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Ligue 1

Mar 7, 2015 at 7pm UK

Evian Evian TG
1-3
Monaco Monaco

Amodou Sougou (78')

FT(HT: 0-3)

Martial (18'), Abdallah (34'), Toure (30')

Half-Time Report: AS Monaco hold comfortable lead over Evian TG

By Christopher Dodd, Reporter | 07 March 2015

AS Monaco hold a comfortable 2-0 lead away at Evian TG in Ligue 1, thanks to Anthony Martial's opener and an own goal from Kassim Abdallah.

An opener from Anthony Martial and an own goal from Kassim Abdallah have given AS Monaco a 2-0 half-time lead over hosts Evian TG in Ligue 1 this evening.

Evian's Adrien Thomasson went close early on in the game when he forced a smart stop from Danijel Subasic down at his bottom-right corner.

Monaco's Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov (L) controls the ball before scoring during the French L1 football match between Evian TG and Monaco at the Parc des Sports stadium in Annecy, southeastern France, on March 7, 2015 © Getty Images

It took Monaco a while to get going, but they found an opener through Martial, who collected from Layvin Kurzawa to smash home into the top-left corner in the 18th minute.

The visitors found themselves two goals ahead in the 36th minute when Abdallah deflected Dimitar Berbatov's effort into his own goal to make it 2-0 to Leonardo Jardim's men.

Kurzawa should have made it 3-0 just before the interval, but the full-back somehow managed to head wide from close range following Bernardo Silva's corner.