Lens 2–3 Monaco
- Édouard 3'
- Thauvin 56'
- Balogun 62'
- Zakaria 70'
- Fati 72'
21 February 2026
The match in data
A 3–2 win for Monaco against Lens on 21 February 2026, on matchday 23 of the 2025-26 Ligue 1.
Monaco came from behind: they were trailing 2–0 at 56'.
Player of the match: Folarin Balogun (Monaco), rated 76, thanks above all to 0.75 xG and 1 goal. Balogun produced 1.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Lens, the highest-rated player was Nidal Celik, with 70.
Folarin Balogun
Monaco · 85'
Produced 1.46× and cost 0.23× their position's average
- 0.75 xG 2.8×
- 1 goal 3.7×
- 3 shots on target 3.5×
- 1 shot off target 0.7×
- 2 misplaced passes 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Thauvin | Forward | 90 | 70 |
| Nidal Celik | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Odsonne Édouard | Forward | 63 | 64 |
| Abdallah Sima | Forward | 27 | 62 |
| Saud Abdulhamid | Defender | 75 | 61 |
| Ismaëlo Ganiou | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Malang Sarr | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Allan Saint-Maximin | Forward | 75 | 51 |
| Matthieu Udol | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Adrien Thomasson | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Andrija Bulatovic | Midfielder | 87 | 29 |
| Robin Risser | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Rayan Fofana | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Ruben Aguilar | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Anthony Bermont | Midfielder | 3 | no rating |
| Florian Sotoca | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ansu Fati | Forward | 21 | 85 |
| Folarin Balogun ★ | Forward | 85 | 76 |
| Denis Zakaria | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Krépin Diatta | Midfielder | 31 | 63 |
| J. Teze | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Wout Faes | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Thilo Kehrer | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Lamine Camara | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Caio Henrique | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Aladji Bamba | Midfielder | 59 | 36 |
| Mamadou Coulibaly | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Simon Adingra | Forward | 69 | 20 |
| Philipp Köhn | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Mika Biereth | Forward | 5 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.