Monaco look forward to fight against Lens in this Ligue 1 match. Everything you must know about the game can be found here!
It's quite the trip for Lens when visiting Monaco as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an animated fixture!
Monaco form and stats
A Ligue 1 draw at home so far for Monaco. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 19 matches.
The spoils were shared in Monaco's previous game, also at home. Visiting Rennes (placed 17th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Monaco's goalie Nübel played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Rennes with a stunning seven saves. The forward Embolo was announced as "man of the match" for Monaco with the rating of 8.3/10. Embolo scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Monaco's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Monaco has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Lens form and stats
One match played away so far in the Ligue 1 for Lens and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 19 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ajaccio (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Danso was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Danso won 5 of 10 duels.
Before that, Lens secured a home win against Brest with the score 3-2.0 goals so far away for Lens, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Monaco victories, two draws and two Lens wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sotoca 3 goals |   S. Diop 1 goals |  K. Diatta 1 goals |
Monaco missing players
Lens missing players
| Monaco | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 8.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 18 | 23 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Monaco | Last season | Lens | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 65 | 38 | Scored | S | 27 | 62 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Conceded | C | 28 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 97% | ||
| 82% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 82% | ||
| 55% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 58% | ||
| 34% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 39% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 68% | 61% | ||
| 29% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 21% | ||
| 26% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 21% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Lille | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Lens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Monaco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Lorient | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Clermont | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Nice | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Nantes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Brest | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ajaccio | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Rennes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Troyes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Reims | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 90 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 54 | 86 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 25 | 71 |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 69 |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 42 | 66 |
| 5 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 66 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 63 |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 62 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 61 |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 55 |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 55 |
| 11 | Brest | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 57 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -8 | 48 |
| 12 | Reims | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 46 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 61 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 35 | -12 | 43 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 41 |
| 15 | Troyes | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | -16 | 38 |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 63 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 41 | -28 | 36 |
| 17 | Clermont | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 69 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 36 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 77 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 39 | -35 | 32 |
| 19 | Metz | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 69 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 38 | -34 | 31 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 91 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 58 | -39 | 31 |
