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RC Lens

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RC Lens prepare for this fixture following a 1-1 Ligue 1 tied result against Toulouse.

In that match, RC Lens had 60% possession and 12 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for RC Lens was Neil El Aynaoui (61'). At the other end, Toulouse got 9 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Yann Gboho (47') was the scorer for Toulouse.

It has not been often in recent games that RC Lens have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that RC Lens have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals during that time.

Leading up to this clash, RC Lens:

• have not won against Monaco in their previous 3 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Monaco

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Monaco head into the encounter following a 2-0 Ligue 1 win in the defeat of Lyon in their last game.

In that game, Monaco had 51% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Monaco, the goals were scored by Takumi Minamino (62') and Denis Zakaria (68'). On the other side, Lyon got 9 shots on goal with 4 on target.

A succession of very capable showings by the Monaco defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their last 6 clashes overall. In that time, their own forwards have managed to score 10. Despite that, we’ll just have to find out if such a trend will continue on in this next game.

Going into this contest, Monaco are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 20/08/2022, there has been little between the sides with RC Lens winning 2 of those games, Monaco 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 3 on 01/09/2024 when the final score was Monaco 1-1 RC Lens.

In that match, Monaco had 61% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Denis Zakaria (84').

For their opponents, RC Lens got 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Przemysław Frankowski (94') was the scorer.

The referee was Willy Delajod.

🗞️ Team News: RC Lens

M'Bala Nzola (Knee injury), Hervé Koffi (Ill), Denis Petric (Back injury), Jhoanner Chávez (ankle sprain) and Rémy Labeau Lascary (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for RC Lens boss Will Still.

We think that Les Artésiens should use a 4-3-2-1 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Lucas Perri, A. Maitland-Niles, Duje Caleta-Car, Moussa Niakhate, Nicolas Tagliafico, Tanner Tessmann, Nemanja Matic, Jordan Veretout, Thiago Almada, Malick Fofana and Alexandre Lacazette.

📰 Team News: Monaco

Monaco manager Adi Hütter has some current player fitness concerns. Aleksandr Golovin (Adductor injury), Moatasem Al-Musrati (Calf injury) and Kassoum Ouattara (Calf injury) are those who can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that Les Rouge et Blanc will likely make use of a 4-4-1-1 system by sending out Yahia Fofana, Carlens Arcus, Ousmane Camara, Jordan Lefort, Florent Hanin, Lilian Rao-Lisoa, Zinedine Ould Khaled, Marius Courcoul, Jim Allevinah, Himad Abdelli and Esteban Lepaul.

✨ Prediction

We believe that RC Lens should have enough to get a goal against this Monaco team, although one goal probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’ve gone for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for Monaco at the end of the 90 minutes. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Renata Leite, 18:01 17/05/2025