Lens 2-3 Monaco: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 25 February 2024

Result

Lens 2-3 Monaco

Ligue 1 · Sunday 25 February 2024, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Lens 2-3 Monaco: match report

Lens were beaten by Monaco 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 25 February 2024. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Folarin Balogun opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Lens's goals came from Elye Wahi (31') and Wesley Saïd (77'). Monaco scored through Folarin Balogun (19'), an own goal by Brice Samba (30') and Takumi Minamino (90+2').

Discipline: Lens received 6 yellow cards; Monaco received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lens were 6th on 36 points from 22 and Monaco 5th on 38 points from 22. Lens went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and Monaco 2nd with 67.

Lens lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Monaco in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Takumi Minamino of Monaco (9.1), ahead of Radoslaw Majecki (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Lens wins, 3 draws and 3 for Monaco.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

19'Goal · Folarin BalogunMonaco · 0-1
25'Yellow card · Kassoum OuattaraMonaco
26'Yellow card · Franck HaiseLens
30'Own goal · Brice SambaMonaco · 0-2
31'Goal · Elye WahiLens · 1-2
45+3'Yellow card · Facundo MedinaLens
53'Yellow card · Adrien ThomassonLens
64'Yellow card · Nampalys MendyLens
77'Goal · Wesley SaïdLens · 2-2
82'Missed penalty · Folarin BalogunMonaco
82'Yellow card · Brice SambaLens
90+2'Goal · Takumi MinaminoMonaco · 2-3
90+5'Yellow card · Edan DiopMonaco
90+5'Yellow card · Elye WahiLens
90+6'Yellow card · Radosław MajeckiMonaco
90+6'Yellow card · Radosław MajeckiMonaco

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lens 4, draws 3, Monaco 3.

Monaco 3-0 LensLigue 1 · 2 Sep 2023
Lens 3-0 MonacoLigue 1 · 22 Apr 2023
Monaco 1-4 LensLigue 1 · 20 Aug 2022
Lens 2-2 MonacoLigue 1 · 21 May 2022
Monaco 0-2 LensLigue 1 · 21 Aug 2021
Lens 0-0 MonacoLigue 1 · 23 May 2021

Team news

Unavailable

Jimmy CabotLens · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Yann LienardMonaco · injury (Unknown Injury)
Breel EmboloMonaco · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Caio HenriqueMonaco · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
VandersonMonaco · injury (Hip Injury)
Deiver MachadoLens · injury (Adductor Pain)
Thilo KehrerMonaco · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)

Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)

Brice Samba, Jonathan Gradit, Kevin Danso, Facundo Medina, Ruben Aguilar, Andy Diouf, Nampalys Mendy, Jhoanner Chávez, Adrien Thomasson, David Da Costa, Elye Wahi

Monaco line-up (4-3-3)

Radoslaw Majecki, Wilfried Singo, Guillermo Maripán, Mohammed Salisu, Kassoum Ouattara, Takumi Minamino, Denis Zakaria, Youssouf Fofana, Aleksandr Golovin, Wissam Ben Yedder, Folarin Balogun