Monaco vs Lens

16 December 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Willy Delajod

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–3

  • Issiaga Sylla 1’
  • Simon Banza 33’
  • Gaël Kakuta 39’

Match summary

Lens won comfortably, 3-0 away at Monaco. Lens led 3-0 at half-time.

Issiaga Sylla put Lens ahead in the first minute, set up by Clement Michelin, Simon Banza made it 0-2 in the 33rd minute, set up by Clement Michelin, and Gaël Kakuta made it 0-3 in the 39th minute, set up by Seko Fofana.

There was little between the sides on chances: Monaco created 0.93 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots, Lens 0.96 from 8. Monaco had a player sent off.

Match stats

Monaco Lens
7 Shots 8
1 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 0
0.93 xG 0.96
0.93 Non-penalty xG 0.96
2 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Monaco Lens
Kick-off
1’
Issiaga Sylla
Assist: Clement Michelin
0-1 (Lens)
33’
Simon Banza
Assist: Clement Michelin
0-2 (Lens)
39’
Gaël Kakuta
Assist: Seko Fofana
0-3 (Lens)
Half-time0-3
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Monaco
  • Axel Disasi
  • Ruben Aguilar
  • Pietro Pellegri
Lens
  • Jonathan Gradit
  • Cheick Oumar Doucoure
  • Simon Banza
  • Tony Mauricio

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 0.93 0.96 1’ Issiaga Sylla (Lens), 0-1 1’ 33’ Simon Banza (Lens), 0-2 33’ 39’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 0-3 39’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.93 0.96 1’ Issiaga Sylla (Lens), 0-1 Sylla 1’ 33’ Simon Banza (Lens), 0-2 Banza 33’ 39’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 0-3 Kakuta 39’
Monaco 0.93 xGLens 0.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Monaco attacking 
13’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), from a corner, 0.36 xG, saved 39’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 1’ Issiaga Sylla (Lens), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 15’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.29 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 24’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 7’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 54’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 32’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 56’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 13’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), from a corner, 0.36 xG, saved 39’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 1’ Issiaga Sylla (Lens), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 15’ Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), from a corner, 0.29 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 24’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 7’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 54’ Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 32’ Kevin Volland (Monaco), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 56’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vito Mannone GK900 0.000.000
Ruben Aguilar DEF900 0.000.291
Guillermo Maripán DEF901 0.290.000
Axel Disasi DEF220 0.000.361
Fode Toure DEF900 0.000.000
Sofiane Diop MID270 0.000.000
Aurelien Tchouameni MID900 0.000.000
Youssouf Fofana MID902 0.120.000
Gelson Martins MID620 0.000.183
Wissam Ben Yedder FWD480 0.000.001
Kevin Volland FWD484 0.520.000
Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi Sub630 0.000.000
Djibril Sidibe Sub420 0.000.000
Eliot Matazo Sub420 0.000.000
Pietro Pellegri Sub280 0.000.000
Willem Geubbels Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monaco win 59% Avg odds 1.60
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.22
Lens win 18% Avg odds 5.23

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

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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.