Lens vs Monaco

22 April 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Loïs Openda 9’, 16’
  • Adrien Thomasson 56’

Match summary

Lens won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Monaco. Lens led 2-0 at half-time.

Loïs Openda put Lens ahead in the 9th minute, Openda made it 2-0 in the 16th minute, set up by Deiver Machado, and Adrien Thomasson made it 3-0 in the 56th minute, set up by Loïs Openda.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 3.53 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Monaco's 1.53 from 11.

Match stats

Lens Monaco
21 Shots 11
8 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.53 xG 1.53
3.53 Non-penalty xG 1.53
5 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Lens Monaco
Kick-off
Loïs Openda1-0 (Lens)
9’
Loïs Openda
Assist: Deiver Machado2-0 (Lens)
16’
Half-time2-0
Adrien Thomasson
Assist: Loïs Openda3-0 (Lens)
56’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Monaco
  • Guillermo Maripán
  • Wissam Ben Yedder

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.53 1.53 9’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 1-0 9’ 16’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 2-0 16’ 56’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), 3-0 56’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.53 1.53 9’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 1-0 Openda 9’ 16’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 2-0 Openda 16’ 56’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), 3-0 Thomasson 56’
Lens 3.53 xGMonaco 1.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Monaco attacking Lens attacking 
9’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.75 xG, goal 16’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 56’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 8’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.50 xG, off target 84’ Myron Boadu (Monaco), from a corner, 0.40 xG, off target 9’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 72’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 75’ Edan Diop (Monaco), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 78’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 44’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 79’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 15’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 75’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 83’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+1’ Edan Diop (Monaco), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 39’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 71’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 33’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 1’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 25’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 79’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Ismail Jakobs (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Jean Onana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Deiver Machado (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Camara (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 9’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.75 xG, goal 16’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 56’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 8’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.50 xG, off target 84’ Myron Boadu (Monaco), from a corner, 0.40 xG, off target 9’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 75’ Edan Diop (Monaco), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 72’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 78’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 79’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 44’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 15’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 75’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 83’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+1’ Edan Diop (Monaco), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 39’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 71’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 33’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 1’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 25’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 79’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Ismail Jakobs (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Jean Onana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Deiver Machado (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Camara (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Brice Samba GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF901 0.040.101
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID901 0.020.542
Deiver Machado MID8012 0.031.034
Jean Onana MID901 0.010.000
Seko Fofana MID906 0.450.082
Florian Sotoca MID903 0.540.021
Adrien Thomasson MID8012 0.540.193
Loïs Openda FWD90215 1.900.623
Angelo Fulgini Sub100 0.000.021
Massadio Haidara Sub100 0.000.000
Julien Le Cardinal Sub10 0.000.000
Lukasz Poreba Sub10 0.000.000
Adam Buksa Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 45% Avg odds 2.11
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.62
Monaco win 28% Avg odds 3.38

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

Form going into the game

Lens WWWWL
Monaco LWWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Monaco 1-4 Lens, 20 Aug 22 Next meeting: Monaco 3-0 Lens, 02 Sep 23  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.