
Monaco vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1
Lens sink Monaco to pile pressure on boss Niko Kovac
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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
Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 6,483
French Ligue 1 Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
+8 | Paris Saint-Germain | 7 | 16 | 1 |
+10 | Marseille | 7 | 15 | 2 |
+7 | Strasbourg | 7 | 15 | 2 |
+4 | Lyon | 7 | 15 | 2 |
Statistics
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MON![]() |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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