French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, August 21, 2021
Lens LLDDD 2
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AS Monaco WDWLL 0
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MON000
Stade Louis II · 6,483 att.

Match Report

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Lens sink Monaco to pile pressure on boss Niko Kovac

Opportunist goals by Ignatius Ganago and substitute Simon Banza gave Lens a 2-0 win at Monaco and piled the pressure on home manager Niko Kovac.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
13
2
Saves
0
28.9
Possession
71.1
4
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
173
Accurate Passes
502
239
Passes
583
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
53
24
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
16
13
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
1
36
Effective Clearances
6
36
Clearances
6

Head to Head

MON leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MON · 4-4-1-1

  1. 16Alexander NübelG
  2. 21Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  3. 6Axel DisasiCD-R
  4. 12Caio HenriqueLB
  5. 26Ruben AguilarRB
  6. 11Jean LucasCM-L
  7. 8Aurélien TchouaméniCM-R
  8. 27Krépin DiattaLM
  9. 17Aleksandr GolovinRM
  10. 10Wissam Ben YedderF
  11. 37Sofiane DiopRCF

RCL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 16Jean-Louis LecaG
  2. 4Kevin DansoCD
  3. 14Facundo MedinaCD-L
  4. 24Jonathan GraditCD-R
  5. 8Seko FofanaCM-L
  6. 28Cheick DoucouréCM-R
  7. 10Gaël KakutaAM
  8. 3Deiver MachadoLM
  9. 11Jonathan ClaussRM
  10. 9Ignatius GanagoCF-L
  11. 7Florian SotocaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Lens. Przemyslaw Frankowski replaces Deiver Machado.
  2. 51' Goal! Monaco 0, Lens 1. Ignatius Ganago (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss.
  3. 60' Cheick Oumar Doucouré (Lens) is shown the red card.
  4. 61' Jean-Louis Leca (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 63' Substitution, Monaco. Gelson Martins replaces Aurélien Tchouaméni.
  6. 63' Substitution, Monaco. Kevin Volland replaces Wissam Ben Yedder.
  7. 63' Substitution, Monaco. Myron Boadu replaces Krépin Diatta because of an injury.
  8. 65' Substitution, Lens. Yannick Cahuzac replaces Ignatius Ganago.
  9. 75' Substitution, Lens. Simon Banza replaces Florian Sotoca.
  10. 75' Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Gaël Kakuta.
  11. 76' Substitution, Monaco. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Sofiane Diop.
  12. 83' Strahinja Pavlovic (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Substitution, Monaco. Djibril Sidibé replaces Ruben Aguilar.
  14. 86' Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) is shown the red card.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Lens. Ismaël Boura replaces Massadio Haïdara because of an injury.
  16. 90'+4' Goal! Monaco 0, Lens 2. Simon Banza (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Przemyslaw Frankowski.

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