Monaco 0-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Monaco 0-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 August 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Monaco 0-2 Lens: match report

Monaco were beaten by Lens 0-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 21 August 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ignatius Ganago opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Monaco did not score. Lens scored through Ignatius Ganago (51') and Simon Banza (90+4').

Discipline: Monaco received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Lens received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Monaco were 14th on 1 point from 2 and Lens 8th on 2 points from 2. Monaco went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Lens 8th with 62.

Monaco lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Lens in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Danso of Lens (7.8), ahead of Jonathan Clauss (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Monaco wins, 4 draws and 2 for Lens.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Goal · Ignatius GanagoLens · 0-1
  • 60'Red card · C. DoucouréLens
  • 61'Yellow card · Jean-Louis LecaLens
  • 61'Yellow card · Niko KovačMonaco
  • 83'Yellow card · Strahinja PavlovicMonaco
  • 86'Red card · Aleksandr GolovinMonaco
  • 90+4'Goal · Simon BanzaLens · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Monaco 4, draws 4, Lens 2.

Team news

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Monaco line-up (4-4-1-1)

Alexander Nübel, Ruben Aguilar, Axel Disasi, Strahinja Pavlović, Caio Henrique, Aleksandr Golovin, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Jean Lucas, Krépin Diatta, Sofiane Diop, Wissam Ben Yedder

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

Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Gradit, Kevin Danso, Facundo Medina, Jonathan Clauss, Cheick Doucouré, Seko Fofana, Deiver Machado, Gaël Kakuta, Florian Sotoca, Ignatius Ganago