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Full time · Ligue 1 · Fri 18 Sep 2026, 19:45 UTC

Monaco 2–1 Lens

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What the chances were worth

Monaco
1.75
expected goals (xG)
Lens
1.19
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–1; by chance quality the match ran 1.75–1.19.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Monaco
39%
Draw
25%
Lens
36%

The model made Monaco to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 39% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Monaco created the better chances — the xG read 1.8–1.2, with the shot count roughly even (9–12, 6–4 on target). Lens got into the box far more often (10 shots inside it to 6). On the balance of chances, the 2–1 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Monaco
Lens
52%
Ball Possession
48%
9
Total Shots
12
6
Shots on Goal
4
2
Shots off Goal
4
1
Blocked Shots
4
6
Shots inside box
10
3
Shots outside box
2
2
Corner Kicks
8
3
Offsides
1
530
Total passes
530
465
Passes accurate
455
13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Goalkeeper Saves
5
11
Free Kicks
13

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Monaco 3-4-2-1

  1. 1 L. Hrádecký (G)
  2. 2 Vanderson (M)
  3. 6 D. Zakaria (D)
  4. 8 L. Camara (M)
  5. 10 A. Golovin (M)
  6. 11 M. Abline (M)
  7. 15 E. Dier (D)
  8. 20 Flávio Nazinho (M)
  9. 29 Paris Josua Brunner (F)
  10. 37 E. Diop (M)
  11. 72 Sadibou Sané (D)

Bench: F. Balogun, S. Benzahra, Pape Cabral, M. Detourbet, P. Köhn, C. Mawissa Elebi, T. Minamino, M. Salisu, I. Touré

Lens 4-2-3-1

  1. 2 R. Aguilar (D)
  2. 10 F. Thauvin (M)
  3. 14 M. Udol (D)
  4. 19 A. Sima (F)
  5. 20 J. Todibo (D)
  6. 21 A. Haidara (M)
  7. 27 M. Cuisance (M)
  8. 28 J. Kadile (M)
  9. 32 K. Antonio (D)
  10. 38 Mezian Mesloub (M)
  11. 40 R. Risser (G)

Bench: F. Sotoca, O. Édouard, M. Gorgelin, J. Gradit, T. Hazard, F. Ivanović, S. Sagnan, M. Skóraś, A. Bulatović

The market’s read

Monaco
48%
market implied · price 2.01 · opened 44%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.70 · opened 26%
Lens
27%
market implied · price 3.57 · opened 30%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Monaco or draw1.2973.1%+3.5 pts
Double chance Lens or draw1.8052.4%-3.9 pts
Double chance either team1.2774.5%+0.4 pts
Draw no bet — Monaco1.4564.0%+4.4 pts
Draw no bet — Lens2.5936.0%-4.4 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1879.4%-1.3 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.6258.8%-1.4 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.5038.0%-2.6 pts
Both teams to score1.5261.4%-1.7 pts
Monaco over 1.5 team goals1.7753.2%+0.7 pts
Lens over 1.5 team goals2.5037.6%-4.2 pts
Monaco clean sheet3.5026.8%+1.8 pts
Lens clean sheet5.5017.2%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.88 · 2-1 8.23 · 1-0 9.48 · 2-0 11.01 · 2-2 11.19

Prices are observations, not offers. Nothing here is advice or staked.

How to read this table

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-18 18:30 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
21 Feb 26Lens2-3Monaco
08 Nov 25Monaco1-4Lens