Monaco 2-1 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Friday 18 September 2026

Result

Monaco 2-1 Lens

Ligue 1 · Friday 18 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · Stade Louis II., Monaco · half-time 1-0

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Monaco 2-1 Lens: match report

Monaco beat Lens 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 18 September 2026 at Stade Louis II.. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Paris Brunner opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Monaco's goals came from Paris Brunner (32') and an own goal by Jonathan Gradit (84'). Lens scored through Matthieu Udol (57').

Discipline: Monaco received 1 yellow card; Lens received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Monaco were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Lens 10th on 4 points from 4. In the current table Monaco are 7th on 15 points and Lens are 9th on 13 points.

Monaco lined up in a 4-4-2 and Lens in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthieu Udol of Lens (7.9), ahead of Vanderson (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Monaco wins, 2 draws and 5 for Lens.

Going into the match Monaco's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Lens's D-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Paris BrunnerMonaco · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Florian ThauvinLens
  • 57'Goal · Matthieu UdolLens · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Lamine CamaraMonaco
  • 84'Own goal · Jonathan GraditMonaco · 2-1

Form and table

  • MonacoLast five: W W W W D
  • LensLast five: W L L W D
#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
7Monaco94321210+215WDLDL
9Lens94141613+313LWWWL

Full Ligue 1 table

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Monaco 3, draws 2, Lens 5.

Team news

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Monaco line-up (4-4-2)

Lukas Hradecky, Vanderson, Sadibou Sané, Eric Dier, Nazinho, Edan Diop, Lamine Camara, Denis Zakaria, Aleksandr Golovin, Matthis Abline, Paris Brunner

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

Robin Risser, Kyllian Antonio, Jean-Clair Todibo, Matthieu Udol, Ruben Aguilar, Michaël Cuisance, Amadou Haidara, Junior Kadile, Florian Thauvin, Mezian Mesloub, Abdallah Sima

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