LENS. Lens conquered Brest 3-2 thanks to F. Sotoca who scored in the 27th, 62nd and 65th minute. Lens was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
F. Sotoca missed a penalty (33′) for Lens.
The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard who was helped by Mikael Berchebru and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Mickaël Leleu. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.7 degrees Celsius or 81.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 22%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lens had a superior ball possession 62% while Brest was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Brest was more aggressive with 35 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Lens found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Lens shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Brest shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Lens received 2 yellow cards (D. Costa and K. Danso). On the other side, Brest received 4 yellow cards (P. Lees-Melou, Y. Belaili, L. Brassier and B. Chardonnet).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Lens has 0 points to occupy the 6th place in the table. On the opposite side, Brest stays with 0 points (4th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away with Monaco on the 20th of August with a 9-5 head to head statistic in favor of Monaco (11 draws).
Brest will play away agasint Angers SCO on the 21st of August with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of Brest (4 draws).
Lens – Formation
Lens
78'
83'
27', 62', 65'
Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba , Jonathan Gradit , Kevin Danso , Facundo Medina , Przemysław Frankowski , Salis Abdul Samed , Seko Fofana , Deiver Machado , Florian Sotoca , David da Costa and Loïs Openda .
The home team had on the bench: Jimmy Cabot , Łukasz Poręba, Patrick Berg , Wesley Saïd , Ignatius Ganago , Ibrahima Baldé, Jean-Louis Leca, Massadio Haïdara and Christopher Wooh.
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: D. Costa for W. Said (67′), P. Frankowski for J. Cabot (76′), L. Openda for I. Ganago (76′), F. Sotoca for P. Berg (77′) and D. Machado for M. Haidara (83′).
Best player: Przemysław Frankowski
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Przemysław Frankowski even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 29 passes (65% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 9 crosses.
Brest – Formation
Brest
Brest started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Michel Der Zakarian played with: Marco Bizot , Noah Fadiga , Brendan Chardonnet , Christophe Herelle , Lilian Brassier , Franck Honorat , Pierre Lees Melou , Haris Belkebla , Youssef Belaïli , Mathias Pereira Lage and Irvin Cardona .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Grégoire Coudert, Jean-Kevin Duverne , Achraf Dari , Karamoko Dembélé, Hianga’a M’Bock, Axel Camblan, Jérémy Le Douaron , Romain Del Castillo and Hugo Magnetti .
Brest could not rely on the presence of J. Duverne (injured).
Substitutions
Brest made 5 changes: N. Fadiga for J. Duverne (40′), I. Cardona for R. Del Castillo (74′), C. Herelle for A. Dari (74′), Y. Belaili for H. Magnetti (74′) and P. Lees-Melou for J. Le Douaron (87′).
Best player: Romain Del Castillo
The most impressive player for Brest was Romain Del Castillo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 7 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 3 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 74′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Reims – 4-1
- Angers SCO – Nantes – 0-0
- Lens – Brest – 3-2
- Montpellier – Troyes – 3-2
- Lille – Auxerre – 4-1
- Toulouse – Nice – 1-1
- Rennes – Lorient – 0-1
