Monaco win 3-2 at Lens

Match report

Monaco beat Lens 3-2 in Ligue 1 matchday 23 on Saturday, 21 February 2026 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. O. Edouard (3') and F. Thauvin (56') scored for Lens, while F. Balogun (62'), D. Zakaria (70') and A. Fati (72') found the net for Monaco. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lens had 52% of the ball and 18 shots (7 on target) against Monaco’s 10 (5 on target). Florian Thauvin (Lens) was the top-rated player with 8.0. The result leaves Lens 15th in the Ligue 1 table on 4 points and Monaco 1st on 13.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Lens

15th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Monaco

1st · 13 points · P 5 W 4 D 1 L 0

Form

Ligue 1 table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Monaco	5	+5	13
2	Lyon	5	+8	11
14	Nice	5	-3	5
15	Lens	5	0	4
16	Estac Troyes	5	-7	4

Full Ligue 1 table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Fri, 18 Sept 2026, Monaco 2-1 Lens

Full Lens vs Monaco head-to-head

Match events

3'goalO. EdouardAssist: A. Thomasson
15'VAR decisionAdrien ThomassonPenalty cancelled
31'substitutionK. DiattaOff: A. Bamba
56'goalF. ThauvinNormal Goal
62'goalF. BalogunAssist: M. Coulibaly
63'substitutionO. EdouardOff: A. Sima
69'substitutionS. AdingraOff: A. Fati
70'goalD. ZakariaAssist: Caio Henrique
72'goalA. FatiNormal Goal
74'yellow cardSaud AbdulhamidYellow Card
75'substitutionS. AbdulhamidOff: R. Aguilar
75'substitutionA. Saint-MaximinOff: R. Fofana
85'substitutionF. BalogunOff: M. Biereth
87'substitutionA. BulatovicOff: F. Sotoca
87'substitutionOff: A. Bermont
90+2'yellow cardWout FaesYellow Card
90+4'yellow cardIsmaelo GaniouYellow Card
90+6'yellow cardJordan TezeYellow Card

Lineups

Lens

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Pierre Sage

Starting XI

Substitutes

Monaco

Formation 3-1-4-2 · Coach Sebastien Pocognoli

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

52%Possession48%
1.79Expected goals (xG)1.70
18Total shots10
7Shots on target5
6Shots off target4
5Blocked shots1
8Shots inside the box6
10Shots outside the box4
7Corners2
1Offsides0
13Fouls12
2Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
2Goalkeeper saves5
450Passes422
385Accurate passes344
86%Pass accuracy82%
-0.04Goals prevented-0.04

Player statistics

Lens

Lens player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
40Robin RisserG	90	6.2				27 · 78%
4Nidal ČelikD	90	6.0				50 · 88%		4	7/8
20Malang SarrD	90	6.9			3 (1)	63 · 87%	1	2	4/7
25Ismaelo GaniouD	90	6.5				51 · 92%		1	5/9
5Andrija BulatovicM	87	6.3			1 (0)	41 · 90%		2	3/9
14Matthieu UdolM	90	6.6			2 (1)	36 · 78%			4/10
23Saud AbdulhamidM	75	6.6				19 · 89%	1	3	3/5
28Adrien ThomassonM	90	6.9		1		44 · 80%	5	3	7/12
9Allan Saint-MaximinF	75	7.2				27 · 89%	3		4/10
10Florian ThauvinFTop rated	90	8.0	1		5 (3)	47 · 87%	4	1	3/5
11Odsonne ÉdouardF	63	6.9	1		2 (2)	14 · 86%	2		2/8
16Mathieu GorgelinG	–	–
2Ruben AguilarD	12	6.6				10 · 100%
27Arthur MasuakuD	–	–
18Fode SyllaM	–	–
21Amadou HaidaraM	–	–
26Anthony BermontM	9	6.7				5 · 100%			0/1
7Florian SotocaF	9	6.3				3 · 33%			1/1
19Abdallah SimaF	27	7.2				10 · 60%	1	1	4/6
38Rayan FofanaF	15	6.3				3 · 67%			1/1

Monaco

Monaco player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
16Philipp KöhnG	90	6.7				32 · 72%			1/1
5Thilo KehrerD	90	6.9				50 · 90%		3	6/11
6Denis ZakariaD	90	7.3	1		1 (1)	46 · 89%		1	3/4
25Wout FaesD	90	6.2			1 (0)	47 · 91%			2/5
4Jordan TezeM	90	6.9				45 · 78%	1	4	6/9
12Caio HenriqueM	90	7.6		1		36 · 78%	2	1	3/4
15Lamine CamaraM	90	7.2			1 (0)	56 · 79%		4	6/11
27Krépin DiattaM	31	6.9				11 · 64%	1		1/1
28Mamadou CoulibalyM	90	6.3		1		24 · 83%	2	2	6/16
9Folarin BalogunF	85	7.9	1		4 (3)	11 · 82%			2/4
24Simon AdingraF	68	5.9			1 (0)	22 · 77%			0/10
40Jules StawieckiG	–	–
50Yann LienardG	–	–
17Stanis Idumbo MuzamboM	–	–
23Aladji BambaM	59	6.7				38 · 79%		3	5/10
44Samuel NibombeM	–	–
49Ilane TouréM	–	–
14Mika BierethF	11	6.3				3 · 33%			2/5
29Paris BrunnerF	–	–
31Ansu FatiF	22	7.7	1		1 (1)	1 · 100%		1	1/1