LENS. Monaco beat Lens. Lens lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
Folarin Balogun squandered a penalty (82′) for Monaco.
The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. In front of 37,992 spectators. The referee was François Letexier who was helped by Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Pierre Legat. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.6 degrees Celsius or 47.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lens had a superior ball possession 60% while Monaco was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lens was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 11 were on target. Notwithstanding, Monaco was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Lens shot 20 times, 11 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Monaco shot 15 times, 9 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Lens received 6 yellow cards (Elye Wahi, Franck Haise, Facundo Medina, Brice Samba, Adrien Thomasson and Nampalys Mendy). Regarding the opposition, Monaco received 4 yellow cards (Edan Diop, Radosław Majecki, Radosław Majecki and Kassoum Ouattara).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Lens stays with 36 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Monaco will has 41 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away with Olympique Lyonnais on the 3rd of March with a 11-3 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (7 draws).
Monaco will host Paris Saint Germain on the 3rd of March with a 17-9 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (14 draws).
Lens – Formation
Lens
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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 , Jonathan Gradit , Kevin Danso , Facundo Medina , Ruben Aguilar , Andy Diouf , Nampalys Mendy , Jhoanner Chávez , Adrien Thomasson , David da Costa and Elye Wahi .
The home team had on the bench: Angelo Fulgini, Jean-Louis Leca, Neil El Aynaoui , Abdukodir Khusanov, Ayanda Sishuba , Salis Abdul Samed , Przemyslaw Frankowski , Florian Sotoca and Wesley Saïd .
Lens could not rely on the presence of Przemyslaw Frankowski (injured).
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: Jhoanner Chávez for Przemyslaw Frankowski (24′), Jonathan Gradit for Florian Sotoca (46′), Adrien Thomasson for Wesley Saïd (70′), Andy Diouf for Neil El Aynaoui (71′) and David da Costa for Ayanda Sishuba (88′).
Player of the match: David da Costa
The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was David da Costa.
His rating is with 36 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.
Monaco – Formation
Monaco
Monaco started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Adolf Hütter played with: Ismail Jakobs, Radosław Majecki , Wilfried Singo , Guillermo Maripán , Mohammed Salisu , Kassoum Ouattara , Takumi Minamino , Denis Zakaria , Youssouf Fofana , Aleksandr Golovin and Wissam Ben Yedder , Folarin Balogun .
These were the players on the bench: Eliesse Ben Seghir , Mayssam Benama, Edan Diop , Mamadou Coulibaly, Ritchy Valme, Aurélien Platret, Lucas Michal, Soungoutou Magassa and Philipp Köhn.
Substitutions
Monaco made 3 changes: Wissam Ben Yedder for Eliesse Ben Seghir (71′), Kassoum Ouattara for Edan Diop (63′) and Folarin Balogun for Soungoutou Magassa (90′).
Player of the match: Takumi Minamino
The most impressive player for Monaco was Takumi Minamino.
His rating is with 2 goals, 30 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Montpellier – 4-1
- Paris Saint Germain – Rennes – 1-1
- Le Havre – Reims – 1-2
- Lens – Monaco – 2-3
- Nice – Clermont – 0-0
- Toulouse – LOSC Lille – 3-1
