CLERMONT-FERRAND. Brest tops Clermont 3-1. Brest was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with R. Del Castillo (14′), F. Honorat (55′) and J. Le Douaron (68′). Clermont reduced the distance with a goal (89′) by J. Allevinah, but there was not much to do for them. Clermont was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium in Clermont-Ferrand on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard assisted by Aurélien Drouet and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Romain Delpech.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Clermont had a strong ball possession 62% while Brest was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Clermont was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Brest found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Clermont shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Brest shot 19 times, 11 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Clermont received 4 yellow cards (A. Seidu, Y. Magnin, M. Caufriez and M. Wieteska). Regarding the opposition, Brest received 1 yellow card (I. Slimani).

Standings

After this contest, Clermont will stay with 17 points like Olympique Lyonnais to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Brest will have 9 points like Strasbourg and Auxerre to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Clermont will play away with Nantes on the 30th of October with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Nantes (2 draws).

Brest will host Reims on the 30th of October with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Brest (8 draws).

Clermont – Formation

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

The manager Pascal Gastien decided to play with the following team: Mory Diaw (7.8), Alidu Seidu (6.6), Mateusz Wieteska (6.5), Maximiliano Caufriez (6.6), Yohann Magnin (6.1), Maxime Gonalons (6.6), Johan Gastien (6.8), Neto Borges (6.6), Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (7.1), Muhammed Cham-Saračević (7.2) and Komnen Andrić (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Arial Mendy, Jérémie Bela, Grejohn Kyei (6.4), Jim Allevinah (6.6), Ouparine Djoco, Yanis Massolin (6.4), Elbasan Rashani (6.8), Jodel Dossou (6.6) and Florent Ogier.

Substitutions

Clermont made 5 changes: M. Gonalons for E. Rashani (25′), Y. Magnin for G. Kyei (62′), N. Borges for J. Allevinah (62′), J. Gastien for Y. Massolin (74′) and K. Andric for J. Dossou (75′).

Best player: Mory Diaw​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Clermont was the goalkeeper: Mory Diaw. His rating is 7.81. He performed 8 saves.

Brest – Formation

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

Michel Der Zakarian played with: Marco Bizot (7.1), Noah Fadiga (6.7), Lilian Brassier (7.0), Brendan Chardonnet (7.6), Jean-Kevin Duverne (7.8), Pierre Lees Melou (7.0), Mathias Pereira Lage (7.4), Mahdi Camara (6.8), Romain Del Castillo (9.6), Islam Slimani (6.6) and Franck Honorat (7.6).

They had on the bench: Christophe Herelle, Hugo Magnetti (6.8), Irvin Cardona, Joaquín Blázquez, Tairyk Arconte, Axel Camblan, Karamoko Dembélé, Haris Belkebla (6.6) and Jérémy Le Douaron (7.4).

Substitutions

Brest made 5 changes: I. Slimani for J. Le Douaron (62′), R. Del Castillo for H. Belkebla (73′), M. Pereira Lage for H. Magnetti (74′), F. Honorat for I. Cardona (82′) and P. Lees-Melou for K. Dembele (82′).

Best player: Romain Del Castillo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brest was Romain Del Castillo.

His rating is (9.6) with 1 goal, 21 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Angers SCO – Rennes – 1-2
• Toulouse – Strasbourg – 2-2
• Troyes – Lorient – 2-2
• Reims – Auxerre – 2-1
• Nice – Nantes – 1-1
• Lille – Monaco – 4-3
• Clermont – Brest – 1-3