Ligue 1 (Week 2) : Bordeaux beats Monaco 4-1
FRANCE, Aug. 17, 2014 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 2: Two wins in a row for Bordeaux. After their 0-1 win against Montpellier on August 9, Bordeaux continued their sensational form in the Ligue 1 with a 4-1 victory over Monaco this Sunday.
Diego Rolán scored dual goals
Monaco had started off well by taking the lead in the 45th minute with a goal by Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov. Trailing 1-0 at half time, Bordeaux players nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring four times in the second period (Rolán '48, '65, Sala '61 on penalty and Khazri '74 on penalty).
Bordeaux climbed to first place with 6 points from 2 games, a 2-point lead over runner-up Paris Saint-Germain.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of August 17, 2014) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bordeaux | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | Saint-Etienne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | PSG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Nice | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Lorient | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Nantes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Lille | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Rennes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Caen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Lyon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Metz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Bastia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Marseille | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Reims | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Lens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Monaco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Evian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2014-2015
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Overview
Bordeaux
- Position: 1 +5
- Best performance of the season:Bordeaux 4-1 Monaco (17 Aug.)
- Previous game:Montpellier 0-1 Bordeaux (9 Aug.)
- Next game:Nice - Bordeaux (23 Aug.)
AS Monaco
- Position: 19 -4
- Previous game:Monaco 1-2 Lorient (10 Aug.)
- Next game:Nantes - Monaco (24 Aug.)
- 17 August 2014
- 21:00
- Bordeaux
