AS Monaco vs Lens, 2022-23 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1
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AS Monaco are hosting Lens
at Stade Louis II, Monaco, France, starting on
. The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Foul by Caio Henrique (Monaco).
- 4': Salis Abdul Samed (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Facundo Medina (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Krépin Diatta (Monaco).
- 5': Attempt missed. Krépin Diatta (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder with a headed pass.
- 6': Hand ball by Takumi Minamino (Monaco).
- 6': Foul by Benoît Badiashile (Monaco).
- 6': Loïs Openda (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Goal! Monaco 0, Lens 1. Loïs Openda (Lens) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David da Costa.
- 10': Attempt blocked. David da Costa (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
- 11': Foul by Facundo Medina (Lens).
- 11': Krépin Diatta (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 12': Foul by Benoît Badiashile (Monaco).
- 12': Jonathan Gradit (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco).
- 13': Salis Abdul Samed (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Benoît Badiashile.
- 14': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Vanderson.
- 15': Breel Embolo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Seko Fofana (Lens).
- 16': Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Breel Embolo.
- 16': Attempt missed. Jean Lucas (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 18': Attempt missed. Seko Fofana (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Loïs Openda.
- 20': Attempt saved. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David da Costa.
- 20': Caio Henrique (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens).
- 20': Foul by Breel Embolo (Monaco).
- 20': Jonathan Gradit (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Offside, Lens. Salis Abdul Samed tries a through ball, but Loïs Openda is caught offside.
- 22': Attempt missed. Vanderson (Monaco) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left.
- 26': Foul by Kevin Danso (Lens).
- 26': Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Foul by Benoît Badiashile (Monaco).
- 30': Loïs Openda (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Salis Abdul Samed (Lens).
- 33': Takumi Minamino (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Goal! Monaco 0, Lens 2. Deiver Machado (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 40': Breel Embolo (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
- 41': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Salis Abdul Samed.
- 41': Goal! Monaco 1, Lens 2. Benoît Badiashile (Monaco) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Caio Henrique with a cross following a corner.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Krépin Diatta.
- 43': Breel Embolo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Salis Abdul Samed (Lens).
- 44': David da Costa (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Vanderson (Monaco).
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Loïs Openda.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Monaco 1, Lens 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Monaco 1, Lens 2.
- 45': Substitution, Monaco. Mohamed Camara replaces Eliot Matazo.
- 46': Foul by Salis Abdul Samed (Lens).
- 46': Vanderson (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Foul by Salis Abdul Samed (Lens).
- 49': Mohamed Camara (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Foul by Salis Abdul Samed (Lens).
- 51': Krépin Diatta (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 51': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
- 51': Takumi Minamino (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Benoît Badiashile.
- 53': Penalty Lens. Florian Sotoca draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 53': Penalty conceded by Breel Embolo (Monaco) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 55': Goal! Monaco 1, Lens 3. Seko Fofana (Lens) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
- 56': Substitution, Monaco. Aleksandr Golovin replaces Takumi Minamino.
- 57': Deiver Machado (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Vanderson (Monaco).
- 58': Vanderson (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Attempt saved. Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Camara.
- 59': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Brice Samba.
- 62': Attempt saved. Caio Henrique (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jean Lucas.
- 62': Foul by Breel Embolo (Monaco).
- 62': Salis Abdul Samed (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
- 65': Attempt saved. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Caio Henrique.
- 66': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 66': Foul by Mohamed Camara (Monaco).
- 67': Substitution, Monaco. Ismail Jakobs replaces Caio Henrique.
- 68': Foul by Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco).
- 68': Seko Fofana (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 68': Attempt missed. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Sotoca with a through ball.
- 69': Foul by Loïs Openda (Lens).
- 69': Mohamed Camara (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 70': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Facundo Medina.
- 71': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Jean Lucas (Monaco).
- 71': Deiver Machado (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Vanderson (Monaco).
- 72': Second yellow card to Vanderson (Monaco) for a bad foul.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Loïs Openda (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 73': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Mohamed Camara.
- 74': Attempt missed. Kevin Danso (Lens) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Przemyslaw Frankowski with a cross following a corner.
- 75': Substitution, Lens. Ignatius Ganago replaces Loïs Openda.
- 75': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces David da Costa.
- 76': Substitution, Monaco. Malang Sarr replaces Jean Lucas.
- 76': Foul by Ignatius Ganago (Lens).
- 76': Mohamed Camara (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Attempt missed. Breel Embolo (Monaco) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Benoît Badiashile.
- 78': Goal! Monaco 1, Lens 4. Wesley Saïd (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Seko Fofana.
- 79': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Mohamed Camara.
- 80': Attempt missed. Seko Fofana (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Przemyslaw Frankowski with a cross following a corner.
- 80': Offside, Monaco. Malang Sarr tries a through ball, but Wissam Ben Yedder is caught offside.
- 81': Substitution, Lens. Jimmy Cabot replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
- 81': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Deiver Machado.
- 81': Offside, Lens. Wesley Saïd tries a through ball, but Massadio Haïdara is caught offside.
- 82': Foul by Breel Embolo (Monaco).
- 82': Massadio Haïdara (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Breel Embolo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Facundo Medina (Lens).
- 85': Attempt missed. Breel Embolo (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 87': Offside, Lens. Florian Sotoca tries a through ball, but Jimmy Cabot is caught offside.
- 88': Substitution, Lens. Patrick Berg replaces Seko Fofana because of an injury.
- 89': Attempt saved. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Wesley Saïd.
- 90': Facundo Medina (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Breel Embolo (Monaco).
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Ismail Jakobs (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 90'+2': Second Half ends, Monaco 1, Lens 4.
- 0': Match ends, Monaco 1, Lens 4.
Statistics
 RCL |
MON |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 18 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 54.5 | Possession | 45.5 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 436 | Accurate Passes | 354 |
| 508 | Passes | 416 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 8 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 58 | Long Balls | 41 |
| 31 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 6 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 7 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 7 | Clearances | 11 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade Louis II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 8,657
Venue: Stade Louis II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 8,657
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 25 | +32 | 57 |
| 2 | Lens | 26 | +26 | 56 |
| 3 | Marseille | 26 | +20 | 49 |
| 4 | Lyon | 25 | +13 | 46 |
Line-Ups
AS Monaco (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Alexander Nübel (GK) |
| 5 | Benoît Badiashile |
| 6 | Axel Disasi |
| 12 | Caio Henrique |
| 2 | Vanderson  |
| 11 | Jean Lucas |
| 15 | Eliot Matazo |
| 18 | Takumi Minamino |
| 27 | Krépin Diatta |
| 10 | Wissam Ben Yedder |
| 36 | Breel Embolo |
Lens (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Brice Samba (GK) |
| 4 | Kevin Danso |
| 14 | Facundo Medina |
| 24 | Jonathan Gradit |
| 8 | Seko Fofana |
| 26 | Salis Abdul Samed |
| 3 | Deiver Machado |
| 29 | Przemyslaw Frankowski |
| 11 | Loïs Openda |
| 20 | David Da Costa |
| 7 | Florian Sotoca |
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