Lens 2-3 Monaco: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 February 2026

Result

Lens 2-3 Monaco

Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 February 2026, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lens 2-3 Monaco: match report

Lens lost to Monaco 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 21 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Odsonne Édouard opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Lens's goals came from Odsonne Édouard (3') and Florian Thauvin (56'). Monaco scored through Folarin Balogun (62'), Denis Zakaria (70') and Ansu Fati (72').

Discipline: Lens received 2 yellow cards; Monaco received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lens were 1st on 52 points from 22 and Monaco 8th on 31 points from 22. Lens went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Monaco 7th with 54.

Lens lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Monaco in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Thauvin of Lens (8.8), ahead of Denis Zakaria (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Lens wins, 3 draws and 2 for Monaco.

Going into the match Lens's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Monaco's W-D-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Odsonne ÉdouardLens · 1-0
  • 56'Goal · Florian ThauvinLens · 2-0
  • 62'Goal · Folarin BalogunMonaco · 2-1
  • 70'Goal · Denis ZakariaMonaco · 2-2
  • 72'Goal · Ansu FatiMonaco · 2-3
  • 74'Yellow card · Saud AbdulhamidLens
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Wout Felix Lina FaesMonaco
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ismaëlo GaniouLens
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jordan TezeMonaco

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lens 5, draws 3, Monaco 2.

Team news

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Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)

Robin Risser, Nidal Celik, Ismaëlo Ganiou, Malang Sarr, Saud Abdulhamid, Andrija Bulatovic, Adrien Thomasson, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Allan Saint-Maximin, Odsonne Édouard

Monaco line-up (3-1-4-2)

Philipp Köhn, Thilo Kehrer, Denis Zakaria, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Jordan Teze, Krépin Diatta, Mamadou Coulibaly, Lamine Camara, Caio Henrique, Folarin Balogun, Simon Adingra