BREST. Brest wipes out Lorient 4-0 with goals of Kamory Doumbia (22′), Kamory Doumbia (25′), Kamory Doumbia (29′) and Kamory Doumbia (45′). Brest took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stade Francis-Le Ble stadium in Brest on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Mathieu Vernice with the help of Mehdi Rahmouni and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Mickaël Leleu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.04 degrees Celsius or 39.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Brest was in firm control of the ball 60% while Lorient was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Brest was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brest won the match.
Brest shot 12 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Lorient shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Brest received 1 yellow card (Lilian Brassier). On the other side, Lorient received 2 yellow cards (Igor Silva and Eli Junior Kroupi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Brest has 31 points to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Lorient will stays with 12 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Brest will host Montpellier on the 14th of January with a 11-3 head to head in favor of Montpellier (9 draws).
Lorient will play away against Lille on the 14th of January with a 14-10 head to head stats in favor of Lille (7 draws).
Brest – Formation
Brest
87'
73'
22', 25', 29', 45'
Brest started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Eric Roy decided to play with the following team: Marco Bizot , Kenny Lala , Brendan Chardonnet , Lilian Brassier , Bradley Locko , Pierre Lees-Melou , Jonas Martin , Kamory Doumbia , Romain Del Castillo , Martín Satriano and Jérémy Le Douaron .
The home team had on the bench: Axel Camblan, Adrien Lebeau, Billal Brahimi , Julien Le Cardinal, Mathias Pereira Lage , Grégoire Coudert, Mahdi Camara , Hugo Magnetti and Steve Mounié .
Substitutions
Brest made 5 changes: Martín Satriano for Steve Mounié (74′), Kamory Doumbia for Mahdi Camara (66′), Jérémy Le Douaron for Billal Brahimi (79′), Pierre Lees-Melou for Hugo Magnetti (73′) and Jonas Martin for Mathias Pereira Lage (79′).
Player of the match: Brendan Chardonnet
The most impressive player for Brest was Brendan Chardonnet even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 89 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 8.
Lorient – Formation
Lorient
Lorient started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Régis Le Bris played with: Yvon Mvogo , Igor Silva , Montassar Talbi , Isaak Touré , Benjamin Mendy , Laurent Abergel , Bonke Innocent , Romain Faivre , Julien Ponceau , Tosin Aiyegun and Ahmadou Bamba Dieng .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Alfred Gomis, Darlin Yongwa , Julien Laporte , Jean-Victor Makengo, Eli Junior Kroupi , Vincent Le Goff, Siriné Doucouré, Théo Le Bris and Formose Mendy.
Lorient could not rely on the presence of Eli Junior Kroupi (injured).
Substitutions
Lorient made 4 changes: Bonke Innocent for Julien Laporte (38′), Ahmadou Bamba Dieng for Eli Junior Kroupi (60′), Tosin Aiyegun for Théo Le Bris (73′) and Benjamin Mendy for Darlin Yongwa (73′).
Player of the match: Darlin Yongwa
The player that probably impressed the most for Lorient was Darlin Yongwa.
His rating is with 11 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was sensational also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 73′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Montpellier – Olympique Marseille – 1-1
- Olympique Lyonnais – Nantes – 1-0
- Paris Saint Germain – Metz – 3-1
- Brest – Lorient – 4-0
- Reims – Le Havre – 1-0
- Clermont – Rennes – 1-3
- Nice – Lens – 2-0
- Toulouse – Monaco – 1-2
- Strasbourg – LOSC Lille – 2-1
