Report “Finishing in the TOP 3”
Back on the figures of this first leg, with a reminder of all the information concerning AS Monaco before the resumption in January and the return phase.
With 18 departures (Return of loan, loan or sale) and 8 arrivals (Return of loan, loan or purchase), AS Monaco was once again active in the summer transfer window. Despite everything, the main core of the previous season remains virtually identical. With the arrival of Nübel for a 2-year loan, The count left on loan in Madrid. Jean Lucas coming from Lyon is still struggling to integrate into the team. Jakobs coming from Cologne is also struggling to become an indisputable holder.
Despite everything, this first part of the season remains relatively correct.
Highs of lows
With a difficult start to the season after elimination in the Champions League preliminary round, AS Monaco Also starts badly in the league. Kovac tries hard to integrate newcomers into the starting XI but does not find the solution. First victory in the championship during the 4th day only. ASM is struggling to string together good results and victories. Despite everything, the Red and Whites had a good run in the group stage in the Europa League with no defeats and a direct qualification for the round of 16.
Return in detail on the results of this first phase
League 1
8 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses (Compared to the previous season, 10V, 3N and 6D)
Monaco / Nantes 1-1 Martins
Lorient / Monaco 1-0
Monaco / Lens 0-2
Troyes / Monaco 1-2 Diop x2
Monaco / Marseilles 0-2
Nice / Monaco 2-2 Golovin, Ben Yedder
Monaco / Saint-Etienne 3-1 Volland, Ben Yedder x2
Clermont / Monaco 1-3 Ben Yedder, Volland, Diop
Monaco / Bordeaux 3-0 Chouaméni, Golovin, Ben Yedder
Lyon / Monaco 2-0
Monaco / Montpellier 3-1 Volland, Ben Yedder, Martins
Brest / Monaco 2-0
Reims / Monaco 0-0
Monaco / Lille 2-2 Diatta, Ben Yedder
Monaco / Strasbourg 1-1 Ben Yedder
Angers / Monaco 1-3 Boadu, Diop, Disasi
Monaco / Metz 4-0 Diop, Volland, Martins, Ben Yedder
Paris / Monaco 2-0
Monaco / Rennes 2-1 Ben Yedder, Volland
European Cup
Prague / Monaco 0-2 Tchouaméni, Volland
Monaco / Prague 3-1 Diop, Golovin, Martins
Monaco / Donetsk 0-1
Donetsk / Monaco 2-2 Ben Yedder x2
Monaco / Sturm Graz 1-0 Diatta
Real Sociedad / Monaco 1-1 Disasi
PSV Eindhoven / Monaco 1-2 Diop, Boadu
Monaco / PSV Eindhoven 0-0
Monaco / Real Sociedad 2-1 Fofana, Volland
Sturm Graz / Monaco 1-1 Volland
French Cup
Red star / Monaco 0-2 Ben Yedder x2
Scorers ranking
- Ben Yedder 14 goals
- Volland 8 goals
- Diop 7 but
- Martins 4 goals
- Golovin 3 corn
- Disasi, Tchouaméni, Boadu, Diatta 2 goals
- Fofana 1 corn
Passeurs classification (All competitions combined)
- Volland, Henrique 7 passes
- Golovin 5 assists
- Diop 4 passes
- Fofana, Ben Yedder 3 assists
- Martins 2 cols
- Boadu, Isidor, Badiashile, Jakobs, Matazo 1 pass
Ben Yedder end the go phase by being the best striker of the club with 14 goals. Volland and Henrique finishing co-best passer with 7 passes. With a difficult start to the season, are the Yedderland duo back? Ben Yedder with 14 goals and 3 assists and Volland with 8 goals and 7 assists.
League 1
AS Monaco finish with the 7th attack of the first leg with 29 goals (for 36 the previous season, 3rd place) and defensively the team finds itself in 6th place with 23 goals (for 27 the previous season, 11th place) which is much better. Monaco a difference of + 6 this season (for + 9 the previous season).
Details of goals by period
League 1
European Cup
No big difference between the first half and the second half, both offensively and defensively.
Players playing time
Regarding the playing time of the players, Niko Kovac almost surprises us with each new composition. With starting XIs often different if we can see that some players remain a priority for the Monegasque coach.
Niko Kovac has used 27 different players since the start of the season. The playing time is based on the regulation time of a match, ie 90 min or overtime during a European Cup, therefore 120 min.
The most used XI this season
Nübel – Aguilar, Disasi, Maripan, Henrique – Tchouaméni, Diop, Martins, Fofana – Volland, Ben Yedder
The Fairplay
In terms of cards, the club has accumulated 61 yellow cards and 3 red cards (direct or following a double yellow) in all competitions.
Monaco is 9th in the Uber Eats Ligue 1 fairplay ranking. (A nice comeback compared to the previous season with a sad 19th place)
Ranking of players who have received a card (yellow and / or red)
- Volland 9 boxes
- Maripan, Fofana 7 boxes
- Tchouaméni, Golovin 6 boxes
- Badiashile 5 boxes
- Sidibé, Diop, Pavlovic 4 boxes
- Disasi 3 boxes
- Aguilar, Jakobs, Jean Lucas 2 boxes
- Henrique, Martins, Ben Yedder 1 box
Classification at the break in Ligue 1
- Paris 46pts
- Nice 33pts
- Marseille 33pts
- Rennes 31pts
- Montpellier 31pts
- Monaco 29pts
For comparison, here is the classification of the 2020/2021 season at the break
- Lyon 40pts
- Paris 39pts
- Lille 39pts
- Marseille 35pts
- Monaco 33pts
On the accounting point, theAS Monaco has only 4 small points less than the previous season at the same period with significantly more games this season. The Red and Whites have already played 30 games since the start of the season. We can also see that Paris met the relatively high bar with 46 points against 40 points for Lyon the previous season. AS Monaco is 4 points from second place for the season 2021/2022 and was 6 points behind second place for the season 2020/2021. What to hope for a good return phase and why not finish once again on the podium. The end of season goal was set by Oleg Petrov, podium !!!!
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