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Monaco

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Monaco will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-2 Ligue 1 triumph against Lyon.

In that match, Monaco managed 61% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Monaco, the goalscorers were Eliesse Ben Seghir (65') and Lamine Camara (80'). For their opponents, Lyon had 1 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

Their most recent results reveal that things are going according to plan in the Monaco backline. Monaco have given the opposition little, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their past 6 games standing at 4. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

Their past results show that Monaco:

• are unbeaten in the league by RC Lens in their last 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 7 league matches at home.

RC Lens

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Panathinaikos in Conference League Qualifiers action, RC Lens and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, RC Lens had 61% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. On the other side, Panathinaikos got 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. Facundo Pellistri (62') and Tetê (85') scored for Panathinaikos.

A sequence of effective showings by the RC Lens defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their last 6 outings combined. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 10.

Ahead of this meeting, RC Lens have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 21/05/2022, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Monaco winning 2 of those games, RC Lens 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 23 on 25/02/2024 which ended up with the score at RC Lens 2-3 Monaco.

In that match, RC Lens had 60% possession and 20 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. The goals were scored by Brice Samba (30' Own goal), Elye Wahi (31') and Wesley Saïd (77').

On the other side, Monaco got 15 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Folarin Balogun (19') and Takumi Minamino (92') scored.

The referee was François Letexier.

📋 Team News: Monaco

Aleksandr Golovin (Ankle injury) and Radoslaw Majecki (Ankle sprain) are unavailable for Monaco gaffer Adi Hütter.

It looks as if Les Rouge et Blanc should use the 4-4-2 system in the match featuring Philipp Koehn, Vanderson, Thilo Kehrer, Mohammed Salisu, Ismail Jakobs, Takumi Minamino, Denis Zakaria, Soungoutou Magassa, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Folarin Balogun and Breel Embolo.

📋 Team News: RC Lens

Due to a mostly full-strength group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the RC Lens gaffer Will Still to be concerned about. Neil El Aynaoui (Knee injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that Les Artésiens seem most likely to utilise a 3-4-1-2 formation, starting the game with Brice Samba, Jonathan Gradit, Abdukodir Khusanov, Facundo Medina, Ruben Aguilar, Jhoanner Chavez, Adrien Thomasson, Hamzat Ojediran, Anass Zaroury, Florian Sotoca and Martin Satriano.

⚡ Prediction

In this match, Monaco should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the same time, RC Lens could well find it tough to score a goal of their own - but, we do see them converting at least once.

Our tip is for a comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Monaco come full-time.

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Victor Martins, 12:05 01/09/2024