French Ligue 1

Monaco vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • Red Card 86': Aleksandr Golovin
FT
0 - 2
  • 51': Ignatius Ganago
  • Red Card 60': Cheick Doucouré
  • 90'+4': Simon Banza

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.

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 PTS
+19 Lens 18 43 3
+25 Paris Saint-Germain 18 42 2
+22 Marseille 18 35 5
+8 Lille 18 32 6
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Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

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

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

RCL Lens (3-4-1-2)

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

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