Lens vs Monaco Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd April 2023
The Ligue 1 game at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Saturday will see visitors Monaco facing home side Lens.
Lens approach round 32 as number three in the Ligue 1 table with 63 points on their account so far. With 31 rounds behind them, Monaco have amassed 61 points, placing them as number four in the standings.
Going into their upcoming encounter this coming Saturday, Monaco will be looking to finish the day ahead of Lens. This should serve as plenty of motivation before this away match.
Lens scored 18 while allowing ten goals against in the past ten matches. They claimed three clean sheets on the way.
Monaco scored 20 goals, conceded 14 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their last ten games.
It was an enormously entertaining 1-4 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well on Saturday.
Lens vs Monaco Prediction
Lens Form
Lens are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Rennes by 0-1, before beating Strasbourg by 2-1. The winning streak came to an end against PSG, who ran out 3-1 winners. Lens won four of their last six Ligue 1 matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded four and scored ten goals.
Monaco Form
Monaco are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Strasbourg by 4-3. This was followed by a 2-2 with Nantes and a 3-1 win against Lorient. Monaco won half their previous six away matches in the Ligue 1, as well as seeing three draws and suffering zero defeats. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding six.
Both Lens and visitors Monaco seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.
Lens have taken 24 points from their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. They won seven of these matches with a scoreline of 21 goals to 14. Monaco claimed one win and six points in the past seven games against teams placed inside the top six. They scored 12 goals while conceding 15 times. Lens show off a record of 18 wins, nine draws and four defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Monaco have 18 wins, seven draws and six defeats in the Ligue 1.
Lens vs Monaco Stats
- Lens have not lost 29 of the last 31 home matches
- Lens have scored in the last 12 matches in a row
- In 13 of the last 15 Lens home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Lens have scored in 16 of the last 18 home matches
- Lens have not lost 7 of the last 9 matches
- Monaco have not lost the last 15 away matches in a row
- Monaco have scored in 31 of the last 32 away matches
- Monaco have scored in 27 of the last 29 matches
- In 9 of the last 11 away matches Monaco played, both teams scored
- Monaco have conceded in 14 of the last 16 matches
Lens vs Monaco Squads
Lens Squad
The 52-year-old Haise will select the starting eleven against Monaco from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Ligue 1 this season:
Brice Samba (0/31), Jean-Louis Leca (0/0), Wuilker Farinez (0/0), Adrien Louveau (0/0), Facundo Medina (2/26), Ismael Boura (0/9), Jimmy Cabot (0/11), Jonathan Gradit (1/26), Kevin Danso (1/31), Massadio Haidara (0/29), Steven Fortes (0/1), Adam Oudjani (0/0), Adrien Thomasson (2/28), Angelo Fulgini (1/10), David Costa (1/29), Deiver Machado (3/27), Fode Sylla (0/0), Jean Onana (0/15), Julien Le Cardinal (0/5), Lukasz Poreba (0/7), Mamadou Camara (0/0), Przemyslaw Frankowski (4/31), Salis Abdul Samed (1/29), Seko Fofana (4/29), Yacouba Barry (0/0), Adam Buksa (0/4), Alexis Claude (3/19), Florian Sotoca (6/31), Ikoma Lois Openda (15/31), Remy Lascary (0/9), Wesley Said (5/19).
Monaco Squad
Here is the full squad of the away team. The 49 year-old Monaco manager Clement will select his starting XI from these players:
Alexander Nuebel (0/31), Thomas Didillon (0/0), Yann Lienard (0/0), Axel Disasi (3/31), Caio Henrique (1/28), Chrislain Matsima (0/10), Guillermo Maripan (3/22), Malang Sarr (0/13), Ruben Aguilar (0/17), Vanderson (1/25), Yllan Okou (0/0), Aleksandr Golovin (7/29), Corentin Tirard (0/0), Edan Diop (1/3), Eliesse Ben Seghir (4/13), Eliot Matazo (1/17), Ismail Jakobs (0/26), Jean Lucas (0/6), Maghnes Akliouche (0/8), Mohamed Camara (0/23), Soungoutou Magassa (0/2), Youssouf Fofana (2/29), Breel Embolo (12/28), Gelson Martins (0/11), Kevin Volland (3/12), Krepin Diatta (4/26), Myron Boadu (2/9), Takumi Minamino (1/14), Wissam Ben Yedder (17/27).
Lens vs Monaco Team News
At the time of writing, Lens have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Monaco this coming Saturday. For their upcoming match in round 32, Lens are unable to call upon Brice Samba, who is suspended.
Adam Buksa, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Farinez nurses various injuries and won't take part for Lens against Monaco at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
Monaco just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
Kevin Volland won't be travelling with Monaco this time, as he nurses an injury.
Lens vs Monaco Lineups
Lens vs Monaco H2H
It was an enormously entertaining 1-4 match, when these two sides last played each other in the Ligue 1. A similar feast of goals would go down well this coming Saturday. Lens enjoyed a field day, when they last squared up to Monaco. A 4-1 win left the former in a jubilant mood, with the latter licking their wounds. The bookies have Lens to win this match at best price odds of 13/12.
Lens vs Monaco Results
In the past ten matches between home side Lens and Monaco both teams found the back of the net four times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 5/7.
Lens vs Monaco Betting Tips
Ikoma Lois Openda look like value in the goal scoring market with six strikes to his name in six Ligue 1 matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Wissam Ben Yedder adds to his three Ligue 1 goals come on Saturday.
Lens collected seven wins, drew two and lost one in the 10 most games across all tournaments at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Monaco won six of their previous 10 away, drew four and lost zero times. In their previous 10 away matches, Monaco claimed two wins to nil.
Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in the ten encounters most recent outings between Lens and Monaco. More than two goals came out six times, as Lens scored 1.7 goals on average, with Monaco pulling off 1.1 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Lens, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in eight of Monaco's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals in these matches.
