Lens beat Monaco 4-1 as W. Said scores twice

Match report

Lens beat Monaco 4-1 in Ligue 1 matchday 12 on Saturday, 8 November 2025 at Stade Louis II. F. Balogun (37' pen) scored for Monaco, while O. Edouard (21'), W. Said (40', 60') and M. Sangare (45') found the net for Lens. Folarin Balogun (Monaco, 45') was sent off. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Monaco had 50% of the ball and 16 shots (6 on target) against Lens’s 20 (12 on target). Wesley Saïd (Lens) was the top-rated player with 8.6. The result leaves Monaco 1st in the Ligue 1 table on 13 points and Lens 15th on 4.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Monaco

1st · 13 points · P 5 W 4 D 1 L 0

Form

Lens

15th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

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: Sat, 21 Feb 2026, Lens 2-3 Monaco

Full Monaco vs Lens head-to-head

Match events

21'goalO. EdouardNormal Goal
37'penaltyF. BalogunPenalty
40'goalW. SaidAssist: O. Edouard
45'red cardFolarin BalogunRed Card
45'goalM. SangareAssist: F. Thauvin
46'substitutionA. GolovinOff: L. Michal
57'yellow cardJonathan GraditYellow Card
60'goalW. SaidAssist: F. Thauvin
61'substitutionJ. TezeOff: P. Cabral
61'substitutionM. BierethOff: G. Ilenikhena
63'substitutionM. SangareOff: A. Bulatovic
72'substitutionW. SaidOff: M. Guilavogui
72'substitutionO. EdouardOff: R. Fofana
73'substitutionM. AklioucheOff: A. Fati
74'yellow cardRuben AguilarYellow Card
79'substitutionM. CoulibalyOff: D. Zakaria
84'substitutionR. AguilarOff: A. Bermont
84'substitutionA. ThomassonOff: F. Sotoca
90+2'VAR decisionGeorge IlenikhenaPenalty confirmed
90+5'yellow cardDenis ZakariaYellow Card

Lineups

Monaco

Formation 3-1-4-2 · Coach Adi Hütter

Starting XI

Substitutes

Lens

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Pierre Sage

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

50%Possession50%
2.83Expected goals (xG)3.16
16Total shots20
6Shots on target12
6Shots off target3
4Blocked shots5
14Shots inside the box15
2Shots outside the box5
5Corners4
2Offsides2
15Fouls19
1Yellow cards2
1Red cards0
7Goalkeeper saves5
460Passes459
388Accurate passes396
84%Pass accuracy86%
1.20Goals prevented1.20

Player statistics

Monaco

Monaco player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
16Philipp KöhnG	90	6.6			33 · 76%			1/1
5Thilo KehrerD	90	5.7		1 (0)	59 · 85%		2	5/7
12Caio HenriqueD	90	6.6			72 · 88%	4	2	2/4
22Mohammed SalisuD	90	6.6		1 (0)	52 · 87%		3	9/17
4Jordan TezeM	61	6.5			31 · 90%	1	1	2/5
10Aleksandr GolovinM	45	6.9			15 · 93%	1	3	7/13
11Maghnes AklioucheM	73	6.2		1 (1)	32 · 91%		1	4/8
20Kassoum OuattaraM	90	6.3			25 · 76%		3	6/15
28Mamadou CoulibalyM	79	7.3			54 · 80%	1	4	9/15
9Folarin BalogunF	45	6.9	1	3 (2)	6 · 83%	1	1	4/6
14Mika BierethF	61	6.7			12 · 67%	2		1/3
50Yann LienardG	–	–
3Eric DierD	–	–
6Denis ZakariaM	11	6.9			17 · 100%			1/1
17Stanis Idumbo MuzamboM	–	–
18Takumi MinaminoM	–	–
41Pape CabralM	29	6.6			21 · 81%			2/4
19George IlenikhenaF	29	6.3		3 (2)	2 · 50%			0/3
21Lucas MichalF	45	6.5		1 (0)	19 · 84%			3/7
31Ansu FatiF	17	6.0		2 (1)	10 · 80%			3/3

Lens

Lens player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
40Robin RisserG	90	7.6				34 · 76%			1/1
6Samson BaidooD	90	6.9			1 (0)	38 · 97%		1	2/5
20Malang SarrD	90	6.9				51 · 90%		1	2/3
24Jonathan GraditD	90	6.9				61 · 93%	2		3/4
2Ruben AguilarM	84	7.2				44 · 82%		1	4/6
8Mamadou SangareM	63	7.5	1		1 (1)	29 · 93%	1	2	9/16
14Matthieu UdolM	90	7.3			2 (2)	29 · 86%	1	1	7/10
28Adrien ThomassonM	84	6.7			2 (2)	41 · 88%	3	6	10/23
10Florian ThauvinF	90	8.2		2	1 (0)	42 · 79%	6	2	7/15
11Odsonne ÉdouardF	72	6.9	1	1	2 (2)	18 · 72%	1	1	3/11
22Wesley SaïdFTop rated	72	8.6	2		4 (4)	33 · 85%			1/4
1Régis GurtnerG	–	–
3Deiver MachadoD	–	–
25Ismaelo GaniouD	–	–
5Andrija BulatovicM	27	6.2				17 · 88%			1/6
26Anthony BermontM	11	6.3				8 · 75%			0/1
7Florian SotocaF	11	6.3				4 · 100%			0/2
19Abdallah SimaF	–	–
29Morgan GuilavoguiF	18	6.9				9 · 78%	2	1	1/1
38Rayan FofanaF	18	6.2			2 (1)	1 · 0%		1	2/4