BREST. Brest liquidates Lens 4-0 with goals of S. Mounie (3′), B. Chardonnet (13′), R. Faivre (33′) and J. Le Douaron (69′). Lens was truly better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Stade Francis-Le Ble stadium in Brest on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier with the support of Alexis Auger and Brice Parinet Le Tellier. The 4th official was Ahmed Taleb. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens had a superior ball possession 64% while Brest was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens was putting more pressure with 40 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Brest succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Brest shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lens shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Brest received 1 yellow card (J. Duverne). On the other side, Lens received 2 yellow cards (F. Medina and C. O. Doucoure).

Also, Lens didn’t end the match with 11 players after A. Kalimuendo (Lens) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (74′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Brest will have 15 points like Lorient to hold in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Lens will stay with 24 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

Brest – Formation

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

The manager Michel Der Zakarian decided to play with the following team: Marco Bizot (8.1), Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (7.1), Brendan Chardonnet (8.4), Christophe Herelle (7.8), Jean-Kevin Duverne (6.5), Romain Faivre (9.0), Lucien Agoumé (7.1), Haris Belkebla (7.1), Franck Honorat (6.9), Jérémy Le Douaron (7.8) and Steve Mounié (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Rafiki Saïd, Gautier Larsonneur, Irvin Cardona (6.4), Hugo Magnetti, Hianga’a M’Bock, Jere Uronen, Julien Faussurier, Lilian Brassier (6.7) and Romain Del Castillo (6.9).

Substitutions

Brest made 5 changes: S. Mounie for R. del Castillo (73′), C. Herelle for L. Brassier (73′), H. Belkebla for H. Magnetti (87′), F. Honorat for R. Said (88′) and F. Honorat for R. Said (88′).

Best player: Romain Faivre​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brest was Romain Faivre.

His rating is (9.0) with 1 goal, 34 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Lens – Formation

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

Franck Haise played with: Jean-Louis Leca (6.0), Jonathan Gradit (6.9), Kevin Danso (6.6), Facundo Medina (6.0), Jonathan Clauss (6.4), Cheick Doucouré (6.8), Seko Fofana (6.8), Przemysław Frankowski (6.0), Gaël Kakuta (6.5), Corentin Jean (6.5) and Ignatius Ganago (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Charles Boli (6.6), Ibrahima Baldé (6.7), Arnaud Kalimuendo (5.9), Jonathan Varane, Wuilker Faríñez, Yannick Cahuzac, Massadio Haïdara (6.0), Christopher Wooh and David Da Costa (6.1).

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: I. Ganago for A. Kalimuendo (61′), F. Medina for D. Costa (61′), G. Kakuta for C. Boli (73′), J. Clauss for M. Haidara (73′) and C. Jean for I. Balde (73′).

Best player: Jonathan Gradit​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Jonathan Gradit.

His rating is (6.9) with 106 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Angers SCO – Lorient – 1-0
• Brest – Lens – 4-0
• Clermont – Nice – 1-2
• Metz – Bordeaux – 3-3
• Strasbourg – Reims – 1-1
• Troyes – Saint-Étienne – 0-1