Monaco vs Lens

21 August 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Jérémie Pignard

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ignatius Ganago 51’
  • Simon Banza 90+4’

Match summary

Lens beat Monaco 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Ignatius Ganago put Lens ahead in the 51st minute, set up by Jonathan Clauss and Simon Banza made it 0-2 in stoppage time, set up by Przemyslaw Frankowski.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 0.60 expected goals (xG) from 4 shots to Monaco's 0.24 from 9. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

Monaco Lens
9 Shots 4
2 Shots on Target 2
13 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 1
0.24 xG 0.60
0.24 Non-penalty xG 0.60
12 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Monaco Lens
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
51’
Ignatius Ganago
Assist: Jonathan Clauss0-1 (Lens)
90+4’
Simon Banza
Assist: Przemyslaw Frankowski0-2 (Lens)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Monaco
  • Aleksandr Golovin
  • Strahinja Pavlovic
Lens
  • Cheick Oumar Doucoure
  • Jean-Louis Leca

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.24 0.60 51’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 0-1 51’ 90+4’ Simon Banza (Lens), 0-2 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.24 0.60 51’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 0-1 Ganago 51’ 90+4’ Simon Banza (Lens), 0-2 Banza 90+4’
Monaco 0.24 xGLens 0.60 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Monaco attacking 
90+4’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 51’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 51’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Strahinja Pavlovic (Monaco), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 20’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 75’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Jean Lucas (Monaco), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Jean Lucas (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90’ Djibril Sidibe (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Jean Lucas (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Caio Henrique (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+4’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 51’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 73’ Strahinja Pavlovic (Monaco), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 51’ Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 75’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Jean Lucas (Monaco), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Jean Lucas (Monaco), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Djibril Sidibe (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 16’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Jean Lucas (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Caio Henrique (Monaco), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 18’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexander Nübel GK900 0.000.000
Ruben Aguilar DEF880 0.000.032
Axel Disasi DEF900 0.000.000
Strahinja Pavlovic DEF901 0.060.000
Caio Henrique DEF901 0.010.000
Aleksandr Golovin MID901 0.050.000
Jean Lucas MID903 0.050.102
Aurelien Tchouameni MID671 0.010.000
Krépin Diatta MID680 0.000.011
Sofiane Diop MID800 0.000.000
Wissam Ben Yedder FWD670 0.000.000
Kevin Volland Sub231 0.040.000
Gelson Martins Sub230 0.000.021
Myron Boadu Sub220 0.000.000
Cesc Fàbregas Sub100 0.000.000
Djibril Sidibe Sub21 0.010.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 55% Avg odds 1.74
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.72
Lens win 19% Avg odds 4.90

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

Form going into the game

Monaco WWDDL
Lens LLDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 0-0 Monaco, 23 May 21 Next meeting: Lens 2-2 Monaco, 21 May 22  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.