Stade de Reims vs AS Monaco, 2023-24 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1
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Balogun scores as Monaco beat Reims to move top of Ligue 1
AS Monaco moved top of Ligue 1 after Ismail Jakobs, Folarin Balogun and Wissam Ben Yedder scored in their 3-1 win at fourth-placed Reims on Saturday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 1': Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Reims).
- 2': Offside, Monaco. Folarin Balogun tries a through ball, but Ismail Jakobs is caught offside.
- 2': Foul by Ibrahim Diakité (Reims).
- 2': Ismail Jakobs (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 3': Foul by Krépin Diatta (Monaco).
- 3': Teddy Teuma (Reims) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 5': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Guillermo Maripán.
- 7': Foul by Junya Ito (Reims).
- 7': Ismail Jakobs (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Wilfried Singo.
- 9': Attempt blocked. Teddy Teuma (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Azor Matusiwa with a headed pass.
- 11': Attempt saved. Keito Nakamura (Reims) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Daramy.
- 12': Foul by Ibrahim Diakité (Reims).
- 12': Ismail Jakobs (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Attempt missed. Thibault De Smet (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ibrahim Diakité with a cross.
- 15': Offside, Reims. Teddy Teuma tries a through ball, but Junya Ito is caught offside.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismail Jakobs.
- 17': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Yunis Abdelhamid.
- 18': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 18': Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Reims).
- 19': Hand ball by Krépin Diatta (Monaco).
- 22': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Guillermo Maripán.
- 22': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Philipp Köhn.
- 24': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Joseph Okumu.
- 24': Foul by Youssouf Fofana (Monaco).
- 24': Teddy Teuma (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Delay in match (Monaco).
- 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 29': Attempt missed. Keito Nakamura (Reims) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marshall Munetsi with a cross.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Junya Ito (Reims) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marshall Munetsi.
- 29': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Ismail Jakobs.
- 30': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Thibault De Smet.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Guillermo Maripán (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin with a cross.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
- 31': Attempt missed. Krépin Diatta (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Guillermo Maripán following a corner.
- 32': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Joseph Okumu.
- 33': Attempt missed. Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ismail Jakobs with a cross following a corner.
- 33': Foul by Folarin Balogun (Monaco).
- 33': Ibrahim Diakité (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Daramy (Reims) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marshall Munetsi.
- 38': Attempt missed. Teddy Teuma (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 38': Offside, Monaco. Ismail Jakobs tries a through ball, but Wissam Ben Yedder is caught offside.
- 42': Goal! Reims 0, Monaco 1. Ismail Jakobs (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
- 45': Foul by Joseph Okumu (Reims).
- 45': Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+1': Foul by Wilfried Singo (Monaco).
- 45'+1': Ibrahim Diakité (Reims) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Reims 0, Monaco 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Reims 0, Monaco 1.
- 45': Substitution, Monaco. Chrislain Matsima replaces Soungoutou Magassa.
- 46': Goal! Reims 0, Monaco 2. Folarin Balogun (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
- 47': Foul by Folarin Balogun (Monaco).
- 47': Teddy Teuma (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Youssouf Fofana.
- 49': Offside, Monaco. Aleksandr Golovin tries a through ball, but Wissam Ben Yedder is caught offside.
- 49': Goal! Reims 0, Monaco 3. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ismail Jakobs with a cross.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Daramy (Reims) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Junya Ito.
- 52': Offside, Monaco. Wissam Ben Yedder tries a through ball, but Folarin Balogun is caught offside.
- 53': Denis Zakaria (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Marshall Munetsi (Reims).
- 55': Hand ball by Ismail Jakobs (Monaco).
- 56': Penalty Reims. Marshall Munetsi draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 56': Penalty conceded by Chrislain Matsima (Monaco) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 57': Goal! Reims 1, Monaco 3. Teddy Teuma (Reims) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 61': Substitution, Reims. Amine Salama replaces Keito Nakamura.
- 62': Offside, Reims. Yehvann Diouf tries a through ball, but Amine Salama is caught offside.
- 63': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Ismail Jakobs.
- 65': Attempt missed. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin following a fast break.
- 66': Foul by Folarin Balogun (Monaco).
- 66': Joseph Okumu (Reims) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Attempt saved. Mohamed Daramy (Reims) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Junya Ito.
- 68': Foul by Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco).
- 68': Teddy Teuma (Reims) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Folarin Balogun (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': Foul by Thibault De Smet (Reims).
- 73': Substitution, Monaco. Takumi Minamino replaces Aleksandr Golovin.
- 74': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Wilfried Singo.
- 75': Substitution, Reims. Mamadou Diakhon replaces Mohamed Daramy.
- 76': Foul by Ismail Jakobs (Monaco).
- 76': Ibrahim Diakité (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Yehvann Diouf.
- 78': Attempt missed. Chrislain Matsima (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder with a cross following a corner.
- 78': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Wilfried Singo.
- 80': Offside, Reims. Thibault De Smet tries a through ball, but Amine Salama is caught offside.
- 82': Substitution, Monaco. Maghnes Akliouche replaces Folarin Balogun.
- 83': Foul by Denis Zakaria (Monaco).
- 83': Junya Ito (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Denis Zakaria (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 84': Foul by Chrislain Matsima (Monaco).
- 84': Junya Ito (Reims) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 84': Chrislain Matsima (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Substitution, Reims. Josh Wilson-Esbrand replaces Ibrahim Diakité.
- 86': Substitution, Reims. Oumar Diakité replaces Teddy Teuma.
- 87': Foul by Oumar Diakité (Reims).
- 87': Krépin Diatta (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Delay in match because of an injury Krépin Diatta (Monaco).
- 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90': Substitution, Monaco. Mohamed Camara replaces Youssouf Fofana.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Mamadou Diakhon (Reims) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thibault De Smet.
- 90'+1': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Philipp Köhn.
- 90'+3': Foul by Marshall Munetsi (Reims).
- 90'+3': Mohamed Camara (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Takumi Minamino.
- 90'+5': Foul by Krépin Diatta (Monaco).
- 90'+5': Mamadou Diakhon (Reims) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+5': Krépin Diatta (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6': Offside, Monaco. Mohamed Camara tries a through ball, but Ismail Jakobs is caught offside.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Reims 1, Monaco 3.
- 0': Match ends, Reims 1, Monaco 3.
Statistics
 MON |
REIM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 10 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 3 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 3 | Saves | 1 |
| 46.1 | Possession | 53.9 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 289 | Accurate Passes | 330 |
| 375 | Passes | 416 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 13 | Crosses | 38 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 59 | Long Balls | 68 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 38 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 24 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 16 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 33 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 33 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade Auguste-Delaune II
Location: Reims, France
Attendance: 19,000
Venue: Stade Auguste-Delaune II
Location: Reims, France
Attendance: 19,000
Ligue 1 Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 23 | +40 | 59 |
| 2 | Marseille | 23 | +21 | 46 |
| 3 | Nice | 23 | +19 | 43 |
| 4 | Lille | 23 | +15 | 41 |
Line-Ups
Stade de Reims (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 94 | Yehvann Diouf (GK) |
| 5 | Yunis Abdelhamid |
| 2 | Joseph Okumu |
| 25 | Thibault De Smet |
| 41 | Ibrahim Diakité |
| 21 | Azor Matusiwa |
| 10 | Teddy Teuma |
| 15 | Marshall Munetsi |
| 9 | Mohamed Daramy |
| 17 | Keito Nakamura |
| 7 | Junya Ito |
AS Monaco (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Philipp Köhn (GK) |
| 3 | Guillermo Maripán |
| 88 | Soungoutou Magassa |
| 99 | Wilfried Singo |
| 6 | Denis Zakaria  |
| 19 | Youssouf Fofana |
| 17 | Aleksandr Golovin |
| 14 | Ismail Jakobs |
| 27 | Krépin Diatta |
| 29 | Folarin Balogun |
| 10 | Wissam Ben Yedder |
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