Monaco vs Lens prediction, odds and how to watch

Monaco beat Marseille 2-0 in Ligue 1, with Paris Brunner scoring twice to expose a visiting side that dominated possession but couldn't convert their chances when it mattered.

Monaco came from a position of dominance to survive a Górnik Zabrze fightback and claim a 3-2 victory in the UEFA Europa Conference League, with the decisive third goal arriving via a well-worked header in the 58th minute.

Two clubs stepping onto the biggest stage face each other on Thursday night in Prague, and neither can afford to treat this like a warm-up. Connor Maguire breaks down what matters.

Monaco welcome Lens to the Principality on Saturday in a Ligue 1 fixture that sets two sides with attacking momentum against one another, though neither has yet demonstrated they can defend consistently away from home.

Le Mans have conceded just once in their last three home games, but Lens bring a pattern of high-scoring away fixtures and an xG profile that demands respect. Sunday's Ligue 1 fixture has the structure of a genuine tactical contest.

Strasbourg host Monaco on Saturday carrying the weight of a four-goal opening-day defeat and a pattern of defensive fragility that stretches back months. Monaco arrive as one of the early pacesetters, and the structural mismatch between these two sides makes this fixture far more one-sided than the table currently suggests.

Ismaïla Sarr's agent, Diomansy Kamara, has accused clubs of treating African players as commodities after Crystal Palace blocked a Liverpool bid for Sarr and Monaco reneged on a deal that would have sent Lamine Camara to Chelsea. Both players are Senegalese internationals now left in limbo after chaotic deadline-day breakdowns.

Liverpool are chasing Chelsea's Estêvão and other wide forwards as their deadline-day frontline scramble intensifies, but a more concrete story has slipped under the radar: Chelsea appear to have already beaten Liverpool to Monaco's Lamine Camara.