SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne managed to find the solution against Brest to win 2-1. M. Camara was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Brest to strike first with an early goal of F. Honorat at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 14′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Camara gave the win to Saint-Étienne in the 39′ minute scoring a double. Brest was much superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier assisted by Djemel Zitouni and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel.

Match Statistics​

Saint-Étienne

2 - 1

Brest

  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 10 Total 7
  • 4 On Target 3
  • 6 Off Target 4
  • 3 Shots blocked 0
  • 87 Attack 131
  • 29 Dangerous attack 61
  • 103 Ball safe 96
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 3
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 10 Total 10
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Brest had a strong ball possession 61% while Saint-Étienne was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brest was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Saint-Étienne found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Saint-Étienne shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Brest shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Brest received 2 yellow cards (R. Pierre-Gabriel and H. Belkebla).

Match Timeline

8'
14'
Mahdi Camara(goal)D. Bouanga
36'
Lilian Brassier- sub ->B. Chardonnet
39'
Mahdi Camara(goal)D. Bouanga
Irvin Cardona- sub ->Y. Belaili
60'
60'
61'
68'
74'
77'
Hugo Magnetti- sub ->L. Agoume
77'
83'
83'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Paris Saint Germain
86
38
Olympique Marseille
71
38
Monaco
69
38
Rennes
66
38
Nice
66
38
Strasbourg
63
38
Lens
62
38
Olympique Lyonnais
61
38
Nantes
55
38
LOSC Lille
55
38
Brest
48
38
Reims
46
38
Montpellier
43
38
Angers SCO
41
38
Troyes
38
38
Lorient
36
38
Clermont
36
38
Saint-Étienne
32
38
Metz
31
38
Bordeaux
31
38

After playing this match, Saint-Étienne will have 30 points to hold in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Brest will stay with 39 points to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne will play away with Bordeaux on the 20th of April with a 14-12 head to head stats in favor of Bordeaux (14 draws).

Brest will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 20th of April with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (7 draws).

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne
G
Paul Bernardoni 50.France
6.9
D
Eliaquim Mangala 22.France
6.8
D
M. Nadé 3.France
6.7
D
A. Bakayoko 33.France
7.0
83'
M
Gabriel Silva 11.Brazil
7.1
M
Mahdi Camara 8.France
7.9
14', 39'
M
Lucas Gourna-Douath 6.France
6.5
M
Sada Thioub 9.Senegal
6.6
68'
F
Ryad Boudebouz 7.Algeria
6.4
83'
F
Wahbi Khazri 10.Tunisia
6.6
61'
F
D. Bouanga 20.Gabon
8.1
Substitutes
G
E. Green 40.England
D
Timothée Kolodziejczak 5.France
D
H. Moukoudi 2.Cameroon
D
M. Trauco 13.Peru
6.5
68'
M
A. Aouchiche 17.France
6.4
83'
M
Assane Dioussé 25.Senegal
M
Z. Youssouf 28.France
6.7
83'
F
Arnaud Nordin 18.France
6.8
61'
F
Bakary Sako 26.Mali

Saint-Étienne started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Pascal Dupraz decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: W. Khazri for A. Nordin (61′), S. Thioub for M. Trauco (68′), A. Bakayoko for Z. Youssouf (83′) and R. Boudebouz for A. Aouchiche (83′).

Brest – Formation

Brest
G
Marco Bizot 40.Netherlands
6.2
D
Christophe Hérelle 23.Martinique
6.9
D
Brendan Chardonnet 5.France
6.6
36'
D
Jean-Kévin Duverne 2.Haiti
6.4
D
Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel 18.France
6.6
77' 74'
M
Haris Belkebla 7.Algeria
7.4
90'
M
Lucien Agoumé 10.France
6.5
77'
M
Youcef Belaïli 24.Algeria
6.2
60'
M
Romain Del Castillo 25.France
6.6
60'
F
Steve Mounié 15.Benin
7.0
F
Franck Honorat 9.France
7.1
8'
Substitutes
G
Gautier Larsonneur 1.France
D
Lilian Brassier 3.France
7.1
36'
D
J. Faussurier 22.France
6.9
60'
D
Jere Uronen 20.Finland
6.2
77'
M
H. Mbock 28.France
M
Paul Lasne 8.France
M
Hugo Magnetti 27.France
6.7
77'
F
Irvin Cardona 14.France
6.5
60'
F
Axel Camblan 34.France

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

Michel Der Zakarian played with: .

Brest could not rely on the presence of L. Brassier (injured).

Substitutions

Brest made 5 changes: B. Chardonnet for L. Brassier (36′), Y. Belaili for I. Cardona (60′), R. Del Castillo for J. Faussurier (60′), L. Agoume for H. Magnetti (77′) and R. Pierre-Gabriel for J. Uronen (77′).

Results of the day

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