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Monaco — Lens 2:1

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

TeamGoalsxGGoals − xGExpected points
Monaco21.54+0.51.43
Lens11.46−0.51.33

How it fits the season

Monaco: +6.2 for the season (1 in the table). Lens: −4.8 (15). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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