto Borges (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Offside, Clermont. Alan Virginius is caught offside.
- 23': Foul by Mohamed Camara (Monaco).
- 23': Neto Borges (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Takumi Minamino (Monaco).
- 24': Mehdi Zeffane (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Maximiliano Caufriez (Clermont).
- 25': Vanderson (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Attempt missed. Vanderson (Monaco) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Breel Embolo.
- 27': Foul by Thilo Kehrer (Monaco).
- 27': Grejohn Kyei (Clermont) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 28': Foul by Vanderson (Monaco).
- 28': Muhammed Cham (Clermont) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Corner, Clermont. Conceded by Wilfried Singo.
- 30': Attempt missed. Johan Gastien (Clermont) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 32': Foul by Grejohn Kyei (Clermont).
- 32': Wilfried Singo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Maximiliano Caufriez (Clermont).
- 33': Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Breel Embolo (Monaco).
- 34': Maximiliano Caufriez (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Goal! Monaco 1, Clermont 1. Muhammed Cham (Clermont) left footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Alan Virginius.
- 36': Delay in match (Monaco).
- 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 37': Goal! Monaco 2, Clermont 1. Breel Embolo (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder with a through ball.
- 41': Breel Embolo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': Foul by Johan Gastien (Clermont).
- 43': Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 43': Corner, Clermont. Conceded by Vanderson.
- 44': Attempt missed. Maximiliano Caufriez (Clermont) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Muhammed Cham with a cross following a corner.
- 45': Breel Embolo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Andy Pelmard (Clermont).
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Camara.
- 45'+1': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Mory Diaw.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Thilo Kehrer (Monaco) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Takumi Minamino with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+3': Attempt missed. Muhammed Cham (Clermont) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jérémie Bela.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Monaco 2, Clermont 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Monaco 2, Clermont 1.
- 46': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Andy Pelmard.
- 46': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Maghnes Akliouche with a cross following a corner.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana with a headed pass.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Thilo Kehrer (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Fofana (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 47': Attempt missed. Wilfried Singo (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a corner.
- 49': Foul by Yohann Magnin (Clermont).
- 49': Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco).
- 51': Grejohn Kyei (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 52': Offside, Clermont. Grejohn Kyei is caught offside.
- 53': Foul by Maximiliano Caufriez (Clermont).
- 53': Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Attempt missed. Jérémie Bela (Clermont) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Neto Borges.
- 57': Goal! Monaco 3, Clermont 1. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 58': Foul by Mohamed Camara (Monaco).
- 58': Muhammed Cham (Clermont) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Attempt missed. Jérémie Bela (Clermont) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Vanderson (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
- 60': Offside, Monaco. Breel Embolo is caught offside.
- 61': Foul by Vanderson (Monaco).
- 61': Jérémie Bela (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Vanderson (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 62': Substitution, Clermont. Ilhan Fakili replaces Jérémie Bela.
- 63': Substitution, Clermont. Jérémy Jacquet replaces Mehdi Zeffane.
- 64': Foul by Vanderson (Monaco).
- 64': Muhammed Cham (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Substitution, Monaco. Kassoum Ouattara replaces Vanderson.
- 66': Substitution, Monaco. Folarin Balogun replaces Breel Embolo.
- 67': Foul by Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco).
- 67': Maximiliano Caufriez (Clermont) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Takumi Minamino (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
- 70': Delay in match because of an injury Maximiliano Caufriez (Clermont).
- 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 74': Foul by Neto Borges (Clermont).
- 74': Krépin Diatta (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Attempt saved. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder with a through ball.
- 75': Offside, Monaco. Wissam Ben Yedder is caught offside.
- 77': Attempt missed. Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
- 77': Substitution, Clermont. Florent Ogier replaces Maximiliano Caufriez because of an injury.
- 77': Substitution, Clermont. Shamar Nicholson replaces Grejohn Kyei.
- 78': Substitution, Clermont. Mohamed-Amine Bouchenna replaces Alan Virginius.
- 81': Offside, Clermont. Shamar Nicholson is caught offside.
- 84': Attempt missed. Jérémy Jacquet (Clermont) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mohamed-Amine Bouchenna.
- 85': Attempt missed. Mohamed-Amine Bouchenna (Clermont) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Johan Gastien.
- 86': Substitution, Monaco. Soungoutou Magassa replaces Mohamed Camara.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 87': Attempt saved. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 87': Goal! Monaco 4, Clermont 1. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Takumi Minamino following a fast break.
- 90': Foul by Mohamed-Amine Bouchenna (Clermont).
- 90': Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Mohamed-Amine Bouchenna (Clermont) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Substitution, Monaco. Mamadou Coulibaly replaces Takumi Minamino.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Monaco. Caio Henrique replaces Maghnes Akliouche.
- 90'+2': Foul by Wilfried Singo (Monaco).
- 90'+2': Ilhan Fakili (Clermont) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Offside, Clermont. Yohann Magnin is caught offside.
- 90'+5': VAR Decision: No Penalty Clermont.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Monaco 4, Clermont 1.
- 0': Match ends, Monaco 4, Clermont 1.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Monaco 4, Clermont 1.
- 0': Match ends, Monaco 4, Clermont 1.
Statistics
 CLE |
MON |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 6 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 4 | Saves | 0 |
| 37.5 | Possession | 62.5 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 23 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 269 | Accurate Passes | 486 |
| 336 | Passes | 566 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 9 | Crosses | 12 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 45 | Long Balls | 43 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 10 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 17 |
| 15 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 16 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 7,256
Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 7,256
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 11 | +23 | 29 |
| 2 | AS Monaco | 11 | +10 | 23 |
| 3 | Marseille | 11 | +9 | 20 |
| 4 | Lille | 11 | +7 | 19 |
Line-Ups
AS Monaco (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Radoslaw Majecki (GK) |
| 5 | Thilo Kehrer |
| 99 | Wilfried Singo |
| 27 | Krépin Diatta |
| 2 | Vanderson  |
| 4 | Mohamed Camara |
| 19 | Youssouf Fofana |
| 18 | Takumi Minamino |
| 21 | Maghnes Akliouche |
| 36 | Breel Embolo |
| 10 | Wissam Ben Yedder |
Clermont Foot (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Mory Diaw (GK) |
| 5 | Max Caufriez |
| 17 | Andy Pelmard |
| 3 | Neto Borges |
| 2 | Mehdi Zeffane |
| 10 | Muhammed-Cham Saracevic |
| 25 | Johan Gastien |
| 7 | Yohann Magnin |
| 95 | Grejohn Kyei |
| 91 | Jérémie Bela |
| 26 | Alan Virginius |
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