Ligue 1 match preview and numbers: Monaco against Lens

These teams have little in common geographically as Lens have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Monaco form and stats

Monaco have only played one Ligue 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 19 matches.

An away draw last time out for Monaco, facing Nantes in a game that ended 3-3. Getting only a draw was difficult to deal with as the team dominated xG (expected goals): .90 - 3.74. Late drama in the game against Nantes as Monaco were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Boadu popped out and made it level in the 85th minute. The hometeam coach Hütter made a successful contribution in the game against Nantes, bringing on Boadu who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw. Minamino, who plays in attack, was the best performer for the team in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Minamino scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 51 total).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Monaco have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Monaco has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

Lens form and stats

No Ligue 1 points yet away for Lens, from their first 2 matches.

Lens are travelling again after losing away to PSG in their previous match (1-3). Danso was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.34. The defender Danso won 4 of 4 duels.

It's early days yet, but Lens has scored 3 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games). Lens has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Monaco, two draws and four wins for Lens. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The games between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

W. Ben Yedder 4 goals

T. Minamino 3 goals

D. Machado Mena 2 goals

Monaco missing players

Lens missing players