Monaco vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1

AS Monaco

86': Aleksandr Golovin

FT
0 - 2

Lens

51': Ignatius Ganago
60': Cheick Doucouré
90'+4': Simon Banza

Lens sink Monaco to pile pressure on boss Niko Kovac

Monaco's Croatian head coach Niko Kovac [1296x729]

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.

Match Commentary

45': Substitution, Lens. Przemyslaw Frankowski replaces Deiver Machado.
45': Second Half begins Monaco 0, Lens 0.
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.
60': Cheick Oumar Doucouré (Lens) is shown the red card.
61': Jean-Louis Leca (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
63': Substitution, Monaco. Gelson Martins replaces Aurélien Tchouaméni.
63': Substitution, Monaco. Kevin Volland replaces Wissam Ben Yedder.
63': Substitution, Monaco. Myron Boadu replaces Krépin Diatta because of an injury.
65': Substitution, Lens. Yannick Cahuzac replaces Ignatius Ganago.
75': Substitution, Lens. Simon Banza replaces Florian Sotoca.
75': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Gaël Kakuta.
76': Substitution, Monaco. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Sofiane Diop.
83': Strahinja Pavlovic (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Substitution, Monaco. Djibril Sidibé replaces Ruben Aguilar.
86': Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) is shown the red card.
90'+3': Substitution, Lens. Ismaël Boura replaces Massadio Haïdara because of an injury.
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.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Monaco 0, Lens 2.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 6,483

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD
+4	Lyon	2	6
+3	Toulouse	2	6
+2	Paris Saint-Germain	2	6
+2	Strasbourg	2	6

Full Table

Statistics

RCL		MON
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

Line-Ups

AS Monaco (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
16	Alexander Nübel (GK)
21	Strahinja Pavlovic
6	Axel Disasi
12	Caio Henrique
26	Ruben Aguilar
11	Jean Lucas
8	Aurélien Tchouaméni
27	Krépin Diatta
17	Aleksandr Golovin
10	Wissam Ben Yedder
37	Sofiane Diop

Substitutes:

Cesc Fàbregas, Benoît Badiashile, Djibril Sidibé, Ismail Jakobs, Radoslaw Majecki, Kevin Volland, Eliot Matazo, Myron Boadu, Gelson Martins.

Lens (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
16	Jean-Louis Leca (GK)
4	Kevin Danso
14	Facundo Medina
24	Jonathan Gradit
8	Seko Fofana
28	Cheick Doucouré
10	Gaël Kakuta
3	Deiver Machado
11	Jonathan Clauss
9	Ignatius Ganago
7	Florian Sotoca

Substitutes:

Massadio Haidara, Wuilker Faríñez, Corentin Jean, Simon Banza, David Da Costa, Christopher Wooh, Yannick Cahuzac, Ismael Boura, Przemyslaw Frankowski.