BREST. Brest overcomes Saint-Étienne 1-0 after R. Faivre scored a penalty (64′). Saint-Étienne was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Stade Francis-Le Ble stadium in Brest on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mikael Lesage with the support of Huseyin Ocak and Mohamed Benkemouche. The 4th official was Marc Bollengier. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0.4 degrees Celsius or 32.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.
Match Statistics
- ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
- 8 Total 11
- 3 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 8
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 88 Attack 164
- 47 Dangerous attack 37
- 87 Ball safe 98
- 1 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Saint-Étienne had a strong ball possession 65% while Brest was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Brest was was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brest won the match.
Brest shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Saint-Étienne shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Brest received 2 yellow cards (R. Pierre-Gabriel and L. Agoume). Talking about the opposition, Saint-Étienne received 3 yellow cards (L. Douath, M. Trauco and A. Nordin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Brest will have 21 points like Lille to remain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Saint-Étienne will stay with 12 points like Metz to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Brest will play away against Olympique Marseille on the 4th of December with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of Olympique Marseille (2 draws).
Saint-Étienne will host Rennes on the 5th of December with a 13-8 head to head in favor of Rennes (14 draws).
Brest – Formation
Brest
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64'
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Brest started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Michel Der Zakarian decided to play with the following team: Marco Bizot , Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel , Brendan Chardonnet , Christophe Herelle , Jean-Kevin Duverne , Romain Faivre , Lucien Agoumé , Haris Belkebla , Franck Honorat , Jérémy Le Douaron and Steve Mounié .
The home team had on the bench: Youssouph Badji, Rafiki Saïd, Julien Faussurier, Romain Del Castillo , Gautier Larsonneur, Hugo Magnetti, Lilian Brassier and Jere Uronen.
Substitutions
Brest made only 1 change substituting J. Le Douaron for R. del Castillo (78′).
Best player: Lucien Agoumé
The player that probably impressed the most for Brest was Lucien Agoumé even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 48 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 18.
Saint-Étienne – Formation
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Claude Puel played with: Stefan Bajić , Mahdi Camara , Saïdou Sow , Harold Moukoudi , Miguel Trauco , Ryad Boudebouz , Lucas Gourna-Douath , Denis Bouanga , Aimen Moueffek , Adil Aouchiche and Wahbi Khazri .
These were the players on the bench: Assane Dioussé, Gabriel Silva, Arnaud Nordin , Juan Ignacio Ramírez , Yvann Maçon , Boubacar Fall, Mickael Nade, Jean-Philippe Krasso and Yanis Lhéry .
Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: A. Moueffek for A. Nordin (65′), A. Aouchiche for J. Krasso (73′), L. Douath for Y. Macon (73′), W. Khazri for I. Ramirez (82′) and D. Bouanga for Y. Lhery (82′).
Best player: Mahdi Camara
The most impressive player for Saint-Étienne was Mahdi Camara.
His rating is with 67 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Monaco – 1-3
- Brest – Saint-Étienne – 1-0
- Clermont – Lens – 2-2
- Olympique Lyonnais – Reims – 1-2
- Metz – Montpellier – 1-3
- Nantes – Olympique Marseille – 0-1
- Paris Saint Germain – Nice – 0-0
- Rennes – Lille – 1-2
- Strasbourg – Bordeaux – 5-2
- Troyes – Lorient – 2-0