Monaco 2:1 Lens: Ligue 1 Match Result

Match report

Monaco beat Lance 2-1 at the Stade Louis II in Ligue 1's fifth round. The hosts sit top of the table with eleven points after five matches, while Lance remain in seventh with five.

And here's the thing — the twenty-minute mark. Michaël Cuisance thought he'd won a penalty for Lance, but the VAR decision went the other way. That changed the shape of the game, and by then Monaco were already pressing higher up the pitch.

Brunner opened the scoring at thirty-two, then Udol doubled Lance's hope at fifty-seven. To be fair, the visitors created more than their share of chances, but they couldn't finish. The match turned at eighty-four when Jonathan Gradit turned the ball into his own net.

Monaco had eight shots on target and 1.4 expected goals, while Lance managed three on target with 1.0. Sixty-seven percent of Monaco's shots found the target compared to twenty-seven percent for the visitors. They were dominant in the air from set plays, winning nine of eighteen duels.

The result keeps Monaco unbeaten — three wins and two draws — and extends Lance's mixed form. They drew with Le Mans last time out and lost to Lorient before that. Things came to a head with the own goal, and the visitors couldn't find an answer.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 6 – 3

Shots off target 2 – 4

Expected goals 1.40 – 1

20' Michaël Cuisance — var_penalty_cancelled ⚽ 32' Paris Brunner — Goal ⇄ 45' Jean-Clair Todibo — Substitution 🟨 53' Florian Thauvin — Yellow card ⚽ 57' Matthieu Udol — Goal ⇄ 58' Mezian Soares Mesloub — Substitution ⇄ 58' Abdallah Sima — Substitution ⇄ 62' Edan Diop — Substitution ⇄ 69' Junior Kadile — Substitution 🟨 71' Lamine Camara — Yellow card ⇄ 72' Amadou Haidara — Substitution ⇄ 76' Matthis Abline — Substitution ⇄ 76' Denis Zakaria — Substitution ⚽ 84' Jonathan Gradit — Own goal ⇄ 90+2' Paris Brunner — Substitution

Match events

20' Lens var_penalty_cancelled Michaël Cuisance
32' Monaco Goal Paris Brunner assist: Matthis Abline
45' Lens Substitution Jean-Clair Todibo off: Jonathan Gradit
53' Lens Yellow card Florian Thauvin
57' Lens Goal Matthieu Udol assist: Florian Thauvin
58' Lens Substitution Mezian Soares Mesloub off: Thorgan Hazard
58' Lens Substitution Abdallah Sima off: Odsonne Édouard
62' Monaco Substitution Edan Diop off: Mathys Detourbet
69' Lens Substitution Junior Kadile off: Michał Skóraś
71' Monaco Yellow card Lamine Camara
72' Lens Substitution Amadou Haidara off: Andrija Bulatović
76' Monaco Substitution Matthis Abline off: Folarin Balogun
76' Monaco Substitution Denis Zakaria off: Pape Cabral
84' Monaco Own goal Jonathan Gradit
90+2' Monaco Substitution Paris Brunner off: Mohammed Salisu

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

6 Shots on target 3

2 Shots off target 4

1.40 Expected goals 1

3 Big chances 2

2 Corners 8

12 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 12

3 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 3

22 Throw-ins 21

All statistics

9/1850% Aerial duels 9/1753%

95 Backward passes 92

1 Blocked shots 4

26 Clearances 11

3/933% Crosses 4/1921%

3/838% Dribbles 4/1822%

0.90 Expected assists 0.96

65 Failed passes 74

2 Goalkeeper saves 4

12 Interceptions 7

8 Key passes 10

23/4156% Long passes 25/4556%

70 Passes into the final third 77

239 Passes in the opposition half 222

299 Passes in own half 319

0.67 Shot accuracy 0.27

3 Shots from outside the box 2

6 Shots inside the box 9

10/2148% Tackles 9/1656%

529 Total passes 522

Line-ups

Monaco

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Lukáš Hrádecký	1
6	Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado	6
15	Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier	15
72	S. Sane	72
2	Vanderson de Oliveira Campos	2
8	L. Camara	8
10	Aleksandr Golovin	10
11	Matthis Abline	11
20	Flávio Basilua Jacinto Nazinho	20
37	Edan Diop	37
29	P. Brunner	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
16	Philipp Köhn	16
13	S. Mavissa	13
22	Mohammed Salisu	22
18	T. Minamino	18
19	P. Cabral	19
47	Safouane Benzahra	47
49	I. Touré	49
7	M. Detuarbe	7
9	Folarin Jerry Balogun	9

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Lens

Starting XI
#	Player	number
40	Robin Risser Birckel	40
2	Ruben Aguilar	2
14	Matthieu Udol	14
20	Jean-Clair Todibo	20
32	K. Antonio	32
10	Florian Tristán Mariano Thauvin	10
21	Amadou Haidara	21
27	Michaël Bruno Dominique Cuisance	27
28	Junior Kadile	28
38	Mezian Mesloub	38
19	Abdallah Dipo Sima	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
16	Mathieu Gorgelin	16
24	J. Gradit	24
31	S. Sgan	31
5	A. Bulatovich	5
9	Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard	9
7	Florian Sotoca	7
11	Odsonne Édouard	11
22	Michał Krzysztof Skóraś	22
29	Franjo Ivanović	29

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Match prediction: Monaco — Lens

Win: Lens

Confidence 38%

Reasoning

Монако — 2. place, 10 points after 4 games (3 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses)
Ланс — 10. place, 4 points after 4 games (1 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses)
Монако, last 5 games: 4 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses
Ланс, last 5 games: 2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses
Head-to-head: 8 games, Монако — 3, 2 draws, Ланс — 3

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Monaco	5	4	1	0	13
2	Lyon	5	3	2	0	11
3	Paris FC	5	3	2	0	11
4	Lille	5	3	1	1	10
5	Rennes FC	5	3	1	1	10
6	Paris Saint Germain	5	2	2	1	8
7	Angers	5	2	1	2	7
8	Strasbourg	5	2	1	2	7
9	Le Mans	5	1	3	1	6
10	Auxerre	5	2	0	3	6

Monaco — Lens: 2:1, Ligue 1

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