LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE. Lens was ultimately too strong for Monaco with the goal of Loïs Openda (10′), Loïs Openda (16′) and Adrien Thomasson (56′). Lens was much superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Ferdi Petit stadium in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was François Letexier with the assistance of Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Thomas Léonard. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens had a strong ball possession 63% while Monaco was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the match​.

Lens shot 21 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Monaco shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Lens didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Monaco received 2 yellow cards (G. Maripán and Wissam Ben Yedder).

Standings

After this contest, Lens will have 66 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Monaco will stay with 61 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will host Olympique Marseille on the 6th of May with a 7-7 head to head.

Monaco will play away agasint Angers SCO on the 7th of May with a 13-4 head to head stats in favor of Monaco (3 draws).

Lens – Formation

Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba (7.6), Jonathan Gradit (7.6), Kevin Danso (7.8), Facundo Medina (7.1), Przemysław Frankowski (7.2), Junior Onana (7.3), Seko Fofana (7.3), Deiver Machado (8.3), Florian Sotoca (6.7), Adrien Thomasson (7.4) and Loïs Openda (9.3).

The home team had on the bench: Adam Buksa, Jean-Louis Leca, Ismaël Boura, Angelo Fulgini (6.6), Massadio Haïdara (6.5), Alexis Claude-Maurice, Julien Le Cardinal (6.4), David da Costa and Łukasz Poręba (6.4).

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: Adrien Thomasson for Angelo Fulgini (77′), Deiver Machado for Massadio Haïdara (77′), Jean Onana for Łukasz Poreba (88′), Przemyslaw Frankowski for Julien Le Cardinal (88′) and Loïs Openda for Adam Buksa (90′).

Best player: Loïs Openda​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Loïs Openda.

His rating is (9.3) with 2 goals, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Monaco – Formation

Monaco started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Philippe Clement played with: Alexander Nübel (6.3), Vanderson (6.0), Axel Disasi (6.4), Guillermo Maripán (6.9), Caio Henrique (6.8), Youssouf Fofana (7.2), Mohamed Camara (6.8), Krépin Diatta (6.4), Kevin Volland (6.2), Ismail Jakobs (6.1) and Wissam Ben Yedder (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Myron Boadu (6.1), Ruben Aguilar, Thomas Didillon, Takumi Minamino (6.8), Edan Diop (6.8), Maghnes Akliouche, Chrislain Matsima, Eliesse Ben Seghir and Eliot Matazo.

Substitutions

Monaco made 3 changes: Wissam Ben Yedder for Myron Boadu (77′), Kevin Volland  for Takumi Minamino (77′) and Mohamed Camara for Eliot Matazo (87′).

Best player: Youssouf Fofana​

The most impressive player for Monaco was Youssouf Fofana.

His rating is (7.2) with 37 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Lens – Monaco – 3-0
• Auxerre – Lille – 1-1