Monaco vs Lens - prediction, team news, lineups

Monaco tin temporarily regain archetypal spot successful Ligue 1 with a triumph oregon gully versus Lens astatine Stade Louis II connected Friday evening.

A 1-1 gully with Strasbourg dropped the Principality nine down to 2nd successful the table, down Lille connected extremity difference, portion Lens beryllium 10th aft a 2-2 gully astatine Le Mans.

Match preview

In a play wherever everything was going close aboriginal on, Monaco incurred their archetypal setback of the caller run past week, the archetypal points they person dropped nether caller manager Filipe Luis.

Although they failed to look victorious, connected Friday the nine tin gain points successful their archetypal 5 Ligue 1 affairs for the 2nd clip successful 3 seasons.

Les Monegasques person allowed the joint-fewest goals successful the league frankincense acold (two) and are tied for archetypal regarding the fewest mean goals conceded per lucifer (0.5).

On Friday, Monaco tin widen their location unbeaten tally successful the apical formation this period to six matches, with their past league decision successful September astatine Stade Louis II occurring successful 2023 against arch-rivals Nice (1-0).

They person not mislaid domestically each play erstwhile conceding the opening goal, collecting a combined 4 points successful that presumption truthful far.

Meanwhile, they volition anticipation to triumph consecutive competitory games versus Lens successful the aforesaid twelvemonth connected Friday for the archetypal clip since 2014.

One of the astir accordant sides successful Ligue 1 a play agone person had to gain results the hard mode successful caller times and evidently it is not thing the higher ups astatine Lens were pleased with.

The nine made a large determination this week, parting ways by communal statement with Dino Toppmoller aft conscionable 4 Ligue 1 matches, with this broadside conceding aggregate strikes successful each 1 of their competitory games this season.

Yannick Cahuzac volition instrumentality complaint of a broadside connected a two-match unbeaten tally crossed each competitions, coming from 2 goals down to gully Le Mans, conscionable days aft doubly coming from a extremity down to decision Slavia Prague connected matchday 1 successful the Champions League.

The second-best antiaircraft portion regarding goals conceded past play person shown their attacking prowess successful 2026-27 with Lens netting the joint-second-most goals successful the league truthful acold (eight).

While we person seen plentifulness of creativity from this squad truthful far, Lens person not been arsenic potent successful the attacking 3rd arsenic they could be, starring the league regarding large chances missed (15).

Les Sang et Or are unbeaten successful 5 of their past six home visits to the Principality, winning this nonstop fixture past season, 4-1.

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Team News

Expect Takumi Minamino to miss different lucifer for Monaco arsenic helium recovers from a cruciate ligament tear, portion Ansu Fati is dealing with a sore calf and Anis Sobeir has an ankle issue.

Their apical goalscorer from past season, Folarin Balogun, could miss different lucifer due to the fact that of a knock, Edan Diop has a thigh strain, portion Jordan Teze and Mamadou Coulibaly mightiness some beryllium sidelined with injuries.

Paris Brunner is up to 3 goals successful Ligue 1 this season, tied for 2nd successful the league arsenic his second-half onslaught connected matchday 4 cancelled retired the ain extremity from Sadibou Sane.

At Lens, Jhoanner Chavez and Yacine Titraoui person sore thighs, portion Regis Gurtner and Samson Baidoo stay question marks owed to hamstring injuries.

Do not expect Maik Nawrocki to beryllium available, arsenic helium continues to retrieve from a cruciate ligament problem, Saud Abdulhamid is questionable with a knock, portion Souleymane Sangnan volition beryllium eligible to instrumentality from his suspension.

Abdallah Sima and Franjo Ivanovic some recovered the backmost of the nett for them connected matchday four, with the erstwhile scoring his archetypal of the caller Ligue 1 campaign.

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Vanderson, Dier, Salisu, Nazinho; Camara, Zakaria; Detourbet, Abline, Golovin; Brunner

Lens imaginable starting lineup:

Risser; Gradit, Antonio, Udol; Aguilar, Haidara, Bulatovic, Hazard; Thauvin, Sima; Ivanovic

We say: Monaco 2-1 Lens

While they dropped points for the archetypal clip past week, Monaco's resilience, we believe, volition radiance done connected Friday against a broadside that person been a small much susceptible defensively than we are utilized to.

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