With 40 goals scored this season in Ligue 1, AS Monaco is only the sixth attack in the French championship.
It's more than Nice, Marseille, Lyon or Lille but less than Rennes, Strasbourg, Lens or Montpellier.
In front, the Rock club is in difficulty.
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Kevin Volland did not score in the league in 2022. Injured at the start of the year, Myron Boadu failed to fulfill the hopes placed in him.
29 games played with the Monegasques but 35 minutes per game on average and only three goals scored.
Gelson Martins and Sofiane Diop are very valuable in the game and the offensive animation, without being decisive: one goal each in the last ten Ligue 1 games. On the other hand, on the rock, there is one that works on the water.
With 15 goals in 26 games, Wissam Ben Yedder is the league's top scorer.
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Genuine Ben Yedder mania
This season, the Monegasque number 10 has scored 22 goals and provided six assists in 39 games in all competitions.
Since the start of the season, Monaco have scored 54 goals.
Decisive 28 times, "WBY" is therefore involved in 52% of his team's goals.
A number that "drops" to 48% in the league.
In Ligue 1, the French international (16 caps, 2 goals) alone brought Monaco 15 points thanks to his goals and assists.
Without its striker, the ASM drops to 26 points and would be … 16th.
It is also since his arrival on the rock that Wissam Ben Yedder has been the most decisive.
He is involved in a goal every... 92 minutes with Monaco.
In Sevilla he was decisive every 98 minutes.
A number that drops to 132 minutes during his time in Toulouse.
However, despite this super form, the French striker had a funny season, he who was not always essential.
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A rocky season
Top performances this season for this 1m70 striker.
However, the former Toulousain experienced a complicated 2021-2022 exercise.
To almost everyone's surprise, Niko Kovac is not counting on him at the start of the season, not as a starter anyway.
The former Monaco coach preferring Kevin Volland, Myron Boadu or even Wilson Isidor to him from the outset.
After 27 championship days, “WBY” only missed one Ligue 1 match (on January 9, due to covid-19) but he had several meetings off the bench.
The Franco-Tunisian is a substitute under the orders of Niko Kovac for the first two days of Ligue 1, before gradually returning to the starting lineup and chaining four starts in a row.
Low playing time and difficult performances at the start of the season.
Wissam Ben Yedder is waiting for the 6th day of the championship to unlock his goal counter.
He then scored twice off the bench against Saint-Etienne three days later.
The machine seems launched.
“
It was a bit of a tricky time.
But in life, there are always complicated moments, moments of doubt
”explains the international striker at the microphone of
Prime Video
in recent days.
“
I'm never happy when I'm a substitute.
For me, the idea was to come in and be ready for the game, to be focused, not to think about whether he plays me or not.
When we started the match, I was concentrated with my teammates even if I was not starting.
I managed to score when he brought me in, to be a bit of a luxury joker,
”summarizes Wissam Ben Yedder.
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Under the orders of the former Bayern Munich coach, the Monegasque number 10 alternated between tenures and replacements, but systematically wearing the armband when he started a match.
In the Europa League, Wissam Ben Yedder only started a game...twice, starting four times on the bench.
Arrived during the winter break, Philippe Clément seems to rely more on the Franco-Tunisian.
On February 9, the Belgian coach claimed to have a “
good relationship
” with his player.
With his new coach, "WBY" regains an indisputable status.
The Blues striker remains on six straight starts in Ligue 1, including four complete matches.
Under Niko Kovac, he had played 90 minutes only twice.
Despite this turbulent season, he did not miss a rally with the France team for the whole of 2021.
A “frame” with 16 selections
Much appreciated internally, Wissam Ben Yedder has become a must for Didier Deschamps.
Last year, he did not miss a single gathering of the France team, obviously being called up for the Euro.
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With the tricolor jersey, the former Sevillian plays little, very little.
Only 16 caps, 32 minutes on average per game, two goals in total.
But if the native of Sarcelles, in the Paris region, does not play on the ground, he plays the game internally.
Appreciated by the staff but also the players themselves.
The one who remains discreet plays a big brother role with the young Blues, as with his club teammate Aurélien Tchouameni.
It is quite naturally and logically that he should find the jersey struck by the rooster in the days that follow.
Answer this Thursday, March 17 for Didier Deschamps' first list in 2022.
