Lacina Traoré earns Monaco victory over Qarabağ

Monaco 1-0 Qarabağ
Lacina Traoré's goal midway through the second half edged a tight contest with the Azerbaijani champions as Monaco went top of Group J.

• Both of Lacina Traoré's goals in 2015 have come in the UEFA Europa League
• Qarabağ have eight shots on goal to Monaco's seven
• Monaco have lost just once in their last 14 European home games
• Qarabağ have scored seven goals and conceded five in nine European fixtures this term
• The teams meet again at the Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium on 5 November

MATCH STATISTICS

Monaco

Qarabağ

	1 Goals scored 0
	47 Possession (%) 53
	7 Total attempts 9
	3 on target 3
	4 off target 5
	0 blocked 1
	0 against woodwork 0
	2 Corners 4
	1 Offsides 1
	2 Yellow cards 1
	0 Red Cards 0
	12 Fouls committed 19
	17 Fouls suffered 12
	449 Passes 547
	398 completed 474

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LINEUPS

	Monaco		Qarabag
1	Subašić (GK)	13	Šehić (GK)
2	Fabinho	2	Garayev
6	R. Carvalho 53	5	Medvedev
8	João Moutinho	10	Dani Quintana 59
10	Bernardo Silva 57	14	Sadygov (C)
13	Wallace 40	20	Richard Almeida
19	L. Traoré 70 90+1	22	Ismayilov 71
22	El Shaarawy	25	Agolli 76
24	Raggi	55	Hüseynov
27	Lemar 79	67	El Jadeyaoui 77
28	Toulalan (C)	90	Armenteros
Substitutes
16	Nardi (GK)	1	Veliyev (GK)
7	Dirar 79	8	Míchel
11	Carrillo 90+1	11	Elvin Mammadov 77
17	Ivan Cavaleiro	18	Gurbanov
20	Pašalić 57	29	Poepon 71
21	Elderson	32	Yunuszadä
47	N'Doram	70	Chumbinho 59
Coaches
Leonardo Jardim (POR)		Gurban Gurbanov (AZE)
Referee
Jakob Kehlet (DEN)

STANDINGS

Group J

	P	Pts
Monaco	3	5
Anderlecht	3	4
Tottenham	3	4
Qarabağ	3	3