On a momentous day in the history of this head-to-head fixture, Monaco claimed a 4-1 victory in their 100th meeting with Nantes, securing their fourth successive Ligue 1 victoryAs far as starts go, Monaco’s couldn’t have gone much better. The clock hadn’t even ticked beyond two minutes when Breel Embolo was quickest to react as Alban Lafont parried Wissam Ben Yedder’s strike straight into the path of the Swiss international, who duly converted. Having been denied by Lafont in the build up to the opener, Ben Yedder was eager to make amends and just four minutes later, he was on the scoresheet himself with Embolo this time the provider as the hosts doubled their advantage.🇨🇵 Monaco dusi Nantes, to był bezbłędny kwadrans (2:0). Szybki doskok i świetna współpraca na linii Embolo – Ben Yedder. Tym razem nawet stałe fragmenty gry były zbędne. #Modanafrancjepic.twitter.com/ZKrl4XD5b5— Maciej Szełęga (@SzelegaMaciek) October 2, 2022 By the half-hour mark, the Monégasques snatched a third to lay to rest the game as a contest essentially. Embolo took a back seat in this goal, with Aleksandr Golovin producing an inch-perfect pass for Ben Yedder who finished with aplomb to double his tally for the afternoon. The second half followed a similar pattern for Nantes, when Andrei Girotto tripped Kevin Volland in the area, which proved to be a perfect opportunity for Ben Yedder to step forward and complete his hat-trick on an afternoon where he became Monaco’s outright top Ligue 1 goalscorer this century.Considering you’d have to go back to April for Nantes’ last away league victory, it wasn’t a surprise to see such a struggle on the road, though they did pull a goal back 10 minutes from the time Caio Henrique put through his own goal. The fact La Maison Jaune’s goal was scored for them by Monaco just about summed up their afternoon, but their focus must now switch back to Europe, with a Europa League clash against Freiburg on the horizon. As for Monaco, they may be some way off top spot, but they have sneaked up into fifth ahead of the evening’s fixture.LIGUE 1 – ROUND 9FridayAngers – Olympique de Marseille 0-3 (0-1)/Clauss 35, Suarez 50, Gerson 59/SaturdayStrasbourg – Rennes 1-3 (0-1)/Diallo 72 pen – Kalimuendo 38, Terrier 49, Gouiri 67/PSG – Nice 2-1 (1-0)/Messi 30, Mbappe 83 – Laborde 47/SundayLorient – Lille 2-1 (1-0)/Diakite 9 og, Le Bris 87 – David 78/Ajaccio – Clermont 1-3 (0-1)/Avinel 70 – Kyei 11, Rashani 89, Dossou 90+1/Auxerre – Brest 1-1 (0-0)/Niang 86 pen – Slimani 64/Toulouse – Montpellier 4-2 (3-1)/Spierings 18, Aboukhlal 24, Chaibi 31, Dejaegere 48 – Cozza 7, Wahi 68/Troyes – Reims 2-2 (0-1)/Odobert 51, Porozo 90 – Balogun 13, Ito 54/Monaco – Nantes 4-1 (3-0)/Embolo 2, Ben Yedder 6, 28, 62 pen – Henrique 79 og/21:45: (2.70) Lens (3.40) Olympique Lyon (2.80)***odds are subject to change***
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