Monaco 1-4 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 8 November 2025

Result

Monaco 1-4 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 8 November 2025, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Monaco 1-4 Lens: match report

Monaco lost to Lens 1-4 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 8 November 2025. The half-time score was 1-3.

Odsonne Édouard opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Monaco's goal came from Folarin Balogun (37', penalty). Lens scored through Odsonne Édouard (21'), Wesley Saïd (40'), Mamadou Sangaré (45+3') and Wesley Saïd (60').

Discipline: Monaco received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Lens received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Monaco were 5th on 20 points from 11 and Lens 3rd on 22 points from 11. Monaco went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Lens 2nd with 70.

Monaco lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Lens in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wesley Saïd of Lens (8.7), ahead of Florian Thauvin (8.4).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Odsonne ÉdouardLens · 0-1
  • 37'Penalty goal · Folarin BalogunMonaco · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · Wesley SaïdLens · 1-2
  • 45'Red card · Folarin BalogunMonaco
  • 45+3'Goal · Mamadou SangaréLens · 1-3
  • 57'Yellow card · Jonathan GraditLens
  • 60'Goal · Wesley SaïdLens · 1-4
  • 74'Yellow card · Ruben AguilarLens
  • 90+3'Missed penalty · Ansu FatiMonaco
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Denis ZakariaMonaco

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Philipp Köhn, Thilo Kehrer, Mohammed Salisu, Caio Henrique, Mamadou Coulibaly, Jordan Teze, Maghnes Akliouche, Aleksandr Golovin, Kassoum Ouattara, Folarin Balogun, Mika Biereth

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

Robin Risser, Jonathan Gradit, Samson Baidoo, Malang Sarr, Ruben Aguilar, Mamadou Sangaré, Adrien Thomasson, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Wesley Saïd, Odsonne Édouard