Monaco vs Lens

2 September 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Willy Delajod

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Wilfried Stephane Singo 24’
  • Aleksandr Golovin 36’
  • Guillermo Maripán 59’

Match summary

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

Wilfried Stephane Singo put Monaco ahead with a header in the 24th minute, set up by Caio Henrique, Aleksandr Golovin made it 2-0 in the 36th minute, set up by Takumi Minamino, and Guillermo Maripán made it 3-0 with a header in the 59th minute, set up by Caio Henrique.

The chances backed that up: Monaco created 1.25 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Lens's 0.62 from 12.

Match stats

Monaco Lens
11 Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 2
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.25 xG 0.61
1.25 Non-penalty xG 0.61
12 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Monaco Lens
Kick-off
Wilfried Stephane Singo
Assist: Caio Henrique1-0 (Monaco)
24’
Aleksandr Golovin
Assist: Takumi Minamino2-0 (Monaco)
36’
Half-time2-0
Guillermo Maripán
Assist: Caio Henrique3-0 (Monaco)
59’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Monaco
  • Soungoutou Magassa
  • Vanderson
  • Mohamed Camara
  • Folarin Balogun
Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Stijn Spierings

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.25 0.62 24’ Wilfried Stephane Singo (Monaco), 1-0 24’ 36’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), 2-0 36’ 59’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), 3-0 59’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.25 0.62 24’ Wilfried Stephane Singo (Monaco), 1-0 Singo 24’ 36’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), 2-0 Golovin 36’ 59’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), 3-0 Maripán 59’
Monaco 1.25 xGLens 0.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Monaco attacking 
36’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 59’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.25 xG, goal 41’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 35’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, saved 83’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 78’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 75’ Ayanda Sishuba (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Ayanda Sishuba (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Ayanda Sishuba (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 58’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 62’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Vanderson (Monaco), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Wilfried Stephane Singo (Monaco), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 86’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Ayanda Sishuba (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Camara (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 33’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 84’ Kevin Danso (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 36’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 59’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.25 xG, goal 41’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 35’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, saved 83’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 78’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 75’ Ayanda Sishuba (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Ayanda Sishuba (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Ayanda Sishuba (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 58’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Takumi Minamino (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 24’ Wilfried Stephane Singo (Monaco), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 62’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Vanderson (Monaco), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Ayanda Sishuba (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Camara (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 33’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 84’ Kevin Danso (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Philipp Köhn GK900 0.000.000
Guillermo Maripán DEF9011 0.250.000
Soungoutou Magassa DEF900 0.000.000
Wilfried Stephane Singo DEF9011 0.020.011
Vanderson MID881 0.030.031
Caio Henrique MID9020 0.000.272
Youssouf Fofana MID902 0.080.000
Mohamed Camara MID771 0.010.092
Aleksandr Golovin MID9012 0.600.000
Takumi Minamino MID8812 0.070.663
Wissam Ben Yedder FWD772 0.190.031
Denis Zakaria Sub130 0.000.000
Folarin Balogun Sub130 0.000.000
Maghnes Akliouche Sub20 0.000.000
Krépin Diatta Sub20 0.000.000
Eliot Matazo Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 48% Avg odds 1.99
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.82
Lens win 27% Avg odds 3.53

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

Form going into the game

Monaco LLWWD
Lens WWLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 3-0 Monaco, 22 Apr 23 Next meeting: Lens 2-3 Monaco, 25 Feb 24  All Monaco vs Lens 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.