O. Edouard⚽Adrien Thomasson
K. Diatta🔄F. Thauvin⚽F. Balogun⚽O. Edouard🔄S. Adingra🔄D. Zakaria⚽A. Fati⚽Saud Abdulhamid🟨S. Abdulhamid🔄A. Saint-Maximin🔄F. Balogun🔄A. Bulatovic🔄Unknown Player🔄Wout Faes🟨Ismaelo Ganiou🟨Monaco beat Lens 3-2 on Saturday 21 February in a Ligue 1 fixture. At the break it was 1-0 to Lens. Monaco turned it round in the second half. Lens had 52% of the ball, and the shot count went 19-10 to Lens.
O. Edouard (3') and F. Thauvin (56') got on the scoresheet for Lens. For Monaco, F. Balogun (62'), D. Zakaria (70') and A. Fati (72') were on target.
The head-to-head covers 21 games since January 2012, and Lens have won six, Monaco have taken ten and five were drawn. Every tip we publish on the two sides together sits on our Lens vs Monaco prediction page.
9W 0D 1L2.70 pts/game
Bold green marks the stronger number on each row. Both-teams-scored is shown without a side.
| LensHome | Rating | MonacoAway |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | ||
| 1,728 | Overall | 1,595 |
| 1,672 | Match venue | 1,564 |
| 1,672 | At home | 1,673 |
| 1,635 | Away | 1,564 |
| Attack & defence | ||
| 1,585 | Attack | 1,546 |
| 1,674 | Defence | 1,571 |
| 1,555 | Home attack | 1,627 |
| 1,544 | Away attack | 1,512 |
| 1,651 | Home defence | 1,577 |
| 1,629 | Away defence | 1,548 |
| Match profile | ||
| 1,573 | Goal environment | 2,140 |
| 1,522 | Home goals | 1,865 |
| 1,552 | Away goals | 1,775 |
| 1,498 | Possession | 1,508 |
| Specialist ratings | ||
| 1,518 | Set-piece attack | 1,532 |
| 1,518 | Set-piece defence | 1,531 |
| 1,657 | Close games | 1,547 |
| 1,761 | Winning margin | 1,604 |
Match venue compares Lens at home with Monaco away. Green marks the higher rating; a new team starts at 1500.
Match profile rows describe the game, not team strength: a higher goal environment means higher-scoring matches.
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