MARSEILLE. Brest found a way to reverse the scoreline against Olympique Marseille to win 2-1. It was Olympique Marseille to strike first with a goal of Gerson at the 29′. Then it was a penalty in the 53′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Honorat gave the win to Brest in the 70′ minute with a goal. Olympique Marseille was much superior in terms of ball possession (74%).​

The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Antony Gautier with the help of Alexandre Viala and Christophe Mouysset. The 4th official was Gaël Angoula. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.6 degrees Celsius or 49.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille had a strong ball possession 74% while Brest was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Brest was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brest shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (B. Kamara). On the opposite side, Brest received 2 yellow cards (R. Pierre-Gabriel and I. Cardona).

Standings

After this match, Olympique Marseille will stay with 29 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Brest will have 24 points like Lille to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will play away with Strasbourg on the 12th of December with a 7-0 head to head record in favor of Olympique Marseille (6 draws).

Brest will host Montpellier on the 11th of December with a 8-1 head to head statistic in favor of Montpellier (9 draws).

Olympique Marseille – Formation

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

The manager Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya decided to play with the following team: Pau López (6.4), William Saliba (7.3), Álvaro González (6.8), Luan Peres (6.2), Valentin Rongier (7.3), Boubacar Kamara (6.8), Amine Harit (6.7), Mattéo Guendouzi (6.4), Gerson (7.1), Konrad de la Fuente (6.8) and Dimitri Payet (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Leonardo Balerdi, Cengiz Ünder (7.0), Duje Ćaleta-Car, Pape Gueye, Jordan Amavi, Arkadiusz Milik (6.6), Steve Mandanda, Luís Henrique and Pol Lirola (7.1).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 3 changes: A. Harit for P. Lirola (57′), K. de La Fuente for C. Under (57′) and B. Kamara for A. Milik (70′).

Best player: William Saliba​

The most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was William Saliba.

His rating is (7.3) with 129 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Brest – Formation

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

Michel Der Zakarian played with: Marco Bizot (7.0), Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (7.1), Brendan Chardonnet (6.9), Christophe Herelle (6.6), Jean-Kevin Duverne (6.6), Romain Faivre (7.5), Hugo Magnetti (7.1), Haris Belkebla (7.1), Franck Honorat (7.4), Jérémy Le Douaron (6.8) and Romain Del Castillo (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Rafiki Saïd (6.8), Irvin Cardona (6.4), Lilian Brassier, Jere Uronen, Lucien Agoumé (7.2), Gautier Larsonneur, Youssouph Badji and Julien Faussurier.

Substitutions

Brest made 3 changes: R. del Castillo for I. Cardona (66′), H. Magnetti for L. Agoume (72′) and F. Honorat for R. Said (84′).

Best player: Romain Faivre​

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

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 29 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Lens – Paris Saint Germain – 1-1
• Lille – Troyes – 2-1
• Olympique Marseille – Brest – 1-2