Monaco 0-1 Benfica
Key numbers
- Possession 44% – 56%
- Shots 6 (3 on target) – 23 (6)
- Decisive moment: 48' Vangelis Pavlidis, FN xPts +0.9
HT 0:0
Vangelis Pavlidis 48'
Benfica won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.39–2.17).
Player of the matchNicolás OtamendiDecisive moment48' Vangelis Pavlidis+0.9
Player of the match
Nicolás Otamendi Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Monaco ahead 0 min · level 48 min · Benfica ahead 42 min
- Monaco: Red card 52' → ~38 min a player down
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
48'
Vangelis Pavlidis
Goal
+0.9
52'
Mutassim Al Musrati
Red card
−0.3
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Benfica is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
MonacoBenfica
44%Possession56%
0.39Expected goals (xG)2.17
0.07xG per shot0.09
6Shots23
3Shots on target6
50%Shots on target %26%
5Shots in box16
375Passes479
73%Pass accuracy83%
2Corners7
5Saves3
10Fouls14
4Yellow cards2
0Offsides3
Compared with usual
Monaco
last 8 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | |
| xG | 0.39 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 2.17 | 1.8 | |
| Shots | 6 | 13.9 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.6 | |
| Shots faced | 23 | 13 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 44% | 53% | |
| Passes | 375 | 466.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 73% | 81.6% | low |
| Corners | 2 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 12.4 |
Benfica
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 2.17 | 2.2 | |
| xG against | 0.39 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 23 | 13.1 | high |
| On target | 6 | 5.6 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 14.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.16 | |
| Possession | 56% | 43.6% | |
| Passes | 479 | 411.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 80.3% | |
| Corners | 7 | 4.1 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 9.5 |
Timeline
- 16' Yellow Álvaro Carreras
- 41' Yellow Mutassim Al Musrati
- 48' Goal Vangelis Pavlidis competition goal #6
- 52' Second yellow Mutassim Al Musrati
- 56' Yellow Florentino Luís
- 57' Sub Mika Biereth → Soungoutou Magassa
- 67' Sub Aleksandr Golovin → Eliesse Ben Seghir
- 67' Sub Tomás Araújo → Ángel Di María
- 67' Sub Florentino Luís → Leandro Barreiro
- 68' Sub Maghnes Akliouche → Takumi Minamino
- 78' Sub Vangelis Pavlidis → Andrea Belotti
- 78' Sub Andreas Schjelderup → Zeki Amdouni
- 79' Yellow Vanderson
- 86' Sub Ángel Di María → Arthur Cabral
- 90' Yellow Denis Zakaria
Category leaders
- Key passesKerem Aktürkoğlu6
- Duels wonNicolás Otamendi10/13
- DribblesAleksandr Golovin3/3
- Defensive actionsFlorentino Luís8
- ShotsAntónio Silva3 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonBreel Embolo4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.