BREST. Olympique Marseille and Brest draw 1-1. N. Tavares scored the first goal (38′) for Olympique Marseille. P. Lees-Melou equalized (61′).

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 Jeremy Stinat assisted by Christophe Mouysset and François Boudikian. The 4th official was Benjamin Lepaysant. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.4 degrees Celsius or 70.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Brest was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Brest to win the match​.

Brest shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Brest received 2 yellow cards (M. Der Zakarian and Y. Belaili). On the other side, Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards (A. Milik, Gerson, V. Rongier and M. Guendouzi).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Brest has 0 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille has 0 points (13th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Brest will play away against Angers SCO on the 21st of August with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of Brest (4 draws).

Olympique Marseille will host Nantes on the 20th of August with a 12-7 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (7 draws).

Brest – Formation

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

The manager Michel Der Zakarian decided to play with the following team: Marco Bizot (6.5), Jean-Kevin Duverne (6.8), Brendan Chardonnet (7.1), Achraf Dari (6.9), Lilian Brassier (6.8), Hugo Magnetti (7.4), Pierre Lees Melou (7.6), Haris Belkebla (7.4), Franck Honorat (7.3), Jérémy Le Douaron (5.9) and Mathias Pereira Lage (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Christophe Herelle, Hianga’a M’Bock (6.8), Karamoko Dembélé, Irvin Cardona (6.5), Youssef Belaïli (7.0), Axel Camblan, Jere Uronen and Joaquín Blázquez.

Substitutions

Brest made 4 changes: M. Pereira Lage for Y. Belaili (46′), H. Magnetti for H. Mbock (77′), J. Le Douaron for I. Cardona (77′) and F. Honorat for K. Dembele (86′).

Best player: Pierre Lees Melou​

The most impressive player for Brest was Pierre Lees Melou.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 30 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Olympique Marseille – Formation

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

Igor Tudor played with: Rubén Blanco (7.2), Chancel Mbemba (6.7), Samuel Gigot (7.2), Leonardo Balerdi (7.2), Jonathan Clauss (7.4), Valentin Rongier (7.0), Mattéo Guendouzi (6.6), Nuno Tavares (6.4), Cengiz Ünder (7.0), Gerson (6.9) and Arkadiusz Milik (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Alexis Sánchez (6.8), Jordan Veretout (6.6), Pape Gueye, Cédric Bakambu (6.2), Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Duje Ćaleta-Car, Dimitri Payet (6.6), Sead Kolašinac (6.6) and Luis Javier Suárez.

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: C. Under for A. Sanchez (46′), V. Rongier for J. Veretout (69′), Gerson for C. Bakambu (69′), A. Milik for D. Payet (69′) and N. Tavares for S. Kolasinac (82′).

Best player: Jonathan Clauss​

The most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Jonathan Clauss.

His rating is (7.4) with 32 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Brest – Olympique Marseille – 1-1
• Auxerre – Angers SCO – 2-2
• Troyes – Toulouse – 0-3
• Reims – Clermont – 2-4
• Nice – Strasbourg – 1-1
• Ajaccio – Lens – 0-0