French Ligue 1

Lens vs Monaco 2022-23 Ligue 1

  • 9': Loïs Openda
  • 16': Loïs Openda
  • 56': Adrien Thomasson
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3 - 0

Openda shines as Lens boost Champions League hopes with Monaco win

Lois Openda shone as RC Lens boosted their Champions League hopes with a 3-0 home win against Monaco, one of their direct rivals for a spot in Europ

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 9': Goal! Lens 1, Monaco 0. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  • 16': Goal! Lens 2, Monaco 0. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Deiver Machado.
  • 22': Guillermo Maripán (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Lens 2, Monaco 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Lens 2, Monaco 0.
  • 56': Goal! Lens 3, Monaco 0. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Loïs Openda.
  • 68': Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 69': Substitution, Monaco. Edan Diop replaces Krépin Diatta.
  • 77': Substitution, Monaco. Takumi Minamino replaces Kevin Volland.
  • 77': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Deiver Machado.
  • 77': Substitution, Monaco. Myron Boadu replaces Wissam Ben Yedder.
  • 77': Substitution, Lens. Angelo Fulgini replaces Adrien Thomasson.
  • 87': Substitution, Monaco. Eliot Matazo replaces Mohamed Camara.
  • 88': Substitution, Lens. Lukasz Poreba replaces Jean Onana.
  • 88': Substitution, Lens. Julien Le Cardinal replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Lens. Adam Buksa replaces Loïs Openda.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Lens 3, Monaco 0.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Félix Bollaert-Delélis
Location: Lens, France
Attendance: 38,223

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+52 Paris Saint-Germain 32 78 2
+23 Marseille 32 59 9
+24 AS Monaco 32 58 8
+21 Nice 32 57 7
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Statistics

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14 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
4 Corner Kicks 2
4 Saves 4
37.2 Possession 62.8
11 SHOTS 21
4 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
263 Accurate Passes 522
347 Passes 605
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 4
16 Crosses 13
0.3 Cross % 0.3
35 Long Balls 68
14 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 3
5 Effective Tackles 10
12 Tackles 14
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 3
11 Effective Clearances 16
11 Clearances 16

Line-Ups

RCL Lens (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
30 Brice Samba (GK)
4 Kevin Danso
14 Facundo Medina
24 Jonathan Gradit
8 Seko Fofana
6 Jean Onana
3 Deiver Machado
29 Przemyslaw Frankowski
11 Loïs Openda
28 Adrien Thomasson
7 Florian Sotoca

MON AS Monaco (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
16 Alexander Nübel (GK)
3 Guillermo Maripán Yellow Card
6 Axel Disasi
12 Caio Henrique
2 Vanderson
31 Kevin Volland
4 Mohamed Camara
19 Youssouf Fofana
10 Wissam Ben Yedder Yellow Card
14 Ismail Jakobs
27 Krépin Diatta

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