BREST. Brest bested Lens 3-2 thanks to R. Del who scored in the 45th and 87th minute.

Adrien Thomasson received a red card (82′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Lens lost the match.

The match was played at the Stade Francis-Le Ble stadium in Brest on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard with the help of Aurélien Drouet and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Remi Landry. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 28.51 degrees Celsius or 83.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Brest was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Lens that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Brest had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brest won the match​.

Brest shot 15 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Lens shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Brest received 2 yellow cards (Pierre Lees Melou and Lilian Brassier). On the other side, Lens received 3 yellow cards (Florian Sotoca, Facundo Medina and Brice Samba).

Also, Lens didn’t end the match with 11 players after Adrien Thomasson (Lens) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (82′).

Standings

After this match, Brest has 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. On the opposite side, Lens stays with 0 points (13th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Brest will play away with Le Havre on the 20th of August with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Brest (9 draws).

Brest – Formation

Brest started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Eric Roy decided to play with the following team: Marco Bizot, Kenny Lala (8.0), Brendan Chardonnet (6.8), Lilian Brassier, Bradley Locko (6.4), Hugo Magnetti (7.0), Pierre Lees Melou (7.7), Mathias Pereira Lage (6.6), Romain Del Castillo (8.8), Jérémy Le Douaron (6.8) and Martín Satriano (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Achraf Dari, Steve Mounié, Axel Camblan, Hianga’a M’Bock, Christophe Herelle, Jonas Martin, Grégoire Coudert, Mahdi Camara (7.2) and Karamoko Dembélé.

Substitutions

Brest made 4 changes: Mathias Pereira Lage for Mahdi Camara (67′), Hugo Magnetti for Jonas Martin (67′), Martín Satriano for Steve Mounié (76′) and Romain Del Castillo for Axel Camblan (90′).

Best player: Romain Del Castillo​

The most impressive player for Brest was Romain Del Castillo.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 32 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 6 crosses.

Lens – Formation

Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba (7.8), Jonathan Gradit (6.2), Kevin Danso (6.9), Facundo Medina (7.8), Przemysław Frankowski (7.2), Salis Abdul Samed (6.2), Andy Diouf (6.9), Deiver Machado, Florian Sotoca (7.7), Angelo Fulgini (6.9) and Morgan Guilavogui (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Stijn Spierings (6.4), David da Costa (6.0), Oscar Cortés, Jean-Louis Leca, Massadio Haïdara (6.4), Abdukodir Khusanov, Julien Le Cardinal, Ayanda Sishuba and Adrien Thomasson (5.5).

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: Jonathan Gradit for Massadio Haïdara (46′), Angelo Fulgini for David da Costa (68′), Morgan Guilavogui for Adrien Thomasson (68′), Przemysław Frankowski for Julien Le Cardinal (79′) and Andy Diouf for Stijn Spierings (84′).

Best player: Brice Samba​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was the goalkeeper: Brice Samba. His rating is 7.75. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Strasbourg – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-1
• Brest – Lens – 3-2
• Montpellier – Le Havre – 2-2
• Nantes – Toulouse – 1-2
• Clermont – Monaco – 2-4
• Rennes – Metz – 5-1