Monaco — Lens 2:1

Monaco

2:1

Lens

Ligue 1 · 18 Sep 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score2:1

Home xG1.54Monaco

Away xG1.46Lens

Expected points1.43 : 1.33

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Monaco was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Monaco	2	1.54	+0.5	1.43
Lens	1	1.46	−0.5	1.33

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
31'	Paris Brunner	Monaco	0.50	Matthis Abline
56'	Matthieu Udol	Lens	0.38	Florian Thauvin
83'	Jonathan Gradit (own goal)	Monaco	—

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
59'	Thorgan Hazard	Lens	0.54	off target, header
31'	Paris Brunner	Monaco	0.50	goal
42'	Matthis Abline	Monaco	0.46	off target

Shots: Monaco 9, Lens 12; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 3 and 2.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Monaco 1.50, Lens 0.12: a clear edge for Monaco. In the second half xG was Monaco 0.22, Lens 1.34: a clear edge for Lens. The edge in chances passed from Monaco to Lens.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.

How it fits the season

Monaco: +4.3 for the season (7 in the table). Lens: −1.9 (11). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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