Lens vs Monaco

17 May 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Neil El Aynaoui 21’, 56’
  • Adrien Thomasson 73’
  • Anass Zaroury 78’

Match summary

Lens won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Monaco. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Neil El Aynaoui put Lens ahead with a header in the 21st minute, set up by Nampalys Mendy. In the second half, El Aynaoui made it 2-0 in the 56th minute, Adrien Thomasson made it 3-0 from a corner in the 73rd minute, set up by Ruben Aguilar, and Anass Zaroury made it 4-0 in the 78th minute, set up by Andy Diouf.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.51 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Monaco's 0.48 from 6. Monaco had a player sent off.

Match stats

Lens Monaco
15 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
2.49 xG 0.48
2.49 Non-penalty xG 0.48
10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Lens Monaco
Kick-off
Neil El Aynaoui
Assist: Nampalys Mendy1-0 (Lens)
21’
Half-time1-0
Neil El Aynaoui2-0 (Lens)
56’
Adrien Thomasson
Assist: Ruben Aguilar3-0 (Lens)
73’
Anass Zaroury
Assist: Andy Diouf4-0 (Lens)
78’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lens
  • Facundo Medina
Monaco
  • Soungoutou Magassa
  • Krépin Diatta

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.51 0.48 21’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 1-0 21’ 56’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 2-0 56’ 73’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), 3-0 73’ 78’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), 4-0 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.51 0.48 21’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 1-0 El Aynaoui 21’ 56’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 2-0 El Aynaoui 56’ 73’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), 3-0 Thomasson 73’ 78’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), 4-0 Zaroury 78’
Lens 2.51 xGMonaco 0.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Monaco attacking Lens attacking 
73’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 84’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 56’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 39’ George Ilenikhena (Monaco), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 69’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 21’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.17 xG, goal 11’ Nampalys Mendy (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 11’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 11’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 45’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 32’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 78’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 19’ Ben Seghir (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 8’ George Ilenikhena (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Vanderson (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 73’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 84’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 56’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 39’ George Ilenikhena (Monaco), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 69’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 21’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.17 xG, goal 11’ Nampalys Mendy (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 11’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 11’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 45’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 32’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 78’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 19’ Ben Seghir (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 8’ George Ilenikhena (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Vanderson (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF901 0.300.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.031
Juma Bah DEF900 0.000.000
Nampalys Mendy MID9011 0.100.171
Ruben Aguilar MID8211 0.030.622
Adrien Thomasson MID9012 1.100.112
Neil El Aynaoui MID9022 0.540.112
Anass Zaroury MID9011 0.060.000
Goduine Koyalipou FWD824 0.240.000
Andy Diouf FWD8213 0.130.514
Florian Sotoca Sub80 0.000.000
Tom Pouilly Sub80 0.000.491
Martín Satriano Sub80 0.000.000
Wesley Said Sub10 0.000.000
Malang Sarr Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 36% Avg odds 2.65
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.79
Monaco win 39% Avg odds 2.45

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lens LWLWD
Monaco WDDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Monaco 1-1 Lens, 01 Sep 24 Next meeting: Monaco 1-4 Lens, 08 Nov 25  All Lens vs Monaco meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.