Monaco — Lens 2:1, 18 September: match result

match finished Ligue 1 · Matchday 5 Friday 18 September · 18:45 UTC

Monaco 1th · 13 pts WDWWW

2 : 1 1st half 1:0

Lens 15th · 4 pts LDLLW

Stade Louis II · referee C. Turpin

Match predictionBold

No stalemate here

81% · Monaco are unbeaten in 5 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “No stalemate here”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Monaco 41% draw 24% Lens 35%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Monaco win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Monaco win — they got it right.

fans 53 votes

Monaco 53% draw 13% Lens 34%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

P. Brunner assist: M. Abline 1-0 32'

J. Gradit for J. Todibo 46'

F. Thauvin 53'

M. Udol assist: F. Thauvin 1-1 57'

O. Edouard for A. Sima 58'

T. Hazard for M. Soares 58'

M. Detourbet for E. Diop 62'

M. Skoras for J. Kadile 69'

L. Camara 71'

A. Bulatovic for A. Haidara 72'

P. Cabral for D. Zakaria 76'

F. Balogun for M. Abline 76'

J. Gradit own goal 2-1 84'

M. Salisu for P. Brunner 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Monaco 4-4-2 · Luis Filipe 3-4-2-1 · Yannick Cahuzac Lens

Lukáš Hrádecký  
Vanderson  72 Sadibou Sané  15 Eric Dier  20 Nazinho  
Edan Diop  8 Lamine Camara  6 Denis Zakaria  10 Aleksandr Golovin  
Matthis Abline  29 Paris Brunner  

Abdallah Sima  
Florian Thauvin  38 Mezian Mesloub  
Ruben Aguilar  27 Michaël Cuisance  21 Amadou Haidara  28 Junior Kadile  
Kyllian Antonio  20 Jean-Clair Todibo  14 Matthieu Udol  
Robin Risser  

Monaco bench

13Christian Mawissa
9Folarin Balogun
49Ilane Touré
7Mathys Detourbet
22Mohammed Salisu
19Pape Cabral
16Philipp Köhn
47Safouane Benzahra
18Takumi Minamino

Lens bench

5Andrija Bulatović
7Florian Sotoca
29Franjo Ivanović
24Jonathan Gradit
16Mathieu Gorgelin
22Michal Skoras
11Odsonne Édouard
31Souleymane Sagnan
9Thorgan Hazard

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

50%Possession50%

9Shots12

6Shots on target4

2Shots off target4

1Blocked shots4

6Shots inside box10

3Shots outside box2

111Attacks83

25Dangerous attacks38

2Corners8

3Offsides1

13Fouls11

1Yellow cards1

3Saves5

529Passes526

464Accurate passes451

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Monaco

LensThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Monaco and Lens met on matchday 5 of the Ligue 1 on 18 September at Stade Louis II. Final score — 2:1.

Monaco sit 1th on 13 points after 5 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches. Lens sit 15th on 4 points after 5 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses), winless in 4 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Monaco won 1, Lens won 1. Aggregate score — 4:6.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Monaco last five Lens

WDWWW form LDLLW

5 Matches 5

4 — 1 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 1 — 3

8 — 3 Scored — conceded 9 — 9

2.6 Points per game 0.8

1.6 Goals scored per game 1.8

2 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 5 Current streak winless in 4

Monaco at home: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 4—1, 3 points per match.

Lens away: 3 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 4—6, 0.33 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Monaco win 0 draws 1 Lens win goals 4:6 Monaco — Lens

21/02/2026	Lens — Monaco	2:3	Ligue 1
08/11/2025	Monaco — Lens	1:4	Ligue 1

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Monaco	5	4	1	0	8—3	13
2	Olympique Lyonnais	5	3	2	0	10—2	11
…
14	Nice	5	1	2	2	3—6	5
15	Lens	5	1	1	3	9—9	4
16	Troyes	5	1	1	3	4—11	4

Full Ligue 1 table