Brest vs Lens, 2024-25 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

Brest

13': Pierre Lees-Melou
45'+5': Abdoulaye Ndiaye

FT
1 - 3

Lens

17': Goduine Koyalipou
45'+7': Neil El Aynaoui (P)
90': Wesley Saïd

About

Brest are hosting Lens at Stade Francis-le Blé, Brest, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
13': Goal! Brest 1, Lens 0. Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathias Pereira Lage.
15': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Massadio Haïdara.
16': Attempt blocked. Anass Zaroury (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
16': Adrien Thomasson (Lens) wins a free kick on the right wing.
16': Foul by Massadio Haïdara (Brest).
17': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
17': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest).
17': Goal! Brest 1, Lens 1. Goduine Koyalipou (Lens) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Anass Zaroury with a cross.
19': Hand ball by Abdallah Sima (Brest).
21': VAR Decision: No Penalty Brest.
23': Foul by Andy Diouf (Lens).
23': Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by Brendan Chardonnet (Brest).
24': Goduine Koyalipou (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Attempt saved. Anass Zaroury (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Malang Sarr.
26': Foul by Mahdi Camara (Brest).
26': Jonathan Gradit (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest).
28': Attempt blocked. Florian Sotoca (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf with a cross.
28': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Abdoulaye Ndiaye.
29': Attempt blocked. Florian Sotoca (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Goduine Koyalipou.
31': Attempt missed. Goduine Koyalipou (Lens) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anass Zaroury with a cross.
31': Attempt blocked. Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Facundo Medina.
33': Attempt saved. Massadio Haïdara (Brest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ludovic Ajorque.
33': Delay in match because of an injury Florian Sotoca (Lens).
34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
34': Attempt saved. Mahdi Camara (Brest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ludovic Ajorque.
36': Substitution, Lens. Jeremy Agbonifo replaces Florian Sotoca because of an injury.
39': Attempt saved. Abdallah Sima (Brest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brendan Chardonnet.
39': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Mathew Ryan.
41': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Lens).
41': Mahdi Camara (Brest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Attempt blocked. Mathias Pereira Lage (Brest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Massadio Haïdara.
43': Abdoulaye Ndiaye (Brest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
45'+1': Penalty conceded by Abdoulaye Ndiaye (Brest) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
45'+4': VAR Decision: Penalty Lens.
45'+5': Abdoulaye Ndiaye (Brest) is shown the red card.
45'+7': Goal! Brest 1, Lens 2. Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
45'+8': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
45'+8': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45'+9': First Half ends, Brest 1, Lens 2.
45': Second Half begins Brest 1, Lens 2.
45': Substitution, Brest. Julien Le Cardinal replaces Abdallah Sima.
46': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
46': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
48': Attempt saved. Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Goduine Koyalipou.
49': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Jonathan Gradit.
50': Offside, Lens. Goduine Koyalipou is caught offside.
53': Attempt missed. Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left.
54': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Lens).
54': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Attempt saved. Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson.
62': Offside, Lens. Andy Diouf is caught offside.
66': Delay in match because of an injury Ludovic Ajorque (Brest).
66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
66': Substitution, Brest. Kamory Doumbia replaces Ludovic Ajorque because of an injury.
66': Substitution, Brest. Mama Baldé replaces Hugo Magnetti.
67': Attempt saved. Mahdi Camara (Brest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mathias Pereira Lage.
67': Attempt blocked. Massadio Haïdara (Brest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
67': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Jeremy Agbonifo.
68': Delay in match because of an injury Massadio Haïdara (Brest).
69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
69': Delay in match (Lens).
71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
72': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest).
72': Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
73': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
74': Delay in match because of an injury Goduine Koyalipou (Lens).
74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': Attempt blocked. Mahdi Camara (Brest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julien Le Cardinal.
75': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Jonathan Gradit.
76': Brendan Chardonnet (Brest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
76': Foul by Andy Diouf (Lens).
77': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Ruben Aguilar.
77': Brendan Chardonnet (Brest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Lens).
78': Foul by Julien Le Cardinal (Brest).
78': Malang Sarr (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Substitution, Brest. Romain Del Castillo replaces Mahdi Camara.
80': Adrien Thomasson (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest).
80': Delay in match because of an injury Adrien Thomasson (Lens).
82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
83': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Julien Le Cardinal.
84': Attempt blocked. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
85': Attempt blocked. Goduine Koyalipou (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson.
85': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Brendan Chardonnet.
85': Attempt saved. Malang Sarr (Lens) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Neil El Aynaoui with a cross.
86': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Andy Diouf.
86': Attempt missed. Brendan Chardonnet (Brest) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Romain Del Castillo with a cross following a corner.
86': Substitution, Brest. Romain Faivre replaces Mathias Pereira Lage.
88': Foul by Adrien Thomasson (Lens).
88': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
89': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Julien Le Cardinal.
90': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces Goduine Koyalipou.
90': Goal! Brest 1, Lens 3. Wesley Saïd (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson with a headed pass following a corner.
90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90'+3': Andy Diouf (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Foul by Brendan Chardonnet (Brest).
90'+3': Substitution, Lens. Tom Pouilly replaces Ruben Aguilar.
90'+4': Foul by Malang Sarr (Lens).
90'+4': Mama Baldé (Brest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Romain Faivre (Brest) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mama Baldé.
90'+4': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Neil El Aynaoui.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Andy Diouf (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Wesley Saïd.
90'+5': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Marco Bizot.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Brest 1, Lens 3.
0': Match ends, Brest 1, Lens 3.

Statistics

RCL		BRE
11	Fouls	11
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	1
2	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	7
4	Saves	6
55.7	Possession	44.3
17	SHOTS	11
9	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.5
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
428	Accurate Passes	319
492	Passes	385
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	3
16	Crosses	19
0.4	Cross %	0.2
54	Long Balls	59
32	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
7	Blocked Shots	4
5	Effective Tackles	9
11	Tackles	16
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
3	Interceptions	10
30	Effective Clearances	19
30	Clearances	19

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Francis-le Blé
Location: Brest, France
Attendance: 15,049

Ligue 1 Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Angers	0	0	0
2	AJ Auxerre	0	0	0
3	Brest	0	0	0
4	Le Havre AC	0	0	0

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Brest (4-3-3)

No.	Name
40	Marco Bizot (GK)
3	Abdoulaye Ndiaye
5	Brendan Chardonnet
22	Massadio Haidara
6	Edimilson Fernandes
20	Pierre Lees-Melou
8	Hugo Magnetti
45	Mahdi Camara
19	Ludovic Ajorque
17	Abdallah Sima
26	Mathias Pereira Lage

Brest Substitutes:

Romain Del Castillo, Jonas Martin, Kamory Doumbia, Julien Le Cardinal, Mama Baldé, Hamidou Makalou, Luc Zogbe, Romain Faivre, Grégoire Coudert.

Lens (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
30	Mathew Ryan (GK)
20	Malang Sarr
14	Facundo Medina
24	Jonathan Gradit
23	Neil El Aynaoui
28	Adrien Thomasson
21	Anass Zaroury
2	Ruben Aguilar
19	Goduine Koyalipou
18	Andy Diouf
7	Florian Sotoca

Lens Substitutes:

Angelo Fulgini, Wesley Saïd, Nampalys Mendy, Adam Delplace, Nidal Celik, Jeremy Agbonifo, Kyllian Antonio, Hamzat Ojediran, Tom Pouilly.

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