STRASBOURG. Brest was finally too strong for Strasbourg with the goal of M. Camara was the star player of the match after he scored in the 33rd, 60th and 40th minute. Mahdi Camara (33′), Mahdi Camara (40′) and Mahdi Camara (60′ pen).

The match was played at the Stade de la Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard who was helped by Alexis Auger and Nicolas Rodrigues. The 4th official was Abdelatif Kherradji. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.96 degrees Celsius or 46.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Strasbourg was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Brest that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Brest had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brest won the match.​

Strasbourg shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Brest shot 15 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Strasbourg received 3 yellow cards (Frédéric Guilbert, Andrey Santos and Rabby Nzingoula). On the opposite side, Brest didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Strasbourg stays with 25 points like Nantes to remain in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Brest will has 43 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg will play away against Montpellier on the 3rd of March with a 8-6 head to head stats in favor of Montpellier (6 draws).

Brest will host Le Havre on the 3rd of March with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Brest (9 draws).

Strasbourg – Formation

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

The manager Patrick Vieira decided to play with the following team: Alaa Bellaarouch (7.5), Marvin Senaya (6.8), Saïdou Sow (7.5), Lucas Perrin (6.3), Frédéric Guilbert (7.0), Ângelo (6.6), Ibrahima Sissoko (6.8), Junior Mwanga (6.3), Habib Diarra (6.6), Kévin Gameiro (7.0) and Emanuel Emegha (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Matthieu Dreyer, Steven Baseya, Ismael Doukoure (6.3), Alexandre Pierre, Mohamed Bechikh (6.3), Rabby Nzingoula (6.4), Abakar Sylla, Andrey Santos (6.8) and Jessy Deminguet (6.4).

Strasbourg could not rely on the presence of Ismael Doukoure (injured).

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 3 changes: Kévin Gameiro for Andrey Santos (67′), Habib Diarra for Ismael Doukoure (17′) and Ibrahima Sissoko for Jessy Deminguet (79′).

Player of the match: Alaa Bellaarouch​

The player that probably impressed the most for Strasbourg was the goalkeeper: Alaa Bellaarouch. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Brest – Formation

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

Eric Roy played with: Julien Le Cardinal, Grégoire Coudert (7.5), Kenny Lala (7.9), Brendan Chardonnet  (7.5), Lilian Brassier (7.3), Bradley Locko (7.3), Pierre Lees-Melou (8.1), Jonas Martin (7.5), Romain Del Castillo (6.7), Mahdi Camara (10.1) and Mathias Pereira Lage (6.4), Martín Satriano (7.9).

They had on the bench: Axel Camblan (6.7), Tolikpaley Luc Evrad Zogbe, Adrien Lebeau (6.6), Yan Marillat, Antonin Cartillier, Billal Brahimi (6.4), Tommy Le Verge, Kamory Doumbia (6.6) and Jérémy Le Douaron (6.7).

Substitutions

Brest made 5 changes: Mathias Pereira Lage for Jérémy Le Douaron (68′), Pierre Lees-Melou for Billal Brahimi (84′), Mahdi Camara for Kamory Doumbia (75′), Romain Del Castillo for Axel Camblan (84′) and Martín Satriano for Adrien Lebeau (84′).

Player of the match: Pierre Lees-Melou​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brest was Pierre Lees-Melou even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 54 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Lorient – Nantes – 0-1
• Strasbourg – Brest – 0-3