BREST. Brest snatched a late win Olympique Marseille 1-0 after P. Lees-Melou scored just 1 goal (88′). Olympique Marseille lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
Brest remained with 10 players after Steve Mounié received a red card in the 60′. Nevertheless, Brest still managed to win this match competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Stade Francis-Le Ble stadium in Brest on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet with the assistance of Julien Pacelli and Mikael Berchebru. The 4th official was Aurélien Petit. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.26 degrees Celsius or 37.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 15 Total 9
- 5 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 88 Attack 124
- 45 Dangerous attack 58
- 67 Ball safe 64
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 5
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Olympique Marseille had a strong ball possession 58% while Brest was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Brest succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Brest shot 15 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Olympique Marseille shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Brest received 3 yellow cards (Brendan Chardonnet , Kenny Lala and Julien Le Cardinal). On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (Leonardo Balerdi).
(Brest) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (60′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Brest has 40 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille will stays with 30 points to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Brest will play away with Strasbourg on the 25th of February with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Strasbourg (6 draws).
Olympique Marseille will host Montpellier on the 25th of February with a 17-6 head to head record in favor of Olympique Marseille (9 draws).
Brest – Formation
Brest
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88'
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Brest started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Eric Roy decided to play with the following team: Grégoire Coudert , Kenny Lala , Brendan Chardonnet , Lilian Brassier , Bradley Locko , Pierre Lees-Melou , Hugo Magnetti , Romain Del Castillo , Kamory Doumbia , Mathias Pereira Lage and Steve Mounié .
The home team had on the bench: Martín Satriano , Axel Camblan, Adrien Lebeau, Yan Marillat, Antonin Cartillier, Billal Brahimi, Jonas Martin , Julien Le Cardinal and Jérémy Le Douaron .
Substitutions
Brest made 4 changes: Mathias Pereira Lage for Jérémy Le Douaron (73′), Kamory Doumbia for Jonas Martin (66′), Romain Del Castillo for Martín Satriano (66′) and Hugo Magnetti for Julien Le Cardinal (81′).
Player of the match: Pierre Lees-Melou
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brest was Pierre Lees-Melou.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
Olympique Marseille started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Ivan Gennaro Gattuso played with: Pau López, Rubén Blanco , Jonathan Clauss , Chancel Mbemba , Leonardo Balerdi , Ulisses Garcia , Azzedine Ounahi , Junior Onana , Amine Harit , Ismaïla Sarr and F. Moumbagna , Iliman Ndiaye .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Bamo Meïté, Geoffrey Kondogbia , Joaquín Correa, Emran Soglo, Sofiane Sidi Ali, Luis Henrique , Quentin Merlin and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang .
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 4 changes: Azzedine Ounahi for Geoffrey Kondogbia (76′), Amine Harit for Luis Henrique (76′), Junior Onana for Joaquín Correa (90′) and Ismaïla Sarr for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (61′).
Player of the match: Rubén Blanco
The most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was the goalkeeper: Rubén Blanco. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Brest – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Montpellier – Metz – 3-0
- Reims – Lens – 1-1
- Monaco – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Clermont – 3-1
- Strasbourg – Lorient – 1-3
