REIMS. Brest was capable to reverse the scoreline against Reims to win 2-1. It was Reims to strike first with a goal of Amir Richardson at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Pierre Lees Melou gave the win to Brest in the 56′ minute.

The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Gaël Angoula with the support of Guillaume Debart and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Pierre Legat. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 23.52 degrees Celsius or 74.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Reims was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Brest managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Reims shot 13 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brest shot 18 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Reims received 2 yellow cards (Azor Matusiwa and Thibault De Smet). On the opposite side, Brest received 5 yellow cards (Steve Mounié, Eric Roy, Kenny Lala, Hugo Magnetti and Marco Bizot).

Standings

After playing this match, Reims will stay with 7 points like Rennes and Strasbourg to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Brest will have 10 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will host Olympique Marseille on the 4th of May with a 8-4 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (7 draws).

Brest will play away agasint Olympique Lyonnais on the 14th of April with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (8 draws).

Reims – Formation

Reims started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager William Still decided to play with the following team: Yehvann Diouf (6.8), Thomas Foket (6.3), Emmanuel Agbadou (7.5), Yunis Abdelhamid (7.1), Thibault De Smet (6.7), Azor Matusiwa (7.3), Amir Richardson (8.1), Teddy Teuma (7.0), Junya Ito (6.3), Oumar Diakité (7.0) and Keito Nakamura (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Daramy (7.3), Marshall Munetsi (6.4), Joseph Okumu, Valentin Atangana Edoa (6.4), Amine Salama (6.4), Reda Khadra, Ibrahim Diakité, Mamadou Diakhon (6.8) and Alexandre Olliero.

Substitutions

Reims made 4 changes: Oumar Diakité for Mohamed Daramy (60′), Azor Matusiwa for Valentin Atangana Edoa (60′), Amir Richardson for Marshall Munetsi (60′) and Thomas Foket for Amine Salama (77′).

Best player: Amir Richardson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Reims was Amir Richardson.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 24 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.

Brest – Formation

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

Eric Roy played with: Marco Bizot (8.7), Kenny Lala (6.8), Brendan Chardonnet (7.0), Lilian Brassier (7.1), Bradley Locko (7.8), Mahdi Camara (8.2), Pierre Lees Melou (7.9), Hugo Magnetti (7.3), Romain Del Castillo (7.7), Martín Satriano (7.3) and Jérémy Le Douaron (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jonas Martin (6.7), Achraf Dari, Steve Mounié (7.0), Axel Camblan, Adrien Lebeau (6.4), Jordan Amavi, Billal Brahimi (6.8) and Grégoire Coudert.

Substitutions

Brest made 5 changes: Martín Satriano for Steve Mounié (66′), Hugo Magnetti for Jonas Martin (66′), Romain Del Castillo for Achraf Dari (90′), Mahdi Camara for Adrien Lebeau (77′) and Jérémy Le Douaron for Billal Brahimi (66′).

Best player: Marco Bizot​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brest was the goalkeeper: Marco Bizot. His rating is 8.67. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Lyonnais – Le Havre – 0-0
• Olympique Marseille – Toulouse – 0-0
• Reims – Brest – 1-2
• Clermont – Nantes – 0-1
• Lorient – Monaco – 2-2
• Strasbourg – Montpellier – 2-2