NANTES. Nantes liquidates Brest 4-1 with goals of M. Simon (35′ pen), I. Ganago (36′), Mostafa Mohamed (71′) and M. Sissoko (88′). Regarding the opposition, Brest scored with ​N. Fadiga (18′).

The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier who was helped by Mathieu Grosbost and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Gabriel Henry. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.9 degrees Celsius or 73.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nantes was in firm control of the ball 55% while Brest was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nantes was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nantes won the match​.

Nantes shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Brest shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Nantes didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Brest received 2 yellow cards (P. Lees-Melou and M. Pereira Lage).

Standings

After playing this match, Nantes will have 10 points to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Brest will stay with 6 points to hold in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away with Nice on the 23rd of October with a 9-9 head to head statistic.

Brest will play away agasint Clermont on the 23rd of October with a 9-7 head to head in favor of Brest (6 draws).

Nantes – Formation

Nantes adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont (6.2), Dennis Appiah (6.2), Andrei Girotto (7.0), Nicolas Pallois (7.6), Quentin Merlin (7.1), Samuel Moutoussamy (6.5), Pedro Chirivella (7.0), Ludovic Blas (6.2), Ignatius Ganago (7.6), Moses Simon (7.1) and Mostafa Mohamed (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Rémy Descamps, Sébastien Corchia, Abdoul Kader Bamba, Moussa Sissoko (6.4), Jean-Charles Castelletto, Marcus Coco, Denis Petrić, Mohamed Achi and Evann Guessand.

Substitutions

Nantes made 5 changes: I. Ganago for M. Sissoko (67′), Mostafa Mohamed for E. Guessand (84′), D. Appiah for J. Castelletto (84′), M. Simon for S. Corchia (84′) and P. Chirivella for M. Coco (89′).

Best player: Ignatius Ganago​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Ignatius Ganago.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 16 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Brest – Formation

Also Brest adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Michel Der Zakarian played with: Marco Bizot (6.5), Noah Fadiga (6.8), Achraf Dari (5.6), Lilian Brassier (6.3), Jere Uronen (6.6), Haris Belkebla (6.4), Pierre Lees Melou (6.4), Franck Honorat (6.5), Mathias Pereira Lage (6.7), Romain Del Castillo (7.0) and Islam Slimani (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tairyk Arconte, Jean-Kevin Duverne, Axel Camblan, Karamoko Dembélé (7.0), Grégoire Coudert, Hugo Magnetti, Mahdi Camara, Irvin Cardona (6.2) and Jérémy Le Douaron (6.6).

Substitutions

Brest made 5 changes: F. Honorat for J. Le Douaron (66′), I. Slimani for K. Dembele (66′), R. Del Castillo for I. Cardona (66′), P. Lees-Melou for M. Camara (73′) and M. Pereira Lage for H. Magnetti (73′).

Best player: Romain Del Castillo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brest was Romain Del Castillo.

His rating is (7.0) with 25 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Toulouse – Angers SCO – 3-2
• Rennes – Olympique Lyonnais – 3-2
• Troyes – Ajaccio – 1-1
• Paris Saint Germain – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
• Nantes – Brest – 4-1
• Monaco – Clermont – 1-1
• Auxerre – Nice – 1-1