LORIENT. Brest snatched a late win Lorient 1-0 after R. Del scored just 1 goal (86′).

Brest remained in 10 after Billal Brahimi received a red card in the 90′.

The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. In front of 16,745 spectators.​ The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the help of Alexis Auger and Benjamin Pages. The 4th official was Robin Chapapria. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.72 degrees Celsius or 51.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Lorient was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Brest that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lorient was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Brest found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Lorient shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Brest shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Lorient received 1 yellow card (Bamba Dieng). Talking about the opposition, Brest received 3 yellow cards (Jonas Martin, Lilian Brassier and Kenny Lala).

Also, Brest didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Billal Brahimi (Brest) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (90′).

Standings

After this contest, Lorient stays with 26 points to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Brest will has 50 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away with Montpellier on the 7th of April with a 12-7 head to head in favor of Montpellier (9 draws).

Brest will host Metz on the 7th of April with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Metz (6 draws).

Lorient – Formation

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

The manager Régis Le Bris decided to play with the following team: Yvon Mvogo (6.1), Formose Mendy (7.3), N. Adjei (7.3), S. Touré (8.2), Panos Katseris (7.0), Laurent Abergel (7.0), Tiemoué Bakayoko (7.0), D. Yongwa (7.3), Badredine Bouanani (7.5), Julien Ponceau (7.5) and Mohamed Bamba (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Alfred Gomis, Imrân Louza (7.3), Bamba Dieng (7.0), Jean-Victor Makengo, E. Kroupi (6.8), Gédéon Kalulu, Julien Laporte, Théo Le Bris (6.8) and Ayman Kari (7.3).

Substitutions

Lorient made 5 changes: Panos Katseris for Théo Le Bris (68′), Julien Ponceau for Ayman Kari (68′), Badredine Bouanani for E. Kroupi (74′), Mohamed Bamba for Bamba Dieng (74′) and Laurent Abergel for Imrân Louza (82′).

Player of the match: S. Touré​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was S. Touré.

His rating is 8.2 with 55 passes (98% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 9.

Brest – Formation

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

Eric Roy played with: Marco Bizot (8.2), Kenny Lala (7.3), Brendan Chardonnet  (7.3), Lilian Brassier (7.1), B. Locko (7.3), Jonas Martin (7.0), Hugo Magnetti (6.3), Mathias Pereira Lage (6.7), Mahdi Camara (7.0), Jérémy Le Douaron (7.0) and Martín Satriano (6.7).

They had on the bench: Steve Mounié (6.8), L. Zogbe, Adrien Lebeau, Antonin Cartillier, Billal Brahimi (6.1), Kamory Doumbia (7.3), Julien Le Cardinal (6.7), G. Coudert and Romain Del Castillo (7.3).

Substitutions

Brest made 5 changes: Jérémy Le Douaron for Romain Del Castillo (64′), Hugo Magnetti for Kamory Doumbia (65′), Mathias Pereira Lage for Steve Mounié (73′), Mahdi Camara for Billal Brahimi (89′) and Martín Satriano for Julien Le Cardinal (89′).

Player of the match: Marco Bizot​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brest was the goalkeeper: Marco Bizot. His rating is 8.16. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – Paris Saint Germain – 0-2
• Le Havre – Montpellier – 0-2
• Clermont – Toulouse – 0-3
• Nice – Nantes – 1-2
• Lorient – Brest – 0-1
• Strasbourg – Rennes – 2-0