MONACO (Interstat) — AS Monaco opened its Ligue 1 campaign with a 2-1 comeback victory over Marseille on Sunday at Stade Louis II, defying a pregame projection.

Interstat’s simulator had predicted a 2-1 win for Marseille, but the hosts overturned an early deficit. Marseille’s Aleksandr Golovin opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Monaco responded with Folarin Balogun equalizing in the 74th before substitute Amine Gouiri netted the decisive goal in the 85th minute.

The result gives Monaco a winning start in France’s top flight, moving to 1-0-0, while Marseille begins the season 0-1-0. Four yellow cards were issued in the match, which was part of the Ligue 1 fixture schedule for April 5, 2026.