Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lens & Monaco face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Monaco, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's wish for an energetic game!
Lens form and stats
Lens participated in Coupe de France the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Lens have played 11 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Lens crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Olympique Marseille here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Midfielder Doucouré was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.23 (out of ten) in that game. Doucouré hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Saint-Étienne.A decent goal production from Lens in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches.
Monaco form and stats
Monaco was sent out of Coupe de France in the final last season.3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Monaco in their Ligue 1 matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Monaco as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 2-3 against Montpellier. Midfielder Tchouaméni was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.83. Tchouaméni served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 79 successful passes (of 89 total).
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Clermont in the Ligue 1.The visiting Monaco have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. 15 goals have been conceded by Monaco in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Lens wins - draws - Monaco wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 13 goals |   S. Fofana 6 goals |  A. Muinga 6 goals |
Lens missing players
Monaco missing players
| Lens | Monaco | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 41% | ||
| 10.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Nice | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Monaco | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Lens | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Nantes | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Lille | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Reims | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Clermont | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
| 18 | Metz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Lorient | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -24 | 15 |
