Ligue 1 2019/20: Monaco vs Lille – tactical analysis

Monaco hosted Lille in matchday 19 of Ligue 1. This was their second meeting in a row after their last meeting several days earlier in Coupe de la Ligue. Their previous match ended with a comfortable 0-3 victory for Lille, but this time Monaco took revenge to a whole new level.

Leonardo Jardims side ran out clear winners as Monaco surprise Lille with a 5-1 win. This would be a perfect case of learning from mistakes as Jardim very clearly took a different approach and utilised a different system in this game. Christophe Galtier, meanwhile, used the exact same approach. In the end, the latters tactics were easily neutralised.

Well explain more about both teams tactics in this tactical analysis.

Lineups

Jardim made some very clear changes coming into this game. Having used a 4-3-3 system last time out against Lille, Les Monégasques played in a 5-4-1 system in this game, which would shift into a 3-4-3 when theyre going forward. This proved to be a very crucial change as this time, they managed to neutralise Lille both in the attacking and defensive phase. Jardim also changed half of the personnel that started in the last game with Benjamin Lecomte, Gil Dias, Jemerson, Kamil Glik, Gelson Martins, and Wissam Ben Yedder starting in this game. Meanwhile, Danijel Subašić, Benoît Badiashile, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Islam Slimani, Cesc Fàbregas, and Jean-Kévin Augustin were relegated to the bench.

Meanwhile, there were not a lot of changes for Galtiers side both in terms of personnel and the system he used in this game. Galtier deployed his team in the same 4-4-2 system as in their last match with Victor Osimhen and Jonathan Ikoné leading the frontline. Mike Maignan, José Fonte, Zeki Çelik, Jonathan Bamba, and Boubakary Soumaré made the starting 11. Meanwhile,  Adama Soumaoro, Léo Jardim, Luiz Araújo were benched. Jérémy Pied and Xeka were not in the squad for this game despite featuring in the last match.

Lille unable to contain Monaco