Monaco vs SC Freiburg 3-0

Monaco beat SC Freiburg 3-0 at Stade Louis II, with P. Brunner opening the scoring in first-half stoppage time and A. Fati coming off the bench to seal it in the 90th minute. L. Camara added the second after Freiburg had stayed in touch until late on.

The match was still goalless until 45+2 minutes, when P. Brunner finished from E. Diop to make it 1-0. That was the score at half-time, after Freiburg had already been forced into a change on 15 minutes and had also seen P. Osterhage booked before the break.

Monaco turned to A. Fati and A. Soubeir on 58 minutes, while Freiburg made two changes of their own on 62 minutes. The home side doubled the lead on 83 minutes when L. Camara scored to make it 2-0, and Fati then made it 3-0 three minutes into stoppage time, set up by M. Abline, who had come on in the 80th minute. Monaco had also made two changes on 80 minutes, including Brunner’s departure after his goal. Freiburg finished without a reply.

The numbers were tight in several areas. Freiburg had 52% of the possession and 434 passes to Monaco’s 417, while Monaco’s pass accuracy was 87% to Freiburg’s 83%. Freiburg also had more shots, 11 to 10, and more corners, 11 to 6, but Monaco had the more accurate effort count with 6 shots on target to Freiburg’s 1. xG was 1.1 to Monaco and 0.82 to Freiburg, and both sides were caught offside once. Monaco made 1 save to Freiburg’s 4.

Monaco were booked twice, with A. Golovin cautioned on 49 minutes and A. Soubeir on 70. Freiburg’s only yellow card went to P. Osterhage on 37 minutes.