In the stifling heat, AS Monaco and RC Lens made promising starts, with Florian Sotoca for Lens and Takumi Minamino and Maghnes Akliouche for Monaco. Folarin Balogun and Denis Zakaria then produced some nice moves ahead to the break, but neither were successful, leaving the scores at 0-0. The pace of both the teams stayed the same in the second half, both sides launching good attacks, with Sotoca and Balogun having their efforts blocked by Philipp Kohn and Brice Samba, respectively.

Remy Labeau-Lascary believed he had given Lens the lead, but his goal was brutally called off by VAR due to a handball earlier in the action. Zakaria capitalized on ASM's next opportunity to go ahead with a spectacular header in the 84th minute. Monaco subsequently had a difficult refereeing decision when Lens was awarded a penalty, which Przemyslaw Frankowski converted at the death. The two teams are currently tied with Olympique de Marseille and FC Nantes for second place, each with seven points.