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
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.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Paris Brunner
- 53'Yellow card · Florian Thauvin
- 57'Goal · Matthieu Udol
- 71'Yellow card · Lamine Camara
- 84'Own goal · Jonathan Gradit
Form and table
Head-to-head
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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